Navigating the best movies of all time with designer David Honnorat. Click on the picture for more detail, and maybe someone can tell me how Tim Burton’s Big Fish made the lilac romance line? Then again, with Crash and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button making the cut, I’m guessing my map would read a little different.
via The Word.
Panama!
Panama-oh-oh-oh-oh. 99 percent of the reason I joined twitter was to follow Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. His daily photos (many on request from followers) and humble musings on life in space are worth the never-ending stream of commentary I receive from Ebert.
Today I was rather excited to find Soichi-san’s been flying over my dear Panama.
Ain’t nothin’ like it.
Beware the great wall rollercoaster
My friend, Chris, is ABC. That’s Australian-born Chinese. He once visited the Great Wall and said should I ever go, I must find a good taxi driver, have him take me to the most remote spot he knows, and pay him to wait while I roam free on the Wall.
Despite his advice, when I finally found my way en route to the Great Wall, it was crammed in a modern minivan with a Balinese-Jewish family, headed for possibly the most touristic spot in China. The shops at the base knew their target market – they sold brightly coloured hats, slip-on shoes, film, batteries, even the mysterious belly wash.
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Mmm…punchy!
And what better way to begin, than with a nonsensical tidbit from Japan?
Oh Japan, my second former home, how much do I miss thee?
I miss your food, your effortless efficiency, your whimsical wabisabi way with everything.
For now though, I’m here in London. And much like I was at 16 when I created a little ‘zine inspired by those wonderful men in their flower-pot hats, I’m through being cool.
And hopefully, so will you be, lest we all end up as fauxhemians or whatever the hell we’re supposed to be calling them now.
