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Fantastic bit of suicide food portraiture by an artist who likes the genre. Extra points for autophagy. My previous favorite (via @tikaro, I think, but I can’t find the pic) is the Campfire Marshmallow spokesthing with a campfire (natch) and a flaming head on a stick (aka marshmallow).
Via Super Punch.
Just unloaded the camera – here are some pix that may not have justified a post on their own, but taken together are a nice slice of life.
Blueberry picking with my partner in berrycrime at Sturgeon Cove:
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The cove is in the background (and yes, there are sturgeon in the main river – or at least there were 10 years ago).
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My Utricularia humboldtii bloomed! First time!
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Two styles of rabbit dogs. The kind that come from Kearsarge Mountain Teckels:
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And the kind that come from Popper’s Sausage Kitchen:
Rabbit hot dogs … are locally raised New Zealand White and are seasoned with sage, white pepper, garlic and ginger.
Damn good, too.
Each piece is an artist’s interpretation of a one-line episode summary from the DirecTV program guide (full list of titles artists could pick from). Like the series that inspired them, they are sometimes straightforward and sometimes offer a twist; sometimes they contain no easy answers, and sometimes they are just plain goofy.
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Radiation Kills a Tormented Scientist
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Death Links to Ultimate Fighting
credit: Kenn Munk
Kenn got this shot in London and notes: “Took this photo Saturday – today (Wednesday) it’s been buffed – none of the other graffiti had been touched.” Go figure.
From the Life Nature Library: South America.
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First, let me acknowledge peacay as undisputed champion of Internet cool-stuff-finding. Today’s Butterfly Album post is a multi-dimensional winner. First, there are the images. I’m particularly partial to a painting containing what I think is a Giant Water Bug:
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Then there’s the intriguing info on where the insects were collected:
The only other information known is that the butterflies and insects were collected from the Aralia (spikenard) and related Tetrapanax papyrifera (pith paper tree) plant species.
Followed by a link to the Harvard Herbarium for more info on the pith paper tree. The Herbarium rates a big marker pin on my mental map – it’s close, houses the Blaschka’s glass plant models and – most important for me – was the base of operations for Richard Evans Schultes (prev. posts here and here). I’ve wandered around the Herbarium website before, but today – thanks to peacay – I kicked around the Botany Library On-Line Exhibits (not sure I’ve ever happened upon this part of the site before). There’s a nice series on book covers/bindings:
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a section on the ‘other’ Amanita (phalloides)
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and then there’s this, from the Economic Botany Clipping File:
Dr. Schultes teaching in the Nash Lecture Hall
Painting by Hannah Barrett, November 1994
The caption in the tiles says, “Richard Evans Schultes, Director Emeritus, demonstrating the blowgun in the Nash Lecture Hall, the Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 15 November 1994.” Ethnobotanical explorer in lab coat? Check. Blowgun, darts and quiver? Check. Little potted cactus ($100 says Lophophora williamsii)? Check. More interesting details that I’ll leave for you, the reader? Check. I’m curious as to what molecule is diagrammed on the chalkboard…
One last picture to end the post – from the book Beata Ruris Otia Fungis Danicis Impensa. Enjoy!
Maps are metaphors.
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In A Series Of Maps
Of The World As Known At Different Periods;
Constructed Upon An Uniform Scale, And
Coloured According To The Political Changes Of Each Period
Eden
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The Empire of Cyrus the Great
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At the time of the Death of Constantine.
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The Empire of Kublai Khan
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I love the David Rumsey Map Collection – this find is via a tweet from @bibliodyssey. Any map series that references the Massegetae and Sogdiana is a good one.
Amazing Soundsuits by Chicago-based sculptor/fiber artist/genius Nick Cave. Found by following an inbound link (to Tibetan Pop Surrealism) back and then googling like mad.
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Youtube of suits under construction/dancing etc.:
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Molly Would blogs Mr. Cave’s visit to SCAD.
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A slide show from the Fowler Museum, UCLA (hopefully, the link works well – the Fowler/phototour is a bit tricksy – if it doesn’t work, click on the Fowler link, then on Nick Cave Photo Tour).
Some additions I’d like to call your attention to.
Two new links under Sensory stimuli:
Hunter/Gatherer – Stephanie Brown’s blog. I’ve mentioned Ms. Brown’s work before – obviously, I like what she does.
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Annie Wu – discovered a while ago (via KdeM, maybe?).
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And an addition to the Pages section – my Awesome stuff for sale! page – it’s pissah! Go! Buy!
There are a couple incredible panoramas up at the Athanæum’s web site. You’ll need to click through – even if I could embed, I wouldn’t – these pictures need to be viewed in as big a browser window as you can manage.
The Joseph Sawtelle Reading Room. Note the gundalow model on top of one of the glass cases.
The third floor Library.
Well done, Moss Creek Media/@spyboy!
