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Grace and Austria
Swiftly now, gracefully we slide upon rails of iron and rust. The train trembles lightly and Blair shakes his postcard, coaxing the ink to dry. Massive windmills twist softly, perched upon the undulating grasslands. Songs from the past and fields of umber and raw sienna are smeared across a hundred kilometers. The stalks of crops [...]
Three (3) Righteous Melodies
Finding musical gems is time consuming, and I often content myself by listening to my library of familiar recordings rather than delving into the vast collection of music available on iTunes. Here are a few fresh tracks which I have discovered lately and added to my playlist. “Fresh”, in this instance, is relative to my [...]
Kaparot
This image and caption is from the BBC:
The City Vienna
The City…my God! With towers as grand and boulevards as wide as the majestic Danube River. The City sings! Glory!
Each footstep, every glance, each revealing frames like sonnets. The garden of Austria. The garden of the civilized.
I saw Schiele and Klimt, and Christian Schad with volume and vibrant clashing hues and the feast [...]
The Metrics of the Metric System
I ran across this map that highlights ALL the countries of the world that do not use the metric system of measurement. The winners are: The United States, Myanmar, and Liberia. An exclusive group by any measure.
Auf Wiedersehen
I washed my clothes and hung them on the line to dry above the bathtub. I neatly folded my t-shirts using the method I learned on the internet last Wednesday.
Then I carefully added items to my suitcase, a small plaid number with rollers and a compass in the handle that I purchased at the [...]
Old Man Watching Fly
Ink on paper, color with Pixelmator
The Highest of Pot Psychology
This video advice column is strangely entertaining.
The Highest of Pot Psychology from Pot Psychology on Vimeo.
via John Dyer’s Blog → via The Essence of Chris
“Bad Bad Bad Brother”
Here is a video of Isaac Hayes from 1973, performing his hit song from the blaxploitation film “Shaft”. I don’t like Isaac Hayes, or this song, I post this video for another reason. See if you can identify the man from the start of the video who introduces Hayes as a “bad bad bad brother”.
Death is Recognized as a Friend
After Käthe Kollwitz.
A sketch that I rendered at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin. The museum of her work is perhaps the most marvelous institution in a city of marvels.
Mechanical Pencil on Moleskin paper
