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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
The Freedom to be Free
Penguin Great Ideas is a series of mainly non-fiction books published by Penguin Books. Titles contained within this series are considered to be world-changing, influential and inspirational. Topics covered include history, philosophy, politics, science and culture. The project has resulted in six series of twenty … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, History, USA, Writing
Tagged Bushido, Peter Kropotkin, Philosophy, politics, Publishing, religion
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The Feast of Venus
Last year, the Belgian tourist bureau VisitFlanders commissioned the folks at SkullMapping to create a wonderful bit of projection mapping to entertain passengers while they waited for flights at Brussels National Airport. With some clever digital trickery, a cheeky little … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Animation, Art, Europe, Film, Museums, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Belgium, Brussels, Painting, Peter Paul Rubens
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Uses of Books
Uses of Books at the End of the World by Kristen Radtke
The Epistemology of Loss
“The Ball Poem” by John Berryman What is the boy now, who has lost his ball. What, what is he to do? I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over—there it is in the water! … Continue reading
not all those who wander etc. etc.
If you visit TBTP on a regular basis, you are likely aware that I am a big J.R.R. Tolkien fan. I really like the style of these reissues of The Lord of the Rings trilogy published in the US by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Uncategorized
Tagged book cover art, book cover design, J. R. R. Tolkien
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Another Reason To Envy Norwegians
Norway has some of the globe’s most scenic geography, one of the world’s highest standards of living, and a genuinely happy populace, and now they also have these amazing passport’s too. Norway’s new passports were developed by creative agency Neue … Continue reading
The Five-Minute Museum
British filmmaker and animator Paul Bush‘s short film The Five-Minute Museum is a mindboggling tour through the history of Western Civilization at breakneck speed. The stop motion trip carries the viewer through the cultural history of civilization by way of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums, Photography
Tagged London, Museums, stop motion animation, Western Civilization
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Here Stood Mayakovsky
The Brooklyn Bridge literally loomed large in my Brooklyn family’s history for a century, so I was intrigued when I stumbled upon this impressive limited edition volume. The accordion-fold book Brooklyn Bridge with a poem by the 20th century Russian poet Vladimir … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Writing
Tagged Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, Poetry
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