Cameron Christopher

vimeo: Vimeo Video Jam by Vimeo Staff Things get a little weird...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:07:22 -0400

Vimeo Video Jam by Vimeo Staff

Things get a little weird when Melissa tries to convince Andrea to make a new Vimeo Original.

We made this thing.

christinefriar: […] It wasn’t til a couple months ago, when I was rifling through a stack of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:21 -0400

christinefriar:

[…] It wasn’t til a couple months ago, when I was rifling through a stack of frames in the hopes of finding some to steal for my own apartment, that I stumbled across the print and realized I hadn’t thought about it in years.

That’s still a very new sensation to me, one I’ve only been able to have three or four times yet in my relatively-new adult life: coming across something that feels instantly familiar and intimate, but that I wouldn’t have ever known how to access in my own brain without the visual prompt.

Without stumbling across the print, I probably could’ve gone the rest of my life without organically thinking of this painting. But with the visual, suddenly I have entire stories to tell. Here I am at three, in Stratford, Connecticut, watching my cousin Jim break the head of a baby doll on the tiled hallway floor during an Easter party. Here I am at ten, in a snow suit in Monroe, Connecticut, on the phone with my friend Lauren trying to nail down which sledding hill is best (it’s the one at the public golf course).

And now here I am at twenty five, coming across a jpeg of a print of a Cassatt on my dashboard and deleting the NPR article that accompanied the image so I can circle around how weird it is to have a connection to something you know nothing about. I’ve never seen this painting in person. I don’t know anything about Mary Cassatt or Impressionism. But these two babies are woven very tightly into the DNA coil of my childhood and that’s kind of astounding.

🍕Radical Dads🍕

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:50:36 -0400

🍕Radical Dads🍕

Successful shoot! (at Vimeo HQ)

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:28:13 -0400

Successful shoot! (at Vimeo HQ)

Jersey only barely exists today.

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:11 -0400

Jersey only barely exists today.

The Mother Warns the Tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:26 -0400

nprfreshair:

I know I’ve already had more than I deserve.
These lungs that rise and fall without effort,
the husband who sets free house lizards,
this red-doored ranch, my mother on the phone,
the fact that I can eat anything—gouda, popcorn,
massaman curry—without worry. Sometimes
I feel like I’ve been overlooked. Checks
and balances, and I wait for the tally to be evened.
But I am a greedy son of a bitch, and there
I know we are kin. Tornado, this is my child.
Tornado, I won’t say I built him, but I am
his shelter. For months I buoyed him
in the ocean, on the highway; on crowded streets
I learned to walk with my elbows out.
And now he is here, and he is new, and he
is a small moon, an open face, a heart.
Tornado, I want more. Nothing is enough.
Nothing ever is. I will heed the warning
protocol, I will cover him with my body, I will
wait with mattress and flashlight,
but know this: If you come down here—
if you splinter your way through our pines,
if you suck the roof off this red-doored ranch,
if you reach out a smoky arm for my child—
I will turn hacksaw. I will turn grenade.
I will invent for you a throat and choke you.
I will find your stupid wicked whirling
head and cut it off. Do not test me.
If you come down here, I will teach you about
greed and hunger. I will slice you into palm-
sized gusts. Then I will feed you to yourself.

-Catherine Pierce in The Kenyon Review.

Google Earth Meditations: The Shapes Are Made By Us And In Spite...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:21:11 -0400

Google Earth Meditations: The Shapes Are Made By Us And In Spite Of Us

“It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.” - the Creator of the GIF

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:35:52 -0400

“It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.” - the Creator of the GIF:

END. OF. STORY.
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

humansofnewyork: “We met at summer camp.”

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:00 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“We met at summer camp.”

explore-blog: You go into it because there is something that,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:34 -0400

explore-blog:

You go into it because there is something that, when you learn about that stuff, just gave you a little bit of a fever. And you wanna give that fever to somebody else.

How to make great radio – fantastic behind-the-sciences look at Radiolab, who have ushered in a new era of media at the intersection of science and storytelling.

Radiolab is free and supported by listeners, so help them keep making this magic happen with a donation.

Also see Ira Glass’s illustrated guide to great radio and Jad Abumrad on “gut churn” as the secret of creative success.

Everyone in this waiting room says good morning and goodbye to...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:52 -0400

Everyone in this waiting room says good morning and goodbye to each patient as they enter or exit. I love it.

This kid had “LOVE LIFE” in henna across his...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:52:22 -0400

This kid had “LOVE LIFE” in henna across his knuckles. 😎💙#sweet

Muggy walk. Summer’s coming.

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:08:24 -0400

Muggy walk. Summer’s coming.

totaldrivel: Katrin Coetzer

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:10 -0400

totaldrivel:

Katrin Coetzer

charliebowater: Swallow by DanielClarke

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:05 -0400

charliebowater:

Swallow by DanielClarke

anddouglassays: Reunited and it feels so right It was not only...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:58:39 -0400

anddouglassays:

Reunited and it feels so right

It was not only amazing to finally meet Douglas and Matthew in person after years (even more lovely than I’d thought they could be, I’m telling you), but also exciting that Kurt was in town for LehrerDance auditions, and that my new friend and neighbor Daniel joined the group for an evening in Crown Heights. What a refreshing night.

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:44 -0400

therealkatiewest: thefrogman: Infinite Nap by Claire Jarvis...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:57:46 -0400

therealkatiewest:

thefrogman:

Infinite Nap by Claire Jarvis [website | tumblr | twitter]

GPOY every day

ricochet: (via Old Chalet Refurbishment by Bergdorf // Bernese...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:01:35 -0400

ricochet:

(via Old Chalet Refurbishment by Bergdorf // Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.Yellowtrace — Interior Design, Architecture, Art, Photography, Lifestyle & Design Culture Blog.)

I love Friday family time. (at Vimeo HQ)

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:56 -0400

I love Friday family time. (at Vimeo HQ)