Visual Concept Dictionary: Nostalgia, Futurism

Super Kamiokande Neutrino Detection Experiment

Nostalgia

I wonder at the scale and and futurism and (guided by the Japaneseness of the thing) I remember Akira and then Blade Runner, 2001, and even, laughingly, Total Recall;  a culture that justified studios rendering epic machinations like this for its stories. Sure; it's entirely functional and built specifically to best do what it does, but it's almost cartoonish how dramatic it is in photographs. It's a great piece for the visual dictionary because it triggers so much with its visual presentation. I think I'm nostalgic for that time I've associated with celebrating impressionist futurism.

Grover's Metaphysics

The Book

I was recently reminded of a book my mother used to read to me as a child. I have to say, just the thought of this book stirs up an incredible vortex of childhood memories. The book is one of my earliest recollections and I would go so far as to say it is the most influential piece of fiction I have yet to come across.

The Monster at the End of this Book, by Jon Stone (Illustrated by Michael Smollin). Please take the time to read this book right now. It's just over 400 words long and it changed my life.

For those of you who'd rather not: it's a book who's main character, Grover, is terrified of the ending, for as the title suggests, there is a fucking monster at the end of this book. Despite his industrious attempts at halting your progress, you of course reach the end only to find that Grover was the monster all along.