“I am an anarch in space, a metahistorian in time. Hence I am committed to neither the political present nor tradition; I am blank and also open and potent in any direction.”

E. J.

Thomas Dubois, Montpellier, France.

What would hold society together in the absence of the rules and rituals of clan and kin? Durkheim’s answer was the division of labor.

S.Z.

David Cronenberg is one of the most influential horror filmmakers, especially renowned for his ground-breaking body horror films. But his later films have branched out beyond his early sci-fi and horror work, amounting to a filmography that’s highly worth studying for its singular artistic voice, and powerful themes explored across a wide variety of genres.

Written and Edited by Anantha Venkataram.

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Blue Sirens + Kazukii + Infrared + Ryke.

The real psychological truth is this: If you’ve got nothing to hide, you are nothing.

S.Z.

The Faults 断层.

This is the third work in the “Mountains & Rivers” series.

For me, mountains are huge creatures on a scale of billions of years, and with this work I want to present a fast-forward look at the changes in these mountains, not only in the form of growth, but also in the form of fractures and destruction.
These movements are driven by different noise algorithms.

Also this work is an exploration of how to achieve the rougher yet expressive brushstrokes, blooming and “Cun” – the brushstrokes used in traditional Chinese landscape painting to express the texture of mountains and rocks – through the renderer.

Rendered in Octane Render.

Full project on Behance.

“DOPAMINE FASTING” – Overcome Addiction & Restore Motivation.
In this video Dr. Anna Lembke explains how dopamine fasting is the idea that if you avoid dopamine stimulating activities for extended periods of time, you will be able to ‘reset your brain’ and let go of addictive behaviors that negatively impact your life.

Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University. Lembke appeared in the 2020 Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma.

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