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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

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maps are a good way to learn about a civilization. Early maps were full of mythical beasts, representative of our awe of the unknown world. As science developed, these mysteries were solved, and maps, as well as life, became overly complicated and busy. This is the story of a civilization that knows no end to its consumption and is always seeking the final frontier.

Yeah, whatever. Despite the prose, this little video is quite lovely. Yay for DIY!

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This video is lovely indeed

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  • Geography and space are always gendered, always raced, always economical and always sexual. The textures that bind them together are daily re-written through a word, a gaze, a gesture. -- Irit Rogoff

    The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a sort of false map of the world, a series of fabulous countries into which one can retreat at odd moments throughout the rest of life, and which in some cases can survive a visit to the real countries which they are supposed to represent.
    -- George Orwell

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