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Hexagon Comb Vase, designed by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny and...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:43:01 -0500

Hexagon Comb Vase, designed by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny and 40,000 honeybees.

"As for the stars, they are always on."

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:07:38 -0500

“As for the stars, they are always on.”

- Joseph Brodsky

The Execution of Leonard Siffleet by Yasuno Chikao Yasuno...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:08:56 -0500

The Execution of Leonard Siffleet by Yasuno Chikao

Yasuno Chikao commissioned the photo above, of himself executing Leonard (Len) Siffleet in Papua New Guinea. There were three men in Siffleet’s group, all executed by beheading after two weeks questioning at Aitape Beach, surrounded by Japanese and native onlookers. The photograph was found in the pocket of a dead Japanese soldier (not Chikao) a year later.

Chikao himself was reported variously as having been killed in battle, captured and sentenced to hanging, and captured and sentenced to ten years imprisonment.

From Wikipedia on their capture:

“After Pattiwal rejoined Siffleet and Reharing, they attempted to make their way to the Dutch border. They were ambushed by a hundred native villagers near Aitape and, after a brief melée during which Siffleet shot and wounded one of their attackers, the group was captured and handed over to the Japanese. Interrogated and tortured, the team was confined for approximately two weeks before being taken down to Aitape Beach on the afternoon of 24 October 1943.”

"I’ve made work to take my revenge against injustice, both personal and political. But now, standing..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:55:21 -0500

““I’ve made work to take my revenge against injustice, both personal and political. But now, standing back, I wonder if art can become an act of forgiveness. The object stands gleaming, big enough to love anyone, forgive anything.””

- Liza Lou

It came to us very late: perception of beauty, desire for knowledge. And in the great minds, the two...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:40:58 -0500

It came to us very late:
perception of beauty, desire for knowledge.
And in the great minds, the two often configured as one.

To perceive, to speak, even on subjects inherently cruel—
to speak boldly even when the facts were, in themselves, painful or dire—
seemed to introduce among us some new action,
having to do with human obsession, human passion.

And yet something, in this action, was being conceded.
And this offended what remained in us of the animal:
it was enslavement speaking, assigning
power to forces outside ourselves.
[…]

But the facts persisted. They were among us,
isolated and without pattern; they were among us,
shaping us—

Darkness. Here and there a few fires in doorways,
wind whipping around the corners of buildings.

-Louise Glück

Irving Penn. 1917-Today. Curves are just exceptionally...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:50:00 -0400

Irving Penn. 1917-Today.

Curves are just exceptionally beautiful lines.

"Atheists put on a false courage in the midst of their darkness and misapprehensions, like children..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:39:13 -0400

“Atheists put on a false courage in the midst of their darkness and misapprehensions, like children who when they fear to go in the dark, will sing or whistle to keep up their courage.”

- Alexander Pope

Here’s my proof that the half-moon is usually good luck. ...

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:10:00 -0400

Here’s my proof that the half-moon is usually good luck. This is the night I took pictures of everything around us.

Francis Bacon telling a story. Isabel Rawsthorne stands behind...

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:04:24 -0400

Francis Bacon telling a story. Isabel Rawsthorne stands behind him.

"The saddest songs we know are about us."

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:03:00 -0400

“The saddest songs we know are about us.”

Photo

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:33:49 -0400

Photo

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:31:34 -0400

It’s urgent.

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:28:11 -0400

It’s urgent.

Lazarus meaning "God has helped."

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:11:03 -0400

We are left wondering, Why Lazarus?
My theory is
God wants us to wonder this.
After all, if there were some quality that Lazarus possessed,
some criterion of excellence

by which he was chosen to be called
back
from death,
then we would all start competing to achieve this.
But if

God’s gift is simply random, well
for one thing
it makes a
more interesting TV show. God’s choice can be seen emerging
from the dark side of reason

like a new planet. No use being historical
about this planet,
it is just an imitation.
As Lazarus is an imitation of Christ. As TV is an imitation of
Lazarus. As you and I are an imitation of

TV. Already you notice that
although I am merely
a director of photography,
I have grasped certain fundamental notions.

-Anne Carson

Enough! Everyone stop dying. Thank you.

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:11:03 -0400

Enough! Everyone stop dying. Thank you.

Video

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:51:34 -0400

Video

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:55:00 -0400

Brock Lesnar, Fighter.

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:42:36 -0400

Brock Lesnar, Fighter.

Pina Bausch: 1940-2009.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:52:43 -0400

Pina Bausch: 1940-2009.

Pig’s Leg; Raul Gutierrez.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:16:57 -0400

Pig’s Leg; Raul Gutierrez.