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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Is this art?
Interaction of Stellar Wind with Diffuse Nebulae, 1968 Bernar Venet The traveling proprietors of Cognitive Daily, Dave and Greta Munger, check in from Paris with this formidable question: Is science art? More specifically, is an enlarged journal article, presented devoid … Continue reading
Posted in Artists & Art
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Bodyscope 1935: Man, Woman, and a dash of dated rhetoric
Bodyscope Anatomical Chart, 1935 approximately 20″ x 16″ Ralph H. Segal, Bodyscope Publications Inc., Educational Building, 70 5th Ave., NYC From 1935, two ornate Bodyscope teaching charts. Three windows in each chart allow a cutaway view of the torso and … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Museum Lust, Science, Wonder Cabinets
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Boston’s Harcourt Bindery
I love gears, I love type, I love paper art: virtual field trip, courtesy of the Rag & Bone Blog.
Posted in Books, Destinations, Museum Lust, Retrotechnology
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Cabinet of Monstrosities
Avaritia/Jose Hajime Emoto, 2005 Quick quiz: can you list the seven deadly sins?
Posted in Artists & Art, Wonder Cabinets
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Just Tired
I’ve been out of it lately, for stupid reasons that I ought to be handling better. I’m just so tired. My life has been in a state of uncertain flux for too long, and I’ve gotten way off-balance. As I … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Drama
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Here there be Seadragon
This is the sort of pretty toy I’m used to Apple giving me. Why, why is this from Microsoft? I’m confused, but I want! Via: all over the place. Source: TED Conference.
Posted in Film, Video & Music, Science
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Better than the book?
from HisDarkMaterials.org Full disclosure: I am not a fan of Philip Pullman. I didn’t love His Dark Materials; it was undeniably clever, but too heavy-handed for me to ever fully relax my guard (I don’t like being told what to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Video & Music
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Hearts, to be worn on the sleeve
Boîtes à trésors: Anatomie series Lyndie Dourthe These beaded, embroidered stick pins are an odd but charming intersection of old-school anatomy with bohemian embellishment. Who doesn’t like sparkly little skulls? (Certainly not Damien Hirst.)
Posted in Artists & Art, Frivolity
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No future without Nature
Jean Marie Vives I was browsing a few weeks of back posts on the yummy new blog musecrack, and this piece jumped out at me. The artist’s site is full of outstanding matte paintings and photomontage. The image above is … Continue reading
Posted in Artists & Art, Photography
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Tiny, liverwort-loving aliens?
The NYT picked up this AP story originally from the Knoxville News Sentinel about bullseye-like “mini crop circles” on tree bark. I admit, I’m puzzled, because – that looks like an ear to me, not a bullseye or a crop … Continue reading