A storm more violent than anti-SOPA rage is sweeping across the otherwise serene plains of the internet. Families are turning against fathers, mothers against children, flocks against shepherds: is this advanced, non-Euclidian planking, or just something else entirely?
I maintain that it is. Planking, although broadly defined by Gizmodo.com as “the act of lying facedown for a photograph.” Some might contend that it’s a little more than that; perhaps lying absolutely flat, like a plank, is required. Some might say the surface itself has to be flat. Some are wrong.
http://gizmodo.com/5803311/what-is-planking
The world isn’t flat, nor is the alienating landscape of our urban centers. If we all lived in Kansas, this classical approach to planking might work, but in a world of crime, angles, corners, and ramps, planking has to grow as surroundings decay. I applaud this photographer, Sam Schubert, and her bravery in the face of orthodoxy. You might not want to call her a hero, but me? Well… [Sam Schubert via PetaPixel]
