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dreamlectures:

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It’s not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is.

Ah… I thought this slide from The Daniels from The Vimeo Festival reminded me of something. Rediscovered this TED Talk from TED Radio Hour on “Where Ideas Come From.”

A Brief History of John Baldessari - The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes. Narrated by Tom Waits.

“I will not make any more boring art.”

Brilliant. (via: @hellofromcath)

The fire in the eyes (by Nikita Nomerz)

Beautiful and mesmerizing. More inspiration (and via:) on thisiscolossal.com.

Field Notes: Red Blooded (by Coudal Partners)

Simply inspiring and lovely.

Totally like whatever, you know? (by n0m3rcy)

… speak with conviction… it is not enough these days to simply question authority, you gotta speak with it, too.

Thanks to my wife, Laura, for pointing me to this brilliant poet, Taylor Mali, “a vocal advocate of teachers and the nobility of teaching, having himself spent nine years in the classroom.”

Check out this other fantastic on-stage performance: What Teachers Make:

12 Drawings a Day - 12 Dessins par Jour (by Denis Chapon)

During 3 years (2008-2011) i have been drawing 12 drawing of animation every day, it make one second of film. I had no plans what so ever before starting the first drawing. And then, each of the folowing days, I took the 3 last drawing from the day before and kept on animating. I use a none erasable pen, and drew on the back side of used A4 paper.

Committed and inspiring. Wow. Just wow.