As you may have noticed, we have a thing for images of people flying and leaping, free falling and sailing through the air – to where? – with no constraints. (Because it’s what we want to do). Today we found a delicious trove on John Foster’s Accidental Mysteries column on Design Observer...
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practice flying (via the uganda skateboard union)
photo of the day: ‘leap into the void’
danny macaskill’s bike lesson (setbacks + difficulties + perseverance = mastery)x
The flying photo reminded me of the wonderful pictures of the platform divers in the Barcelona Olympics – the divers suspended in midair far above the city. So of course I googled images to see if I could find what my mind was seeing from the past and came up with a lovely video. Thought you might like it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/video/2011/nov/01/barcelona-olympic-swimming-pool-video
Love your blog – it gives me a nice perspective jolt each day!