Weekly Filet #153: Portrait of the Artist as an Addict. And more.
Photographer Graham MacIndoe has, over several years, captured intense moments of one man's heroin addiction. His own. In an interview with his girlfriend, who had left him at that time, he speaks about how he slipped into addiction, how he got out and how the self-portraits came about. Well worth your time.
→ My Addiction, Through My Eyes (New York Magazine)
A fascinating analysis of Schubert’s String Quintet in C major and how it masterfully manipulates our perception of time.
→ How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time (Nautilus)
A beautiful, sad documentary on people who have applied for a mission to Mars, one way. They speak about their hopes away from Earth, and the one thing that might make them change their mind.
→ Mars One Way (Vimeo/Vita Brevis Films)
Which human-made object has travelled the farthest distance? There are several answers to this, none of which is a spacecraft, but one is: a stone from Ethiopia.
→ Far-Traveling Objects (What If?)
A good way to catch up on the week's most important issues: The Economist's «The week explained». This week with Crimea, China, India.
→ The week explained: Voting and violence (The Economist)