[youtube]http://youtu.be/jiyIcz7wUH0[/youtube] The ad campaign is titled Your Verse and debuted during one of the NFL playoff games on Sunday. The audio is a voice over from the 1989 Peter Weir film, Dead Poets Society: We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry, because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering — these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love — these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, “O me, O life of the...
Here Come ‘The Mischievians’
Move over Morris Lessmore, it's time for Dr. Maximilian Fortisque Robinson Zooper. Building on their hugely successful multi-platform hit The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore , William Joyce and Moonbot Studios are back with The Mischeivans, a hilarious jaunt through "life’s unsolvable irritations" that will delight both young and old. This ancient race is responsible for many of life’s unsolvable irritations that continue to challenge us. From the Danglers (think nose) to the Homework Eaters to The Stinker to the Lintbellian. The Yawn Mower The Dangler The Giggler 20 species in all are documented by Dr. Zooper and of the discovery Joyce says:...
Read: A street art campaign by Jay Giroux
Jay Giroux started sticking and posting this image in 2005. Though the colors and placement change the mighty wings and the powerful READ blindfold hold steady. Cool. photo by Irakli Mirzashviliphoto by Chris Kelly "More Mystery, Less Hype" – Read.
The Department of Labor Celebrates the ‘Books that Shaped Work in America’
Taking the lead from the successful Books that Shaped America exhibition sponsored by the Library of Congress in 2012 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has come up with a great way to celebrate its centennial. In partnership with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, it's developing a list of Books that Shaped Work in America. To populate the list the DOL has asked all the former Labor Secretary's to recommend their favorites. From Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1855) chosen by George P. Shultz, the 11th U.S. Secretary of Labor, to Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed (2001) chosen by former Secretary Robert Reich...
The Worst is Over and The Book is Not Dead
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