Hi. My name’s Chris Glass. This is a place where I journal with photos and save links for things I don’t want to forget.

Some Good Places to Start

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Say Cheese

This tag is for all the times folks pose for the photo.

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Now

Answering the question, “What are you up to right now?

Updated Sept. 20th

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The Chapters of Your Life

This started as a brief presentation about intent and photography that my good friend Erik turned into a short film as a birthday surprise during the pandemic.

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Creative Mornings Talk

This video from 2013 is long, but lays out who I am and why I think design is awesome. I was nervous as heck through the whole thing.

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A few favorite things

Books, movies, video games, music and random other things all mixed together in a visual, sortable grid.

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Great Discontent Interview

An old conversation that fills in the blanks of my career and whatnot in an interview format. My tip of the hat to Ryan and Tina for the moment.

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Browse

Been using this category thing to get around the photo journal. Adding here for easy access.

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My old website

I refuse to throw anything away (digitally at least). Here’s my old site cobbled together with spacer gifs and tables.

Recent Links

Proposed 24 pack of Crayon crayons

Peter Donahue applies color theory to crayons in this TikTok video. See also: his Instagram video that adjusts colors to perceptual differences. Good good good. / with a hat tip to Wendy for the link!

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Sam Smith Tiny Desk Concert

Just kicking back on a Friday night after dinner watching this performance and enjoying it immensely. Gave some applause to the TV when the last song finished but figured I'd extend the appreciation with a link. Thanks for being wonderfully lovely Sam Smith.

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Just staring at the work of Kumkum Fernando

I'm currently obsessed with the robot-like sculptures of this Sri Lankan-born artist thanks to Colossal.

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The Catch, The Spill, and The Camera

Patrick Witty’s newsletter digs into the stories behind photos. This issue reveals a very specific camera behind a famous catch in the 1954 World Series. / hat tip to Sean

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A few store fronts from NYC and what to get there

Chris Crowley from GrubStreet shares selections from the new photography book by James and Karla Murray and adds recommendations. (I love these photos) / via waxy

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Rocumentaries

Curated links to the very best documentaries across a bunch of streaming services. (No idea why they call it Rockumentaries when all sorts are included) / via Rachel

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Poor Things Trailer

A film with quite the pedigree of writing, directing and actors. This looks delightfully dark and intriguing and fun. / via Yewknee

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The trick to the super-crayon was to keep adding new favorites

“Combining favorites to make new life happinesses.” (It isn’t just about making crayons)

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Turn old greeting cards into a book

Send in greeting cards and postcards folks have sent to you and get a book back. (There's an option to get all the originals back.) As a hoarder of such things, this intrigues me, and has a tiny vibe of Nick Bantock’s Griffin & Sabine.

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My name’s Chris, this is Edie, and this is a place where I put stuff. In my spare time, I devise schemes to create more spare time. My goal with all this is to remember things, but also try and understand the patterns of life.

(That’s the grand idea — it’s usually just kind of ordinary, and that’s okay too.)

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