2 + 2 = 5

Movie - Whiplash (2014) A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. Fletcher: The truth is I don’t think people understand what it is I did at Shaffer. I wasn’t there to conduct. Any idiot can move his hands and keep people in tempo. No, it’s about pushing people beyond what’s expected of them. And I believe that is a necessity. Because without it you’re depriving the world of its next Armstrong. Its next Parker. [….] Andrew: But do you think there’s a line? You know, where you discourage the next Charlie Parker from becoming Charlie Parker? Fletcher: No. Because the next Charlie Parker would never be discouraged.

Next cover, Charlie Hebdo

Herbie Hancock by Francis Wolff

Leonora Hamill

Koyaanisqatsi (dir. Godfrey Reggio)

Paris (and elsewhere)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) dir. Wes Anderson

It’s never over, it’s relentless as the rain.

polaroids of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Andy Warhol, 1980’s.

for nepalese hindus, today is kukur puja, the second day of the five day tihar festival, nepal’s version of diwali. literally meaning “worship of dogs,” kukur puja is dedicated to honouring our special relationship with dogs, who are adorned in vermillion and garlands of marigold. photos by (click pic) narendra shrestha, niranjan shrestha, navesh chitrakar, prakash mathema in kathmandu. 

Rest Peacefully, Stuart.