One of the many nice people I met in London. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robat/6281246164/in/set-72157627853312783

8:57 am  •  19 February 2012

psychedelicpandaparty:

The Cat Eyes -1962- self portrait (c) ErinTheArtist

Oh glorious film- how I love you so. Please, darling, never leave me. I just do not think my heart can take the blow. An ode to film on the fly! 

1:52 pm  •  28 December 2011  •  6 notes

o hai http://macrobat.tumblr.com/

7:38 am  •  10 December 2011

psychedelicpandaparty:

The Spirit Plays On

Self Portrait- Copyright- Erin Wilson aka ErinTheArtist

5:11 pm  •  7 November 2011  •  8 notes

superamit:

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.

He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks.

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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.

A few ways to help:

1. If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.
2. If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.
3. If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above. Thank you.

jayparkinsonmd:

My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.

tony b:

Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.

This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.

How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.

Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.

We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match. 

You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.

We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.

Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.

Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.

Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.

6:59 pm  •  6 October 2011  •  8,060 notes

itsbetterinthewind:

A proper trailer for the upcoming short film. Pass it around, share with your friends.

10:16 am  •  13 June 2011  •  73 notes

itsbetterinthewind:

Special Announcement for 2011:

So, after 12 months now of working on this project, I’m happy to announce that for 2011, ‘It’s Better in the Wind’ will be working on a short film to be released in the summer!

Without giving too much away…expect more time away from city lights, and possibly bigger groups, bigger fires, and faster roads!

Stay tuned, as we are beginning filming this week, and will be releasing a series of trailers throughout the production!

Thank you all for the continued support!  I couldn’t do it without the support of the community that surrounds this project, and we’re excited to take on this new phase and bring some more motion to it.

Cheers,
Scott 

(p.s. here’s a little teaser from the recent slab city run)

10:15 am  •  13 June 2011  •  12 notes

I cant believe I didnt post Tess yet on my Tumblr.

7:24 pm  •  20 May 2011

Noah Kalina, shot by me. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robat/5471769127)

12:07 pm  •  24 February 2011  •  2 notes

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robat/5396277974/

6:05 pm  •  29 January 2011  •  1 note