# My weekly Top 20 – #2

Instagram posts I found the most thought-provoking

20 references from MovieBrain. The board: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/b/1BqK8T1vYP

## 1. liatnya gampang #food #foodie #kuliner

- By: U Kurniawan (@kawan_dapur), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdgO3r0T980/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8796?w=1080&v=bd6ecc2616c7

A 13-second clip in Indonesia: a smiling young vendor behind a fence of iron bars passes plates of ketoprak over a low wall, squeezing each one between the bars, to the person filming, who says they're buying up all the ketoprak today.

What it shows: A daytime street-food scene: food carts with red and green awnings under trees, behind a fence of thin white vertical bars on a stained concrete wall. Plates of ketoprak (rice cake, tofu, noodles and bean sprouts under peanut sauce, with crackers) come through the bars; the filmer's hand reaches out and finally holds a full plate up to the camera.

Why it's worth keeping: A small, cheerful moment of street commerce: a vendor getting round a fence with care and a grin. Everyday Indonesian food culture.

Keywords: ketoprak, Indonesian street food, street vendor, food carts, iron fence, plates through the bars, peanut sauce, kaki lima, kuliner, slice of life, Indonesia, food vlog

## 2. 🫂🐈‍⬛🩸

- By: Alessandro Lemme (@alessandro_lemme), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeEU1MJqXyd/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8788?w=1080&v=25b0c9ffa4b0

A single illustration: a striped cat, eyes shut in contentment, wraps itself around a person's arm and hand in a tight hug, while orange-red drops of blood drip where its paws dig in.

What it shows: A clean black line drawing on mottled light grey paper. The cat's body curls into a loop with bold black tabby stripes, long whiskers and a finely lined ear; the human arm runs through the loop, its hand cupped over the cat's head. The only colour is the bright orange-red blood, a few drops and one long drip, flat like a print or tattoo flash.

Why it's worth keeping: Love and pain in one picture: anyone who's had a cat knows the affectionate hug that comes with claws. A strong, simple composition with one spot colour.

Keywords: cat illustration, tabby cat, hug, claws, blood drops, line drawing, tattoo flash style, spot colour, love and pain, Alessandro Lemme, cat affection, minimal illustration

## 3. Crowning

- By: Manojith Krishnan (@manojithkrishnan), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/De52_YCBkth/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8793?w=1080&v=e1070e8ad506

A graphite drawing titled 'Crowning': an extreme close-up of a face seen from below, nose and stubbled lip, with a thin braided cord hanging past it and pinched between the fingers of a hand rising from the bottom of the frame.

What it shows: Black-and-white pencil on white paper, built entirely from dense cross-hatching and stippled stubble. The face fills the top and right; inside the nostril sit two small metal studs, like the back of a nose pin. The braided cord falls straight down left of centre to the two raised fingers; the rest of the page is left white. Signed 'Manojith Krishnan' at bottom left.

Why it's worth keeping: Intense hatching on an intimate, ambiguous close-up that unsettles: how far a tight crop, one prop and a one-word title can carry a drawing.

Keywords: Manojith Krishnan, Crowning, pencil drawing, graphite, cross-hatching, extreme close-up, nose pin, braided cord, surreal illustration, black and white, visceral, fine line drawing

## 4. 😂😂😂😂#explore #ᴠɪʀᴀʟᴘᴏsᴛ #viral #yoyohoneysingh #เบอร์โทร0936437884ang

- By: Dipu Gupta (@dipu_gupta_up27), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeqdkReMLq3/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8790?w=1080&v=3abdaab05450

A 22-second clip from a night fair in India: a homemade weighing machine studded with red LEDs, with a camera dome, a PhonePe QR code and a TV screen on top, greets the customer, announces 'you are 55 kilos' three times and tells him his life will go well.

What it shows: Night on a crowded fairground lit by stalls. A tiered white contraption on a stand is covered in blinking red, pink and green LEDs and LED strips, with a CCTV-style camera, a QR payment sign and a flat-screen TV on top showing a man in glasses and a white T-shirt against red, who speaks the result. A young man in a red striped shirt stands in front of it; the camera turns back to the crowd.

Why it's worth keeping: Jugaad showmanship: a simple weighing scale dressed up as a talking, glowing fortune machine with digital payment, at a fair. A slice of vernacular tech and fairground culture.

Keywords: talking weighing machine, fortune machine, mela, night fair, LED lights, jugaad, PhonePe QR code, vernacular tech, India, Hindi, fairground, weight

## 5. In 1967, these children from St Teresa’s Primary School in Belfast talked to Harold Williamson about their feelings.

- By: Dead Poets Wilde | Pratik ☾ (@deadpoetswilde), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DewYgLksiG_/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8765?w=1080&v=ff22f5809d3e

Archive BBC footage reposted by Dead Poets Wilde: in 1967 Harold Williamson talked to children at St Teresa's Primary School in Belfast about their feelings. A curly-haired boy describes his temper rising like a volcano when his brother switches the TV to sport, and reading in his room until it cools; a freckled boy says he's called 'Ginger Bap', clenches his fists, and sometimes catches and punches the name-callers.

What it shows: Black-and-white 1960s television footage with the BBC logo in the corner and modern subtitles: a dark-haired boy in a white shirt at a classroom desk, smiling shyly with his hands clasped, classmates around him; then close-ups of a freckled boy with sticking-out ears in a jumper, outdoors.

Why it's worth keeping: Children describing emotions with startling honesty and vivid metaphor (the volcano) is both funny and moving, and a reminder of how well kids can name their feelings. Valuable as archive, and for the language of anger.

Keywords: 1967, BBC archive, Belfast, St Teresa's Primary School, Harold Williamson, children on feelings, anger, volcano metaphor, Ginger Bap, temper, childhood, Dead Poets Wilde

## 6. What a beautiful energy exchange with @aggytarrant on the red carpet at the @capeusa gala representing @lexususa 🫶🏻

- By: David Suh | Posing Coach & Portrait Photographer (@davidsuhphoto), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/De5UcMLvT5H/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8795?w=1080&v=ecb8f44ae31e

A three-minute clip from a gala red carpet: the portrait photographer and posing coach David Suh coaches a man who doesn't know what to do with his hands, teaching him to feel and shift his weight, lean on the car and lead with his eyes until he poses naturally.

What it shows: Night, a dark red carpet beside a dark green SUV, with banks of orange and red flowers, string lights, a light stand and a party behind. Suh, with long grey-streaked hair, a grey pinstripe jacket and very wide black trousers, demonstrates next to his subject in a navy double-breasted suit, who ends up leaning on the car, feet crossed, smiling. On-screen text: 'idk what to do with my hands' (impromptu red carpet posing lesson).

Why it's worth keeping: A clear, teachable method for natural posing (shift the weight, free a limb, lead with the eyes) instead of formulas. Useful direction for shoots, and for anyone stiff in front of a camera.

Keywords: David Suh, posing coach, red carpet, posing tips, weight shift, portrait photography, directing talent, body language, eye line, gala, Lexus, how to pose for photos

## 7. 2017 — Une récolte hors du commun.

- By: Sophie Reulet (@sophiereulet), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DecLYwFoZPZ/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8789?w=1080&v=d87f798720e3

A 45-second video from 2017 in which the artist and a few helpers pry a thick slab of years of layered posters off a city advertising column with crowbars and carry it away. She has kept the fragment for nine years and now plans to make it a timeline, a stratigraphy of our time.

What it shows: A round poster column covered in bright pink, yellow and black gig and club posters ('Étoile', 'Trotro fait son cirque', '25 Oct.') in a car park by a glass office front. Men in hoodies and gloves lever at it with a crowbar from a ladder; a pale grey slab several centimetres thick comes away like bark and is carried off. Close-ups show its edge: a dense sandwich of paper layers, like sediment.

Why it's worth keeping: Street posters as geology: years of layered paper cut out as one slab, a physical record of a city's events to read like rock strata. An idea for urban archaeology and found-material art.

Keywords: Sophie Reulet, poster column, layered posters, urban archaeology, stratigraphy, palimpsest, found materials, street posters, mixed media art, paper layers, France, contemporary art

## 8. Caleb's Cartoon Collection Pt.1 (more on the way VERY SOON) #LiveActionCartoons #CartoonPhysics

- By: Caleb Natale (@calebnatale), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DemrXCuJjp-/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8804?w=1080&v=7ae4ad7ce1a8

A three-minute compilation of Caleb Natale's live-action cartoons: sketches that use editing, props and drawn effects to give real people cartoon physics, with a 'Tex & Avery' injury-lawyer sign, a drawn-in seesaw, a barbecue gag and a gym weightlifting gag.

What it shows: Bright suburban settings: a street of new apartment blocks, a car park by a brick building with a white pickup, a backyard deck with a black kettle grill, a garage painted 'Jim's Gym'. Caleb, bearded, in a green or maroon top or a white T-shirt and apron, makes exaggerated cartoon moves: running in a suit past a 'Tex & Avery Injury Law Firm' sign, a pencil drawing a seesaw and a boulder into the scene, a burger and a hot dog in thought bubbles, lifting an enormous barbell.

Why it's worth keeping: Cartoon logic (Tex Avery-style physics, drawn-in props, thought bubbles) translated into live action with simple editing. A playbook of visual gags for short-form video.

Keywords: Caleb Natale, live-action cartoons, cartoon physics, Tex Avery, visual gags, comedy sketches, drawn effects, thought bubbles, barbecue gag, gym gag, short-form video, editing tricks

## 9. For generations of listeners, the first encounter with Franz Liszt’s virtuosic genius did not take place inside Carnegie Hall or the Vienna…

- By: Classical Music | Stories & Reels (@classicalmusicreel), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbQVy6mxf0y/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8761?w=1080&v=60ce3626487c

A reel from Classical Music on MGM's Tom and Jerry short 'The Cat Concerto': Tom plays Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 while Jerry sabotages the piano from inside. Its captions explain that animators studied real pianists frame by frame so every paw strike matches the score, that Scott Bradley arranged the music around the gags, and that pianist Jakob Gimpel recorded it; it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.

What it shows: Clips of the cartoon in full colour: Tom in white tie and tails at a black grand piano against a yellow-green spotlight, Jerry asleep on the hammers, scrambling inside the piano with scissors and a mousetrap, Tom's paws on the keys; white captions on black above each clip, with a 'Classical Music' watermark.

Why it's worth keeping: Craft hidden inside comedy: the gags land because the music and the animation are exact, down to the keys. A reference for how rigour makes slapstick sing, and for classic animation timing.

Keywords: The Cat Concerto, Tom and Jerry, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Franz Liszt, MGM, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Scott Bradley, Jakob Gimpel, Academy Award, classical music in cartoons, animation craft, piano

## 10. 🕊️

- By: theAaryan.official (@theaaryan_verse), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/De6eessTHAL/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8799?w=1080&v=32d1e8dba9d4

A 39-second clip in a red-walled music room: a young blond man sits cross-legged among a crowd of children and teenagers while a boy plays the harmonium, and everyone sings and claps along to a devotional song. The overlay reads 'Mentally I am here'.

What it shows: A packed room with red walls hung with framed photos and painted guitars, and a patterned red carpet. Children in kurtas and shirts sit shoulder to shoulder, grinning and clapping, with adults standing behind; the blond man in black sways and claps; a boy in a red checked shirt plays a harmonium in the foreground. White script text: 'Mentally I am here 🕊️'.

Why it's worth keeping: Pure, shared joy: a crowd of kids singing with full hearts around a harmonium, a warm group moment anyone would want to be inside.

Keywords: harmonium, children singing, music academy, singalong, devotional song, clapping, joy, cross-cultural, Sur Taal Music Academy, group singing, red room, slice of life

## 11. ⁨ ⁨ جنوبو باید زندگی کرد، نه فقط دید !

- By: Mahɴᴀᴢ (@mooniiicorn), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DemENDwtv0T/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8802?w=1080&v=155f56d47b16

A 54-second montage of nights in Hormozgan, in the south of Iran, captioned 'The south must be lived, not just seen!': crowds dancing to drummers, a fire spinner, breakdancing in a street, bonfires, musicians under fairy lights, a red-lit room, and a figure on a moonlit shore.

What it shows: Handheld phone footage after dark: purple-lit dancers; old men dancing in a crowd; two women in red tops and striped black skirts playing frame drums on a carpet below a cliff; a man spinning fire; a crowd watching a breakdancer by a mud-plaster wall; musicians by a fire under red and green fairy lights; dancers in a courtyard; a red-curtained room with a singer; a sparkler's arc; a bonfire; and a lone figure, arms out, under the moon by the sea.

Why it's worth keeping: Communal dancing, drums and fire on the islands of southern Iran, filmed from inside the crowd: the caption's point that the place is to be lived, not just seen.

Keywords: Hormoz Island, Hengam, Hormozgan, southern Iran, frame drums, communal dancing, fire spinning, bonfire, night music, travel, Persian Gulf, slice of life

## 12. #ElevenLabsAmbassador 🎙️ All the sound in this video is made with @elevenlabs :

- By: Aivoxy (@aivoxy), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeyV73wvEXz/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8769?w=1080&v=5bd3107f445f

An AI-made animated short: a little girl smothers her fat ginger cat with kisses, which he blocks with a paw and endures with a side-eye; when she hugs and kisses a cat-shaped orange cushion instead, he sulks, shoves the cushion away and ends up curled on her lap.

What it shows: Pixar-like 3D animation with soft fur and warm lamplight. A toddler with pigtails in a mustard knit sweater and a big orange cat with green eyes, first in tight close-ups of the kiss and the cat's half-shut glare, then wide shots of a dark green sofa with a knitted throw in front of a night window with falling snow. The cat sits on the sofa back facing away, looks back over his shoulder, pushes the cushion off and lies across her lap.

Why it's worth keeping: A recognisable bit of pet (and human) psychology, rejecting affection until it goes to someone else, told in 30 wordless seconds through a cat's expressions. Also an all-AI production (Seedance 2.5 video, ElevenLabs sound and music) that keeps the same characters across shots.

Keywords: ginger cat, jealous pet, cat refusing kisses, AI animation, Seedance 2.5, ElevenLabs, Pixar style, toddler and cat, cat cushion, side-eye, wordless short, reverse psychology

## 13. Aeroplane ke bacche bhi hain 😅 🛩️✈️

- By: Janardan Yadav (@jd_ydv), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DezaMj0vGX-/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8774?w=1080&v=2269de64ea29

An 11-second phone video from an air show in Varanasi: a big four-engine military transport flies in formation with four small fighter jets around it, and the caption jokes 'Aeroplane ke bacche bhi hain' (the aeroplane has babies too).

What it shows: Shot upward from the crowd, with raised phones and heads along the bottom of the first frame, into a hazy blue sky. The large swept-wing jet is flanked by four fighters, with thin lines running from its wings back toward them. A white caption box with black text, 'Aeroplane ke bacche bhi hain 😅', sits in the middle of every frame.

Why it's worth keeping: Reading a flypast as a mother plane with her babies is how a child would see it, and one line of caption turns a military display into something sweet.

Keywords: air show, Varanasi, Banaras, flypast, formation flying, fighter jets, transport aircraft, aerial refuelling formation, Hindi humour, aeroplane ke bacche, crowd filming, child's eye view

## 14. A prayer that is also a chess puzzle.

- By: Krishna Varma (@udbhava108), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/De4CtSHqgLK/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8794?w=1080&v=461d24c1674a

A 52-second animated explainer of a Sanskrit verse by Vedānta Deśika laid out as 32 syllables on a four-by-eight board: read row by row it is a prayer to the sandals of Lord Raṅganātha, and following a knight's tour across the same squares spells a second prayer, still in metre.

What it shows: A dark background with the glowing gold title 'A Prayer That Is Also A Chess Puzzle'. A four-by-eight grid of Devanagari syllables with transliterations; a white chess knight hops square to square, tracing thin gold lines and numbering each visit, while the second verse assembles beneath with its source, Pādukāsahasra 30.19 and 30.20. It ends on 'चित्रकाव्य: Poems that shouldn't be possible'.

Why it's worth keeping: Chitrakavya, Sanskrit picture-poetry, at its most astonishing: one verse that is both a prayer and a knight's tour. A model for constrained writing, and for explaining an intricate idea with simple animation.

Keywords: Vedānta Deśika, knight's tour, chitrakavya, Sanskrit poetry, Pādukāsahasra, constrained writing, chess puzzle, Devanagari, Raṅganātha, metre, Indian poetry, explainer animation

## 15. Selected images from new book VARUNA: Wind Water Cosmic Order, available for sale at arunpatelstudio.com/shop. Other books include SHANTI…

- By: Arun Patel (@arunpatelstudio), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/De1wvMSG5zb/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/8783?w=1080&v=f80eed8461eb

A carousel of selected black-and-white photographs from Arun Patel's new book VARUNA: Wind Water Cosmic Order: shorelines, water, snow, torii gates in still water, boats and lone figures.

What it shows: Ten square, high-contrast monochrome images with wide empty whites and blacks: two figures running on a curved black shore against white water, a swimmer's head in pale rippling water, a tiny line of people crossing a white snowfield, a long-exposure sea fading into black, a torii gate standing in misty still water, two wooden boats seen from above with a boy running through the shallows, dark hills over a bright river, moonlight on a dark sea, a torii beyond sculpted rock, and white rivers winding through black hills.

Why it's worth keeping: Spare landscape photography built on water, emptiness and tiny human figures, with torii as recurring markers. A reference for high-contrast monochrome and negative space.

Keywords: Arun Patel, VARUNA, photography book, black and white photography, minimalist landscape, long exposure, torii gate, negative space, seascape, snowfield, high contrast, fine art photography

## 16. Comment “IDO” and I’ll send you the link to the full episode

- By: Aaron Alexander (@aaronalexander), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeKM30GTbL5/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/3724?w=1080&v=8395cd6c8ae4

A clip from Aaron Alexander's Align Podcast in which guest Ido Portal argues that noise and tension in the body dull perception, using the image of a blindfolded man holding an iron bar versus a feather, and says people need to practise sensing delicate things.

What it shows: Podcast clip shot against a black void in low, warm side light: tight close-ups of a man with tousled dark hair and a long grey-streaked beard in a black T-shirt, often with eyes closed as he talks and shapes the air with his fingers, cut with reaction shots of a short-bearded listener in a dark V-neck and pendant necklace. Bold white sans-serif captions appear a word or phrase at a time at chest height, with key words in orange; it opens on a split screen of the two men and ends with a small 'Comment "IDO" to watch full episode' label.

Why it's worth keeping: A vivid, borrowable metaphor (iron bar versus feather) for how tension and constant input dull perception, and a counter-practice: quiet down, even lower your voice, to notice finer things.

Keywords: Ido Portal, Align Podcast, Aaron Alexander, iron bar and feather, tension, perception, sensitivity, sensory noise, movement practice, attention, podcast clip, word-by-word captions

## 17. Next to U — out 07_23 #algorave #livecoding

- By: DJ_Dave (@dj_dave____), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbFQRJNNDrs/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/3710?w=1080&v=49555e94e51c

DJ_Dave builds the bassline of the track 'Next to U' (out 23 July) line by line in a live-coding editor, explaining each step: the notes, the rhythm, a detuned and distorted supersaw, a low-pass filter and a transposition. It then jumps to the finished song's code playing, its drum, vocal-chop and synth patterns flashing as they sound.

What it shows: Vertical split screen. Top: a webcam shot of a young woman with long platinum-blonde hair, black over-ear headphones and a white T-shirt, in a beige room with headphones hanging on the wall. Bottom: a code editor, white monospace on saturated royal blue with grey line numbers, where the pattern grows as she types: bassline: note(...) with E3, D#3, C#3, G#2 and B2, the last step alternating D#3 and G#2; an x-and-dash .struct rhythm; .sound("supersaw").detune(1); .distort; an .lpf with an inline slider; .pan and .trans("<-7 0>"). Playing values light up in boxes and a dotted punchcard plots the notes. Later the whole song's code (hi-hat, clap and vocal-chop lines on banks like RolandTR808) fills the screen behind flickering white punchcard bars.

Why it's worth keeping: A bassline built from a few lines of code with each step audible as it's added (supersaw, detune, distortion, a filter swept from an inline slider, a fifth-down transposition), so the sound-design logic of a dance track is easy to follow and copy.

Keywords: live coding, algorave, Strudel, supersaw bassline, low-pass filter, inline slider, pattern code, TR-808 hi-hats, punchcard visualization, split-screen tutorial, Next to U, DJ_Dave

## 18. Look closely, it’s swaying.

- By: the oom (@theoomlab), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcJJmSNBinW/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/1182?w=1080&v=7f503410f703

A furniture maker from @theoomlab introduces a stool designed to sway slightly when you sit, so it moves with the body instead of resisting it. The reel shows it laid out as four curved modules, assembled by hand, flexed to show the springy legs, and sat on in tall and low versions.

What it shows: It opens on a close-up of the stool's thin curved legs, then cuts to black-and-white footage of a dancer in white tumbling with, and carrying, a plain white wooden chair on an empty stage. The rest is shot in a soft grey-beige studio. The parts are laid flat: two slotted seat panels, two leg pieces, dowels and small hardware. Hands slot the legs into a cross-shaped foot and press a curved seat on top. A hand holds up a slotted veneer panel, and two hands push down on the seat so the Y-shaped legs flex. Light-wood and dark walnut versions stand around, and a barefoot person in black sits and leans on the stool. Lowercase monospaced subtitles run throughout, and it ends on a white card with the 'THE (OOM)' logo.

Why it's worth keeping: It turns a body observation, that we never sit still, into a design brief, and solves it with flexible bent laminated legs and a flat-pack modular build. The archival dance-with-a-chair opening is a framing device that could be borrowed for introducing a product.

Keywords: swaying stool, bent laminated veneer, flexible furniture legs, modular flat-pack furniture, collectible furniture, dancer with chair, walnut stool, ergonomic seating, Y-shaped legs, furniture assembly, The OOM Lab, minimal studio product video

## 19. Exploring interchangeable colour gels for a new silicone lamp. I’m developing a more curated colour palette beyond the usual RGB colours…

- By: PUBLICPARTS Studio · Billy Easter (@publicparts), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbbBZyJsRqR/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/1176?w=1080&v=863353651a63

Billy Easter of PUBLICPARTS Studio demonstrates a prototype translucent silicone cube lamp. He changes its colour by sliding thick coloured slabs into a slot at its base, and the light shifts through red, yellow, orange, pale blue, lavender-pink and lime green.

What it shows: A frosted, jelly-like silicone cube with softly rounded edges sits on a white surface against a grey-blue studio backdrop. Its light source glows from the bottom centre. Beside it is a stack of matte coloured slabs in yellow, orange, blue, purple and green, some embossed with 'PUBLICPARTS'. A hand with a chain bracelet and a leaping-hare tattoo on the forearm slides one slab at a time into a gap at the base, sometimes taps the top, and the stack shrinks as the colours are used. The glow fills the whole cube with a soft, diffused gradient that is brightest at the bottom. At the end the hand holds up the purple, blue and orange slabs.

Why it's worth keeping: It is a tactile, low-tech way to change a lamp's colour: physical gel inserts instead of RGB LEDs or an app. The studio uses them to build a curated, softer palette, and the colour swaps turn into a satisfying, playful ritual.

Keywords: silicone lamp, interchangeable colour gels, translucent cube lamp, collectible design, lighting design, colour filter inserts, curated colour palette, PUBLICPARTS, Billy Easter, jelly-like material, product prototype, ambient light

## 20. #TVアニメ『ONE PIECE』

- By: Funzistra (@funzitera), Instagram
- Original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DccgfiLBz2I/
- Picture: https://snakeoilsalesman.in/api/moviebrain/covers/1154?w=1080&v=74af85e597d6

A Korean animated comedy sketch, reposted by @funzitera, in which a husband has a 'technician' install a 'new wifi router' that is really a PlayStation. The cover story collapses when his son, his brother-in-law and finally the neighbourhood kids all recognise it, while his wife grows more suspicious.

What it shows: 2D digital cartoon in a muted sepia-grey palette with a few navy and pink accents, set in an apartment entryway and living room with a wall clock, potted plant and front door. The installer wears a navy cap and uniform with a shoulder bag. Faces shift from plain to exaggerated panic: sweat drops, bulging blank eyes and a three-panel split of shifty glances. The wife stands with arms crossed, glaring. English subtitles are burned in at the bottom of each frame.

Why it's worth keeping: It's a tight escalating-lie comedy structure: one bluff ('PS = Flash Speed') that every character has to improvise around until outsiders blow it open. The 'disguise the gadget as a boring household purchase' premise also works as a template for a product-reveal ad. Note that the post's caption is unrelated One Piece Elbaf anime news, likely added by the reposting account.

Keywords: PlayStation 5 Pro, wifi router disguise, hiding a purchase from wife, Korean animated skit, escalating lie comedy, fake technician, PS Flash Speed, sweating panic faces, husband wife argument, console gaming joke, product reveal ad idea, burned-in English subtitles