Photography Time

Adolescence is a time when we begin to search out the structure of adulthood. What we are supposed to do to become an independent person is communicated to us in various verbal and nonverbal ways. These rules and the rituals and rites that are required of kids aren't always communicated effectively and a thick air of mystery can envelope a teenager.
The photographer Alison Malone produced a series of photographs about the Masonic Youth organization, the Daughters of Job that explores this process by superimposing over it an organization that uses different rituals and rites to form its youths into adult leaders. Malone doesn't resort to displaying these girls as strange, she was once a Daughter of Job herself. The photographs of the meeting halls, the leaders, the various ritualistic items may seem foreign but the look, the essence Malone captures in her portraits of the girls is instantly familiar to anyone who ever looked in the mirror during puberty and wasn't quite sure who was looking back.
Malone's photographs evoke the eerie feeling of otherness, of strange in-betweenness that adolescence produces. But they also display the strength one requires to grow up.

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I've been listening to Destroyer's new EP Bay of Pigs a whole lot. The title track is unbelievably gorgeous. The song is very long so I'm not going to post it, but here's a video of it.

Destroyer - Bay of Pigs
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These are my three favorite Lamebook entries. It's amazing just what people think is appropriate for a public forum.
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This is from the the flickr pool. What I Wore Today. Every day, people draw pictures of what they wore. I guess I didn't need to explain it. It's a pretty cool thing I think.

This week on SNL, newcomer Jenny Slate performed in a skit she wrote. This is noteworthy because not only is it hard for new cast members to get sketches on the show but it is actually funny, which isn't the case for a lot of what gets put on that show.
Oh, also Miss Slate accidentally dropped an "f-bomb" during the sketch. Oops. Some people have noticed that.

Also in SNL news, Michaela Watkins is no longer on the show. That is disappointing.

Finally, here's an interesting article on symbolism in logos. It's cooler than I'm letting on.