Mad Quickies: chick tracts, scared scientists, feminist art and moar catz!

Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury! Happy Friday to the rest of all y’all. Here, have a macaque selfie. The copyright office says you can use it as your desktop wallpaper. And while I’m at it, have some delicious Quickies!

• Feminist Rhode Island artist, Riz Paulo specializes in glass blowing and painting. Her goal is to bring women’s struggles to life. {via Mindy}
• Witness while you work – or- this could be instrumental in your salvation. Or not. A tumblr salutes Chick tracts. {via Brian G.}
• Ray Bradbury: on the secret of life, work and love.
• Vitiligo causes depigmentation of the skin. Sometimes people with this condition use it as a canvas, like this: vitiligo map. {via Smashley}
• As a toddler, George Lawler was abandoned in a church and his sister at a five and dime. Now discovers that his father’s life of crime is a work of art by Warhol.
• Photographer Nick Bowers created a series about the impending devastation of climate change by shooting portraits of scared scientists. This post includes a summation of each scientist’s biggest fear.
• Interested in some real estate with history? The Addams Family house is for sale. {via Beth}
• Did you know that The Onion’s art staff is only a department of three? Here’s how that works.
• And… a gallery of cats who served in WW1. Yer welcome.

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Tony Zhou’s videos are really superb little nuggets of information.

A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film

Found at Thumbnails 8/18.

from the page
Is there a better way of showing a text message in a film? How about the internet? Even though we’re well into the digital age, film is still ineffective at depicting the world we live in. Maybe the solution lies not in content, but in form.
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Featured image is Ship’s cat aboard the HMAS Encounter. [Wikipedia].

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