Author Archives: cicada

Paper wings: Emily Morris

Posted on November 6, 2007 by cicada

laser cut paper Emily Morris lots more photos via Rag & Bone Blog

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I’m in a bit of a mood this week. . .

Posted on November 2, 2007 by cicada

Queen of Decay watercolor on paper . . . .and I painted this a few years ago when I was in a similar mood. It’s amazing how paint and paper can trap a state of mind. Fall is a mercurial, … Continue reading →

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Intellectual bloggers: my picks

Posted on November 1, 2007 by cicada

Mo at Neurophilosophy nominated me for the Intellectual Blogger award. That is an honor, especially coming from Mo, who posts about twenty times as often as I do on twenty times as many subjects. And if you’ve ever had a … Continue reading →

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Bones, bones, bones: Post-Halloween memento mori

Posted on November 1, 2007 by cicada

If you didn’t get enough skulls last night, here’s an interesting art show via Simplistic Art. Lustmord Table Jenny Holzer, 1994 And some Embroidered skeletons by Angelo Filomeno, via Ullabenulla: The Grand Circus: Death of Presumptuous Philosopher Embroidery on silk … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists & Art, Destinations, Museum Lust | 1 Comment

It’s all fun and games until. . .

Posted on October 31, 2007 by cicada

This unbelievable X-ray from Surfactant comes to us via Street Anatomy. Whoa. Save this and show it to your kids next 4th of July, ok? (the culprit was a “homemade explosive device”).

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The Five Living Poets Challenge

Posted on October 31, 2007 by cicada

Over at his blog, Jeff Prucher has challenged readers to think of five major LIVING poets. Can you do it? No cheating, no Googling, no looking at your bookshelf or New Yorkers! For verisimilitude, pretend Alex Trebek is staring smugly … Continue reading →

Posted in Frivolity, Littademia, Poetry | 4 Comments

I’m intellectual AND sexy? Now that’s scary. . .

Posted on October 31, 2007 by cicada

First, I need to thank Mo at Neurophilosophy for tagging me with the Intellectual Blogger award. I don’t feel very intellectual lately, but I guess he’s cutting me some slack based on past posts? I’d better pick up the pace, … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein’s fairies: red in tooth and claw

Posted on October 27, 2007 by cicada

Swarm (detail) mixed media Tessa Farmer, 2004 from the Saatchi Gallery Before their nursery sanitization, fairy tales were savage. Remember how Cinderella’s stepmother mutilated her own daughters’ feet to fit the glass slipper, but was betrayed by the oozing blood? … Continue reading →

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Blog bits

Posted on October 25, 2007 by cicada

I’ve been working on a PC for the first time in my life, and I hate the way the blog looks on IE. It’s been near-unreadable. On a Mac using Firefox or Safari it’s fine, but on a PC using … Continue reading →

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Gone, baby, gone

Posted on October 21, 2007 by cicada

fallen cicada watercolor, 2007 ‘Your voice, he interrupted, is also like a cicada, not only a corn-crake. Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were … Continue reading →

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