Making of Louis Vuitton “Core Values” ad
40 years after Armstrong walked on the moon, Louis Vuitton runs a campaign to commemorate the achievement.
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If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream–and not make dreams your master,
If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings–nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And–which is more–you’ll be a Man, my son!
–Rudyard Kipling
R.S. McNamara’s eleven life lessons from Fog of War
R.S. McNamara’s eleven life lessons
- Empathize with your enemy
- Rationality will not save us
- There’s something beyond one’s self
- Maximize efficiency
- Proportionality should be a guideline in war
- Get the data
- Belief and seeing are often both wrong
- Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning
- In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil
- Never say never
- You can’t change human nature
now these credos aren’t uttered by McNamara himself. They were extracted by the director in order to create a narrative structure. Interesting watch, however, it becomes hard to bear after the 1 hour mark.
Click to watch Fog of War
10 Short Films on Japan
Found this on the Youtube. The title is self-explanatory. In its minimalist form, it provides extensive insight on japanese culture. As much as their culture may be deified, this series shows a people similar to you and me, trying to get by. Here’s the description of the user’s channel:
“a series of 10 videos I made while I was living in Japan. These are basically a my home movies from my time living in Japan. This one shows some of the more extreme weather conditions I encountered over there.”
Click here for Video Link
East 65th Street
Found this estate on The luxist.com. This is what Don Draper’s home would look like if he lived in Manhattan. It’s listed at 9.95 million dollars.
