ava wrote a post, you can stick with it a rant about people struggling to find the right tools for blogging. I too have a similarly complicated setup for blogging. But if it were easier then more people would be blogging. There’s always a tradeoff between simple and complex. It’s taken me a number of tries to blog on a regular basis. Part of that is what software you choose. It’s OK to experiment.

music video - released in 2015

I took advantage of our tendency to be unoriginal on social media to make this animation. Everything from images search to editing is made “by hand” without any automated software.

I waited too long to post this and I forgot where I first heard about this video from. Not much anyone does anymore is all too original. Traveling as a tourist is often a shallow experience and as a result everyone takes many similar photographs. It’s hard not to sound elitest about this, but rather why I find much of what people post on social media uninteresting.

video - a weekend in onomichi | a seaside ghibli town with 25 temples, cats and cafes by Sam and Victor.

Cultivating a certain aesthetic and inspiration for future trips. My only regret this summer is not taking an extra day on a trip to Canada.

video by ★ stargirl lee

The idea of making a website is nothing new. But creating one in the style of neocities and myspace seems to be a steady trend. People have a need to express themselves and social media can feel constraining. You can visit her website and she mentions LuvstarKei as inspiration. Something like the Holga and toy camera craze, trends come and go, even on the web.

Sometimes I take take way too long to post here. It is one of the many ways I have for procrastinating. I am a recent subscriber to YouTube Premium with YouTube Music. I like listening to full albums without listening to ads.

Balkan Bump is the project of trumpet player, producer and ethnomusicologist Will Magid.

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