Previously I articulated some of my thoughts on a concept I termed limbic thinking wherein I opposed the idea of thought being reducible to language or a language-like thing with the notion of language as merely one type of thinking in a landscape of different kinds of thinking, not all of which can necessarily be translated from one into another1. Here I wish to sketch out some more thoughts and notes on the concept.
Obsessive Materialism in a Virtualising World
An interesting change began to take hold in the tech industry as the iPhone rose
to prominence, eventually dominating the landscape and setting the terms for
the way we think about communications technology. In truth, it had already begun
with the iPod and was part of Apple’s design ethos at least since Steve Jobs
returned to the company. This was a focus on the materiality of the device -
the device as object: object to behold, object to be held, object to worship.
Reimagining the Green Lantern Corps
With the box-office success of Aquaman, long-gestating projects
based on DC properties are sure to be getting a bit of a boost. One such
project, a Green Lantern Corps movie, has been in the air but never solidified
since the critical and box-office disaster of the 2011 movie starring Ryan
Reynolds. However, what I would like to do here is not to propose a set of
inane criteria by which Warner Bros. can "do the property right" or
pine for a series of doubtless obscure and ultimately juvenile comic pages to
come to "life" on the big screen, but instead to formulate a vision
by which the formula and indeed the identity of the Green Lantern Corps might
be subverted, perverted, and completely reimagined. I want to use the general
concepts introduced in the comics as a springboard from which to delve into
more interesting themes in greater depth than is offered by the typical
superhero comic or blockbuster movie.
Project: Return to 'Return to Sender' Top-Level Image
Previously I posted about the visual development of an image for a small project titled Return to Sender. That post can be found here. Essentially I walked through the various steps I used to make the image (planning, model-making, photography and compositing) and ended with a note that I was somewhat satisfied with the image but considered it not entirely finished. I have since gone back and revised the image, so this post is meant to document those updates.
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