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Your Fragility In This Sharp World Is Paralyzing

hubs — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:01:19 +0000

I have recently discovered Kate Kretz’s and have been loving her work. This baby garment below blew me away. It was created with hand embroidered hair gathered from a mother during her gestation period.

Images courtesy of kkretz4art

Don’t forget to check out her paintings too. “Blessed Art Thou” is one of my favorites.

Friends, Lovers, And Family

hubs — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:23:51 +0000

After the low-brow posts below I guess I’ll put up something a little more high-brow. Lapham’s Quarterly has been kickin’ it hard online lately. In fact, nearly half of their latest issue is available free online. Good stuff in here folks, take some time to have a good look. I have been particularly entertained by the charts and graphs. The diagram below is one of my favorites from the tons of fun literary diagrams (and plain ol’ smart thinking) you’ll find inside.

diagram via Lapham’s Quarterly

Ugh, This Is Getting Annoying

hubs — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:49:58 +0000

photo by Evan Roth

The Banksy stencil that was discovered in Manchester last week is now “protected” by two wire fences and a plexiglas barrier.

Where Is My Mind

hubs — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:47:55 +0000

These scenes from Greta Garbo’s “The Mysterious Lady” (1928) seem to go just perfectly with the music from Maxence Cyrin’s cover of the Pixies‘ “Where Is My Mind”.

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If you liked this, you can find some more of Maxence Cyrin’s music videos here

The World Is Not As Enchanting As It Once Was

hubs — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:34:03 +0000

I tried to brighten my alley with some oil paintings I inherited by hanging them on my fence posts for all to enjoy. They were painted by my Grandmother and recently taken out of storage.

Unfortunately, they were gone the next day.

Highest Highs And Lowest Lows

hubs — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:07:49 +0000

In his collection titled “High Altitude”, artist Michael Najjar has created beautiful semi-realistic images of mountain ranges out of photographs he took while in the Argentinean Mountains. Interestingly, the re-worked mountain ranges actually visualize the ups and downs of leading global stock indices over the past twenty to thirty years. Pictured above is a representation of

“The virtual data mountains of the stock market charts are sublimated in the materiality of the Argentinean mountainscape. The jagged rock formations act as a symbol of the thin edge between reality and simulation.”

More of Michael’s photos are below the fold.

The Only Difference Between Me And A Madman Is That I Am Not Mad.

hubs — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:32:57 +0000

A great collection of engravings, etchings, paintings and other art depicting madness.

Nickelback Is Cock Rock

hubs — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:05:25 +0000

Nickel back has already gotten way more time than they actually deserve on this blog, but I just couldn’t resist this one. Also, while you’re clicking on stupid Nickelback links you might as well check this one out www.isnickelbacktheworstbandever.com

Hyper Space Is Trippy

hubs — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:09:24 +0000

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Another cool project from Mike Merrill – this video titled “OK To Go” is a compilation of hyper space scenes from assorted movies.

From the description:

Part of the thing which is so appealing about Hyper Space scenes in films is the idea that something fantastic and unknown lies at the end of them. In fact, here are the primary uses of Warp Speed/ Hyper Space as plot device:
A) Tunnel to unknown.
B) Escape from danger via total oblivion.
Both represent a kind of inversion, or temporary lifting, of the accepted order.

Layers And Layers Of Oprah

hubs — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:26:17 +0000

Denty One aka Minikon aka James White created this photo. It’s an entire years worth of Oprah Magazine covers all layered together. He calls it “The Beast“