Changing education paradigms

The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) from U.K. regularly puts out animated talks by various modern-day thinkers. This one is on changes in education paradigms around the world. The topics range from globalization to human perception of time. You can find the rest of the series on the RSA website.

The lecture below is the latest in the series.

Beautiful Earth

The Unseen Sea

Time-lapse of Earth from space

Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?

Art of Norman McLaren

“Handmade cinema is like watching thought,
if thought could be seen.”

– Norman McLaren

Over the weekend I discovered Norman McLaren (1914 – 1987), an interesting animator known for his groundbreaking experiments of combining and synchronizing animation with music on film. Below you can see a few examples of his animation and sound experiments.

More about the process of pen point percussion:

You can learn more about his life and view more of his work on the National Film Board of Canada site.