Johnny Cash Peeing From Water Tower

Kingsland, Arkansas: the birthplace of Johnny Cash. And to honor the musician, the city painted a silhouette of him holding a guitar on a water tower. Then a week ago some vandal/sharpshooter went and shot him right in the crotch so it appears Johnny is peeing. Peeing to the tune(!) OF 30,000 GALLONS A DAY. Not cool, but I imagine it would take an awful lot of pee to extinguish that burning ring of fire he’s always going on about. Continue reading

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A Brilliant Orange Orb Shape-Shifts Through Time in a Meditative Animated Short

A metaphor for the way fragments of time both accumulate and mutate as they slip from one moment to the next, a glowing sphere is the subject of a calming short film by Argentinian artist Ezequiel Pini, of Six N. Five. The CGI animation follows the bright orb as it expands, multiplies, and transfigures into alternate forms like a sun dropping beneath the horizon and windows evocative of the recently demolished Nakagin Capsule Tower. Although simple in shape, the round object “represents care, calm, and attention to achieve its ultimate perfection. We are a circle, without boundaries, beginning or end. Infinity,” Pini says. Watch more of his poetic works on Vimeo. Continue reading

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