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"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
-William Blake

I'm not going to say much here. Just go to the host Vimeo page and watch this 3 minute film clip in HD. If it doesn't re-affirm the awe-inspiring beauty of nature in you, you're a zombie.

Under a minute. Cute. Cool. Just because.

Another great reason to spend a few minutes a day on Vimeo. This short animation reminds me of Terry Gilliam from forty years ago, but with a decidedly more focused ambition and, hence, perhaps a bit less pure surrealism. That said, very cool and the result of some hard work.

Universal and fundamental ideas and values captured with words, video and music. With all the shit going on in the world, it's sometimes useful to remember why people are fighting, resisting and rebelling. This is two years old, but still imminently relevant.

We've all seen stop-action Lego parodies, but this is different. Not only is there an amazing narrative told through the pieces and sounds, but a contrasting first and second half shows the impact that colour alone has on narrative. Even if it's simply the colour of plastic rectangular blocks.

This really cool and stylistic short animation is perhaps the best two-minute smile you're going to get today. I love the simplicity of the concept and the innovative determination to convey a very basic belief into narrative.

A surreal reflection on every story you've ever heard about a car running into a deer in the middle of the night. Violent, graphic, and a whole heaping load impactful. Give 4.5 minutes to this experience and see if you cringe, cheer or get left awestruck.

I've always dug timelapse footage and I don't know why. Often times set in city streets where one can see people skittering around like ants, the method provides a certain macro-view of a place. I often think of the technique used in Koyaanisqatsi's "The Grid" where the head and tail lights of cars zipping in and out of the city recollected red and white blood cells flowing in and out of a human heart. It's rare to see good quality timelapse on water though, much less the Queen Mary on a run from NYC to the Caribbean.

Sit back and enjoy some majesty. And if you can, watch the HD version.