Holiday wishlist/ Need to eventually get list

some type of crystal cluster.


Moleskine Pocket Japanese Accordian Album.



Cahier Pocket Plain Journal (set of 3) in Black or Kraft Brown.
in pocket size, and/or large.

A Diana Mini Camera.


Daniel Higgs- Magic Alphabet CD (not mp3)

Dan Deacon BROMST, on VINYL





Tim Walker- Pictures





other good gift ideas:
-bath products.
-good smelling candles.

keeping on with the musical inspiration inclination.

the best shit ever.


Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who creates experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. Tim seeks out unique sounds everywhere he goes plucking chimes out of grandfather clocks and jingle mechanisms from childrens toys. And he doesnt stop there his electronic instruments have to look cool, too. So, Tim houses them in wildly inventive containers. Then meet the musical maverick who inspired him, Harry Partch.

Learn more about Tim Kaiser at http://www.timkaiser.org/.

Using the principle of the barrel-organ our Gloggomobil promotes musical development.

more giant crystal cave


"As a professional photographer who specializes in environmentally difficult, narrow and wet canyons worldwide, it was almost impossible to obtain clear photographs even using every trick and technique I know, because of the extreme ambient environment. These crystals are probably stable, as the temperature in the cave is over 150 degrees Fahrenheit with 100% humidity. In other words, these structures are enveloped in steam. As a photographer used to working in dark and dangerous environments, this experience was unique. A human can only function in this environment for six to ten minutes before severe loss of mental functions occurs. I was so excited while photographing the crystals that I really had to focus and concentrate intensely on getting back out the door, which was perhaps only thirty to forty feet away."

found on canyonsworldwide.

One and Three Chairs, by Joseph Kosuth

One and Three Chairs, 1965, is a work by Joseph Kosuth

An example of conceptual art, the piece consists of a chair, a photograph of this chair, and an enlarged dictionary definition of the word "chair". The photograph depicts the chair as it is actually installed in the room, and thus the work changes each time it is installed in a new venue. Two elements of the work remain constant: a copy of a dictionary definition of the word "chair" and a diagram with instructions for installation. Both bear Kosuth's signature. Under the instructions, the installer is to choose a chair, place it before a wall, and take a photograph of the chair. This photo is to be enlarged to the size of the actual chair and placed on the wall to the left of the chair. Finally, a blow-up of the copy of the dictionary definition is to be hung to the right of the chair, its upper edge aligned with that of the photograph.

(via, wiki)

“To deny the reality of things is to miss their reality; to assert the emptiness of things is to miss their reality. The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth. Stop talking and thinking and there is nothing you will not be able to know.”
— Hsin Hsin Ming

range of proportions

In 1919 a young mathematician, Marcel Tolkowsky, wrote a Masters thesis on the proportions for round brilliant cut diamonds. This became the basis for what is now known as the “Ideal Cut" diamond.

The proportions he chose produce a beautiful diamond. But it has taken more than 80 years for the industry to realize that his theorem predicted a range of proportions, not just the single set of parameters shown on the image; he was aware of a trade off between maximum brilliance and maximum fire that results from varying combinations of crown and pavilion angles.

You can read Tolkowsky's book here and play with his mathematic model thanks to Mathematician Jasper Paulsen.

Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light

National Geographic, is the shit. Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light.


"Geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz calls it "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," but Superman could call it home.
A sort of south-of-the-border Fortress of Solitude, Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet (11 meters). "


"Delicate as glass, the "megacrystals" require great humidity and a temperature of about 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) to maintain their current form."


"Its walls studded with crystal "daggers," the 400-foot-deep (120-meter-deep) Cave of Swords is closer to the surface than the Cave of Crystals. "


Thanks to the 13,200 gallons (55,000 liters) of water pumped out of the mine every minute, the acres surrounding the mountain have been rendered ready for farming a rarity in Naica mountain's Chihuahuan Desert setting
This same epic pumping operation makes it possible for humans to study the Cave of Crystals. If the pumping is stopped, the caves will again be submerged, and the crystals will start growing again.

So what happens if—or when—the mine is closed?

"Should we continue to pump water to keep the cave available so future generations may admire the crystals?" geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz said. "Or should we stop pumping and return the scenario to the natural origin, allowing the crystals to regrow?"

Diana+ vs. Holga or Which camera should I buy?

Tokujin Yoshioka

Artist, Architect, and Designer Tokujin Yoshioka creates fascinating designs from crystals, and unconventional materials.

Beautiful works such as the Venus Chair are created with fibers suspended in tanks, slowly allowing the crystals to grow and form the object. Tokujin states that the forms emerge gradually overtime such as the goddess Venus herself gradually emerges from water.

By allowing the structure to evolve naturally, he creates what he calls "beauty born of coincidence."

Destiny, Moonlight, Unfinished are 2-dimensional works employing the growth of crystals, and how that growth is effected by the different music played during the growing process.

"Completed by the laws of nature and embodying a beauty born of coincidence, the crystals in “Destiny”, “Moonlight”, and “Unfinished” form in different ways, “responding” to the sound in the aquarium, where Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 (the “Symphony of Destiny”) and Piano Sonata No. 14 (the “Moonlight Sonata”) is played." -(Dezeen)




Chair that disappears in the Rain, was a concept created with a similar idea to that of crystal or glass dropped into water; the outlines of these objects gradually disappear, the chair has a similar effect. And thus the idea for "Chair that disappears in the Rain" was born. Installed as a streetscape project, individuals are allowed to interact with the piece.



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for more information please check out the following:

Tokujin Yoshioka
-Tokujin Yoshioka's Website featuring all his work, make sure you take a visit, it features many more equistie works not featured above.

Second Nature by Tokujin Yoshioka

October 30th, 2008
-A great writeup and insight into many of the works included in Tokujin's show 'Second Nature'.

crystal

the absence of creation is within me.
i have nothing to say.
no way which to say it.

everything is bullshit.
i have nothing to create
and can create nothing.

what am i even doing this for.
there is nothing anymore.

Neil Krug

this reminds me a lot of brakhage. the colors and overlays/crosscuts/fades are great.

videos directed by Neil Krug, who also has some kick ass photos.

Greg Manis

loving these photos by Greg Manis. Makes me not feel so bad about lounging around/going out in grungy tee's and sweaters.

Check out the rest of his great work here.

“I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.”

—	jack kerouac

HAVERCHUCK

HAVERCHUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love this animated gif of Bill Haverchuck from Freaks and Geeks. It was created by Mark Portillo, please check out the rest of his wonderful works, by clicking on the image above.

Zdzisław Beksiński

Zdzisław Beksiński, (24 February, 1929 – 21 February, 2005) was a renowned Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor who is best known as a fantasy artist. Beksiński executed his paintings and drawings either in what he called a 'Baroque' or a 'Gothic' manner. The first style is dominated by representation, with the best-known examples coming from his 'fantastic realism' period when he painted disturbing images of a surrealistic, post-apocalyptic environment. The second style is more abstract, being dominated by form, and is typified by Beksiński's later paintings. Beksiński was murdered in 2005.

learn more here.

ELIZABETH ANGELA

ELIZABETH ANGELA

a.d.

tonight my dog scratched me above my lip.

Natasha Klimchuk

There is something slightly disturbing, but poignantly beautiful about Natasha Klimchuk's photographs. All of which are incredible.

Please also check out here website here.