Gleeful Discontent

My name is Marie. I like to think about stuff and occasionally write it down somewhere.

Email: marie dot thedarkspark at gmail dot com

Nov 21st, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

gridlockcaravans:

Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman at borders, could possibly be the best thing ever.

Reblogged from Nom.

@ 1:06 pm

Photographer Seeks Closeted Military Personnel

Photographer Jeff Sheng is seeking as many participants as possible for a new photo project:

“Jess, Bend, Oregon, 2009” is part of my newest photography project, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a series of photographs of closeted men and women in the United States military. For each image, I have asked the individual to wear their uniform, while staging the photoshoot in the bedroom or local hotel room where that person is currently stationed. The reason for this is that I am most interested in the intersections between public and private space, and the government’s policing of our private spaces – the bedroom being the most representative space of this. I have purposely shot each image in a way that obscures to some degree the identity of the individuals, and the final image that is released to the public is first approved by the subject, and is in many ways, their expression of their closeted-ness and lack of identity. The name and location is also fictional: I have asked the subject to give me a first name and a location that is significant to them, but does not actually refer to the true name and location of who is in the photograph. My aim in this project is to use photography to create a visual record of the numerous individuals currently serving our country that are unjustly forced to hide an integral part of who they are.”

You can contact Sheng via his website.

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(via adeandabet, bennettulmer, leftbrainright, & verolaza)

Reblogged from aloha nico..

@ 1:03 pm

fecklesss:

Caroline de Vries

Reblogged from Ја ћу те убити.

@ 10:33 am

Vietnam, Jan 2007 - visit to a rural farming area about 2 hours out of Saigon.

I’m distantly related to that little poser.

@ 10:20 am

Vietnam, Jan 2007 - visit to a rural farming area about 2 hours out of Saigon.

I need to travel more in this region before I leave. I do take it for granted that incredible places like Vietnam and Thailand are only short flights away and completely doable as a weekend away.

idledays:

Phorusrhacids (“Rag-Bearers”), or terror birds, were a family of large carnivorous flightless birds that were the dominant preditors in South America during the Cenozoic 62–2 million years ago. They were roughly 1–3 meters (3–10 feet) tall. Their closest modern-day relatives are believed to be the 80 cm-tall Seriemas.EVOLUTION IS SO DISAPPOINTING.

idledays:

Phorusrhacids (“Rag-Bearers”), or terror birds, were a family of large carnivorous flightless birds that were the dominant preditors in South America during the Cenozoic 62–2 million years ago. They were roughly 1–3 meters (3–10 feet) tall. Their closest modern-day relatives are believed to be the 80 cm-tall Seriemas.

EVOLUTION IS SO DISAPPOINTING.

Reblogged from Wasting Idle Days.