Bassam Tariq is a Boing Boing guestblogger who is the co-author of 30 Mosques. A blog that celebrated the NYC mosques during the Islamic month of Ramadan. He currently resides in Harlem, New York.
Is anyone here following We Love You So? A blog Spike Jonze and Co. set up giving us a nice glimpse into all the little insights and influences that helped bring Where The Wild Things Are to life. The photo above is from their Where the Wild Things Ought To Be Contest, a cute photoshop competition that has some really clever entries.
Ch ch check it out- http://weloveyouso.com
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Also in that vein, where they aren't.
I find this a bit offensive. Chris McCandless lost his life in search of enlightenment.
Just because both films have the word "wild" in the title doesn't make it fair game.
Nothing personal, but Chris McCandless was an idiot who committed suicide. He turned down an offer that would have better prepared him for his "quest for enlightenment" like a f'in map and compass.
Tin Woodsman: What have you learned, Dorothy?
Dorothy: Well, I - I think that it - it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em - and it's that - if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?
What an interesting bit of coincidence, I was mentioning Richard Proenneke (who lived alone in Alaska for decades in a hand built cabin) to someone just yesterday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke
Everyone loses their life eventually. Does that mean you can never alter a photo containing a human being?
Given that someone got upset the other day about using James Dean, who's been dead for 55 years, in an ad, I guess the answer is 'yup'. It seems to be a new meme.
Someone.
Hah!
#2, yes it does.