Art
Lego Art: The Art of the Brick
As a child I enjoyed Lego in its endless array of things I could build. Nowadays most Lego seems heavily themed, in that each kit builds something specific. This artist, Nathan Sawaya, has an enviable job in which he creates Lego sculptures that are commissioned by clients. He has a large gallery with lots of [...]
Photography: Time Standing Still
I found this site recently and have been transfixed. He uses long exposure times and turns human existence into ghostly motion. Visit the photographer’s web site here:
Some of my favorites:
Poetry - By Michael Radford ( Hands )
Hands
Out at the end of your arms,
outriggers on a great sailing vessel.
Ever turning to the myriad of tasks,
painting the landscape.
Bony and raw,
forever enduring.
Fashioning the perfect world.
Michael Radford ‘08
Video: Pika Pika (from Japan)
Long exposure film combined with LED lights. Enjoy.
Tochka Japan Web Site
PikaPika Web Site
Earliest Vocal Recording Found from 1860 - Earlier than Edison by 17 years
This is a fascinating story. The earliest human voice recorded by smoke blackened paper. Amazing. The recording will be presented on Friday at a conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections at Stanford University in California, Giovannoni said. It is also posted on the Web here
Listen to an Mp3 of this first recording
American researchers [...]
Solar Pyre
George knelt down and extended his rough heavy hand to help me to my feet. I stood upright and breathed in deeply, letting the thin and icy air awaken my senses. Time seemed to slow to a stop and then tentatively move forward again at half pace. Beside me, George’s breath came in abrupt gasps, [...]
Crushed Velvet Eyeball; Egyptian Splendor.
I paid 75 American for this B.C. Rich “Bronze” Mockingbird style guitar. The guy who sold it to me said it had been his nephews and he had probably played it once or twice, if that. And it was a real challenge to straighten it out but with the help of my daughter we stripped [...]
Donuts as Art: Voodoo Donuts - Portland, Oregon, USA
Unlike many fellow Canadians and various American friends to the south, I do not eat many donuts. This is not by choice of course, because donuts are quite tasty. Its a health thing, as a proverbial west coaster I grow strong and healthy from organic food; locally grown produce, artisanal food and tasty fruit. I [...]
Poetry - By Michael Radford
The Door……..
And so, this is the way of it.
You there in the hallway, me crouching in my room.
Suffer you not dismay, entrance into my room is forbidden to all.
Consideration for mutual saftey is the weight that bars the door.
Your ideas, hanging as coats in a closet there in the great hallway
while mine rest just behind [...]
Poetry - By Michael Radford
SMILE
Day is long, sun hot, toil is fierce.
Moving forward the hard concrete rises up to smash into my feet.
Gravity forces me to the ground.
Then, just over there, the instant smile of a child.
It all rushes back to me.
SIDEWALKS
Looking out at everybody
ridin’ in their new soft life,
They got that look that says
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