Wednesday, December 21, 2011

When You Sleep



Christina Bothwell. When You Sleep, 2007-2009. Cast glass and raku fired clay, 9 x 19 x 8 inches. 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Hyakunin isshu

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Illustrated book, 1 vol. Poets from the ‘Hyakunin...
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Illustrated book, 1 vol. Poets from the ‘Hyakunin isshu’ anthology depicted in ‘abbreviated style’. Colour woodblock-printed.

Print artist Kitao Masayoshi (北尾政美)

Monday, December 19, 2011

Chochinobake





















Chochinobake is a type of Tsukumogami, which are objects that become animate once they reach their 100th year of existence. They are created from chochin lanterns made of bamboo, paper, or silk. They are sometimes believed to possess a single eye and a long protruding tongue.


Sunday, December 18, 2011

Smile!

The Return of the Mona Lisa to the Louvre after the war, Paris, 1945

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Seer

The Seer: Journeys of the Soul

To truly, deeply see
Is the most profound sorcery.

Sctulpture. 18.5 inches tall. Mixed media.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Insect house and bee colony



Insect house and bee colony on the grounds of the Potager du Roi, where the original gardens date back to the reign of Louis XIV (1678). The King’s gardens were located near his palace in Versailles where he would show off his abundant produce and espaliered fruit-bearing trees. [wallacegardens]

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Narrative of Victor Karloch


The Narrative of Victor Karloch [Official Trailer] from Kevin McTurk on Vimeo.

Thanks, bro!

Enso


円相 “Enso is the circle of infinity, symbol of simplicity with profundity, emptiness with fullness, the visible and invisible. It sometimes forms a moon, sometimes a rice cake.” ~John Stevens, Sacred Calligraphy of the East, p. 190

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Nikolai Lutohin


Illustration by Nikolai Lutohin for the Yugoslavian science magazine Galaksija.