Art/Skill/Techne

  • ▶ The Emperor Voiced by Mark Hamill’s Joker – YouTube

    Mark Hamill vs. Mark Hamill “Luke Skywalker” as acted by Mark Hamill [Return of the Jedi] “The Emperor” as voiced by Mark Hamill’s Joker [Arkham Games/DCUO clips] “Darth Vader” as voiced by Tom Hardy‘s Bane [Dark Knight Rises] This video… Continue reading

    ▶ The Emperor Voiced by Mark Hamill’s Joker – YouTube
  • The look of music | Harvard Gazette

    Thanks to my good brother, John C., who pointed this out for me. John did some studies with my mentor and myself on the Philosophy of Music and Silence. Always a rare treat to sit and converse with him. We… Continue reading

  • Blogs I ♡: Tender Heart Musings, Himani B. | man of words

    Himani is an ecstatic poet of note, she wanders through this world inviting ecstasy and pain in equal measure. A trail of Tender Heart Musings tell the tale. Utilising deeply evocative imagery and her unique connection to the unquantifiable elements of existence;… Continue reading

  • Pyramid of Khufu Revealed

    Exploration of an interesting theory on how the Great Pyramids were constructed. 4500 years after the construction of the great Pyramids, their secret still remains. Jean-Pierre Houdin‘s very serious ramp theory explains how the Great Pyramids could have possibly been… Continue reading

    Pyramid of Khufu Revealed
  • Recognized by a Man of Words

    Blogging contains the remnants of the old bulletin board system that I originally used way back in 1991. Then and now, I posted things that I hoped other folks would find of some interest. I want Reason and Existenz to… Continue reading

    Recognized by a Man of Words
  • Slow Down Jolene | YouTube

    Wow. No, its not Tracy Chapman or Cher doing Jolene–it’s Dolly Parton: a 45rpm played at 33rpm. Thanks to my good brother Todd for posting this to my FB wall. Continue reading

    Slow Down Jolene | YouTube
  • ABE : Psychotic Robot Butler

    London filmmaker Rob McLellan;s straightforward short film ABE takes some heavy minutes out of Silence of the Lambs, speciifically where serial killer Buffalo Bill interacts with the girl in the well. The twist: gender enraged psychopath making a “girl dress” is… Continue reading

    ABE : Psychotic Robot Butler
  • Amazing 19th-Century Illustrations of ‘The Divine Comedy’ – Flavorwire

    Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy holds an important place in the pantheon of world literature. Countless artists have been inspired by Dante’s allegorical, visionary work, which describes the Italian poet’s journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven. Perhaps the best-known artist… Continue reading

    Amazing 19th-Century Illustrations of ‘The Divine Comedy’ – Flavorwire
  • Autobiografia: Recluse of History | Saffronart Blog

    New York: The exhibition, Autobiografia: Recluse of History, is an intriguing group show of artists from different eras. Simplistic and powerful, it stimulates one’s historical chord through classic drawings of soldiers during World War I, with titles such as ‘le commencement… Continue reading

    Autobiografia: Recluse of History | Saffronart Blog
  • Alphonse Mucha

    …Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewelry, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what was termed initially The Mucha Style but became known as Art Nouveau (French for “new art”). Mucha’s works… Continue reading

    Alphonse Mucha
  • Gallery 17 August 2013

    Write text here… Related articles Gallery for Christopher (keithwaynebrown.com) Maxfield Parrish (keithwaynebrown.com) Ernst Fuchs (keithwaynebrown.com) Art Talk: MoMA’s Mea Culpa to Hopper and O’Keefe (wnyc.org) In the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo opened an interactive exhibition (photovide.com) MoMA Plans Ileana Sonnabend Show… Continue reading

    Gallery 17 August 2013
  • And When You Lose Control: Drawing by Davit Yukhanyan

    Faith is Torment | the Art and Design Blog puts up a gallery of great interest: A drawing of a goat made of hundreds of smaller drawings. Click the jump to examine sections of the drawing and see what parts make… Continue reading

    And When You Lose Control: Drawing by Davit Yukhanyan
  • Contre temps | Vimeo

    My good sister, Angela, posted this on her FB wall today. Appears that it is a student animation from France. Beautiful! Here is our graduation movie Contre temps, directed at Supinfocom Arles in 2012. We hope you will enjoy it!… Continue reading

    Contre temps | Vimeo
  • Acrylic Storm – Michelle Manly

    Texas-based artist Michelle Manley explores the intensity of nature through dramatic acrylic paintings. In her Storm series, she uses earthy color palettes to create landscapes filled with dark clouds swirling together into distant and powerful storms. As the severe weather… Continue reading

    Acrylic Storm – Michelle Manly
  • Art in London: Not ticking | The Economist

    THE shadow of a giant second hand sweeps in silent arcs around a sundial’s shaft, patterning the floor. It lengthens, then reverses, crossing tracks with shorter stripes that represent the minute and the hour. In the industrial vault of London’s… Continue reading

    Art in London: Not ticking | The Economist
  • Sunday Night Feeling Good

    Had this song in my head since we took our trip to Colorado. Please forgive the poor recording. Continue reading

    Sunday Night Feeling Good
  • Hunter Wild

    Astride the Whisper of Chaos, a statement. Drawing upon a Platonic sense of the Erotic as a striving toward the Infinite, this series connects the development of the human form to a relentless desire to explore and traverse the unfolding Universe.… Continue reading

    Hunter Wild