ryanmdschmidt » Inspiration

creative destruction

spyke — Sun, 08 May 2011 09:06:32 +0000

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction. – Pablo Picasso

Very interesting duality. It reminds me of another old saying: “in order to know where you’re going, you need to know where you are from”.

The creative process is the realization of new ideas. In order to build, you have to understand the building blocks with which you’re creating.

I have so much respect for those that can tear apart something and create something completely different, new and exciting. Much of modern music is built upon this and, while naysayers like to cry afoul, the final product is often art in it’s own right.

This is one reason I’ve found chiptune music to be so intriguing. I’m not sure what would possess someone to hack a gaming console that was released in the 80s, but I’m happy they did. Enjoy.

_piano_covers

spyke — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:02:45 +0000

Maxence Cyrin does piano cover versions of rock, pop and electro songs mixed with scenes from silent movies and other classics. More Videos from Maxence Cyrin.

ethereal haze

spyke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:50:14 +0000

very cool photos by Cole Rise

More at http://www.colerise.com/.

we_were_once_a_fairytale

spyke — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:21:51 +0000

i saw “where the wild things are” last weekend and has some time to kill tonight so i did a search for some of spike jonze’ other projects. i ran across this interesting video he did with kanye, “we were once a fairytale”.

it’s pretty dark for Mr. “I’ma let you finish”, but the directing is top-notch and overall a very interesting short.

Ólafur Arnalds – Ljósið

spyke — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:02:07 +0000

stop everything else and watch this full screen. simple, but moving.

Ólafur Arnalds – Ljósið (Official Music Video) from Erased Tapes on Vimeo.

Official music video for ‘Ljósið’ taken from Ólafur Arnalds – ‘Found Songs’ (2009) available on Limited Edition CD/10″ Vinyl and Download here: store.erasedtapes.com

Director: Esteban Diácono

Label: Erased Tapes Records

placebo_running up that hill

spyke — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:35:21 +0000

i learned this song a few days ago and it has haunted me ever since.

Heartless

spyke — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:20:26 +0000

The Fray cover Kanye West’s Heartless.

Stop Haunt Me Everyday

spyke — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:53:21 +0000

I have been meaning to post this for a couple weeks now, but somehow failed to do so until now. Here is the work of artist Tony Ariawan from his Stop Haunt Me Everyday collection.

http://www.area105.com
Tony Ariawan’s Behance Profile

New Mars Volta!

spyke — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:27:32 +0000

Desperate Graves

Cotopaxi

Since We’ve Been Wrong

Cool Stop Motion Video

spyke — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:30:25 +0000

Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

I really like this song. The video makes it all the better.