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Just a quick video of 8 of my new AI Models I have created for my images. And of course for this I've made them all Vamps lol ;)
All images and animations inc the Models by Adrian
My first (reasonably) successful attempt at creating a photograph that I'd completely imagined before even starting out. This vase has a nice shape, and I wanted to create a very graphic high-contrast shot of it, with the over-exposed background balancing the under-exposure on the vase itself.
Original Caption: Famous Black Sand Beach at Kaimu, created by lava runoff, is a favorite tourist stop. Area around beach is due to be developed. In order to preserve beach, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to add a new foundation of sand under the existing layer. Critics argue this would change color of beach, causing it to lose its appeal, November 1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-11666
Photographer: O'Rear, Charles, 1941-
Subjects:
Hilo (Hawaii)
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/554118
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3D red/cyan anaglyph created from glass plate stereograph at Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: www.loc.gov/pictures/
LOC Title: Richmond, Virginia. Ballard house on Franklin Street
Date: April 1865
Photographer: John Reekie
Notes: A famous hotel and Richmond landmark for over half a century, there are hundreds of references to the Ballard House in the Library of Congress digital newspaper collection. I've transcribed a few below and for some more, including an interesting account of Col. Mosby meeting Generals Lee & Pickett here at the hotel, see my other postings.
Alexandria Gazette – July 21, 1865
"Applications for Pardons.
About a hundred and fifty applications for pardon were received at Washington by the Attorney General yesterday, among them….John P. Ballard, owner of the Ballard House at Richmond, recently seized under the confiscation act….”
Richmond Dispatch-February 20, 1868
"Trust Sale of Valuable Hotel Property in the City of Richmond, at Auction.
By virtue of three several deeds of trust…. the undersigned, as trustee named in said deeds....will offer for sale at public auction....on MONDAY the 24th February next....that valuable real estate in the city of Richmond known as the BALLARD HOUSE…The above property Is believed to be in perfect order, having recently undergone thorough renovation and repair, and is, in point of capacity, location, style, and convenient arrangement one of the most desirable properties in the South, and is so well known as to render any further description of it unnecessary…”
Richmond Times-Dispatch – October 30, 1904
“THE BAPTIST CITY MISSION
A Great Work Set on Foot by the Baptists of Richmond.
"NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES” The Old Ballard House Turned
Into One and Work Has Commenced.
The old Ballard House, corner of Franklin and Fourteenth Streets, has in recent years become a cheap tenement house, and in a general way has gone to rack. It is located in a section that policemen and others regard as about the most unsavory part of Richmond….. The old Ballard House has been leased and eight rooms fitted up for the work, thus carrying the gospel directly to those most needing it.”
The Washington Evening Star - June 27, 1920
“Richmond Landmark To Go
Richmond, Va., June 26 (Special). – Another of the landmarks of the city is soon to disappear - the old Ballard House. Charles Dickens and wife were entertained there in 1842, and in 1860 the establishment furnished entertainment for the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. President Rutherford B. Hayes was a guest in 1877. The Marquis of Lorne came in 1883.”
Notes on anaglyph: At the extreme left, missing from one side of the stereograph - everything from where the man is leading the horse to the edge - including the striped pole, sections of the buildings, and the carriage. I copied those from the other side and layered them in, adjusting their positions for the 3D effect. I also exercised some of my "artistic license" with the carriage wheel, copying the right half and flipping it horizontally to get the left half, for a 3d impression of a complete wheel - as opposed to presenting a blacked-out corner. The overall shape of the original photo was circular, so getting some good crops out it was like "fitting a square peg in a round hole." -PT
Link to glass plate at LOC: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/civwar/item/cwp2003005770...
Red/Cyan (not Red/Blue) glasses of the proper density must be used to view 3D effect without ghosting.
Created by Charlotte Trimm of By Charlie's Hand. Blogged: www.allthingspaper.net/2014/05/cut-paper-by-charlies-hand...
Parent Wabash Railroad used subsidiary NJI&I reporting marks for apparent accounting reasons like on this boxcar. Bement was the junction of two Wabash lines in Downstate Illinois.
The New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad (NJI&I) was originally created by the Singer sewing machine company and named after states in which it had factories. It is also my favorite shortline railroad that no longer exists.
The NJI&I was based in South Bend and gave Singer access to yet another railroad, the Wabash Railroad some ten miles south of the city. Eventually the Wabash acquired the NJI&I which served a number of South Bend industries including Studebaker. The NJI&I came under control of the Norfolk & Western with its Wabash purchase and disappeared by the time Norfolk Southern took over.
In the mid-2000s NS rationalized and realigned much of its inherited collection of former NYC, NJI&I, and Indiana Northern industrial trackage on South Bend's southwest side. Bits and pieces of the NJI&I are still in use today to service five NS customers in the city.
Scan of a M. E. Vaughan duplicate slide in my collection.
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Creating a glorious smokestack, visiting LMS Stanier 'Black 5' Class 5MT 4-6-0 No. 45379 with Standard Class 4MT Mogul 2-6-0 No. 76084 banking, storm through Burrs Country Park with a mixed freight of box vans and open wagons accompanied by an engineering train, on the first Runpast at Burrs Country Park of the 3P20 Parcels Group Freight Charter during the East Lancashire Railway Steam Weekend on 22nd February 2014
To steal is design.
18" x 24" poster, created in Photoshop.
Make something cool every day. Day 1!
Thanks to our old friend Alexander Pope for the inspiration via his lovely quote: "To err is human, to forgive divine." Which has been modified and twisted many, many times over, and here once again.
This is a composite HDR image taken out at the Konza Prairie Trail. This is one of my first attempts at HDR. For a long time I have stayed away from HDR because of my general dislike of how it is used. But this week I have taken interest in the technique.
One HDR image was created for the sky and another HDR image was created for the grass. Each set had 7 RAW exposures at a relative f/stop of +0, -1, -2, -3, +1, +2, and +3 taken on a tripod. I used my hand to cover up the sunset in the latter so that there would be no reduction in contrast from a potential flare. I used HDR Efex Pro 2 to create two HDR images from the two sets of photos. HDR Efex Pro 2 creates a 32bit image to work from within PS. I found it important to keep the image in 32bits for some initial adjustments. I used a wacom tablet to make fine grain exposure adjustments by painting into a layer mask in both HDR images. For the sunset, I spent a lot of time painting in contrast and painting in slight color adjustments in a layer mask. Then I composited the two images together. Next I down-converted the images to 16bit images where I continued to make adjustments and clean up the image. Overall I spent quite a lot of time post processing this image.
I learned a couple of things from the exercise of creating this image. In retrospect, I would have used a piece of cardboard instead of my hand! If there was a way to anchor it to the lens that would have been even better. But the bigger thing is that I would have shot at a higher ISO (ISO 400 instead of ISO 100) for the foreground. It was somewhat windy and in my haste, I didn't realize the shutter speed was a little on the low end for some of the brighter exposures. Both of these issues made for a difficult post-process session.
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
24mm @ ISO100 f/11
Shutter speed ranged from 1/4 to 160th sec
my identifier: konza sunset-e
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
Al-Ghazali
At first glance, the comparison of these two monuments seems only to be a source of antithesis; however contradictory the suggestion may seem, it will only be a question of analogies. In an ingenious and documented study, Mr Knauth, architect of Strasbourg Cathedral, demonstrated that, under an absolutely different appearance, the basilica entrusted to his care and the Great Pyramid of Egypt, known as Cheops, were designed according to an identical formula.
After the work of Colonel Howard Vyse and John Taylor, Piazzi Smyth did further research. At the entrance to the antechamber of the royal tomb, in the middle of a granite slab, a round button protrudes a fifth of its thickness. Smyth claims to find there the unit of measurement of the master builder of the pyramid; he calls the meter pyramidal five times the thickness of this button, that is to say a measure of 0.6356 m, and for this meter he adopts a division into twenty-five inches of pyramid; this mysterious detail would thus have a thickness of five inches and a projection of one inch. "It is hardly doubtful, writes Smyth, that this measure served as a unit to the builder as well in his project as in the execution, because all the measurements of lanes and chambers give rise to the most surprising relations, if they are carried out by means of this measure. "The pyramidal metre represents exactly the twenty millionth part of the earth's diameter. The latter has 12 712 178 meters[8]. The pyramidal metre is therefore worth 0.6 356 089 metre.Faced with these similarities, one naturally begins to wonder whether certain architectural principles dating back to the highest antiquity have not been perpetuated by tradition through the ages. As a result of the frequent surveys required by the floods of the Nile, the Egyptians were familiar with the surveying and geometric layouts; the Gothic masters were not inferior on these points; the marvellous monuments of all sizes they left us prove this overabundantly.
Were the rules put into practice kept by each other in the construction workshops as mysterious secrets? So many questions that it is easier to ask than to solve.
Thus reduced to his mathematical data alone, Mr. Knauth's work takes on a categorical appearance that he does not have in the original work. The eminent architect does not attempt to draw absolute and reckless consequences from his study. He only hopes that the same surveying process will be applied to other medieval édifices. In the future now to tell us if new experiences will come confirmer his thesis.
In the records of the city of London, the term "alchemy" appears as early as 1375. In those days, this referred to working fith fire permitted to freely travel the country at a time when the feudal system shackled most peasants closely to the land. They gathered in groups to work on large projects, moving from one finished castle or cathedral to the planning and building of the next. For mutual protection, education, and training, they bound themselves together into a local lodge - the building, put up at a construction site, where workmen could eat and rest. Eventually, a lodge came to signify a group of macigians based in a particular locality. The premier alchemist lodge was formed in England in 1717, the official date of the organization of the various lodges and the start of Alchemy proper. Although the style of Alchemic ritual suggest Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Templar, Rosicrucian and qabalistic origins, nothing less is true. A historical link cannot be established and given the fact that in those days no alchemists was able to read Egyptian, no direct connection with Egyptian spirituality was available. Unmistakably, the Founding Fathers of Alchemy incorporated Egyptian symbols in their various rituals and grades, as every one dollar bill makes clear. These archaisms prove the need of Alchemy to root its teachings and practices in a nonexistent, fictional historical past in order to give itself, its rituals and precepts an air of antiquity. This is especially the case in the Romantic era, when exotic tastes became fashionable. With egyptomania no longer served isolated individuals & groups, but fed the ruling classes, who were desperately trying to cope with the antagonisms and lack of humanity of emergent capitalism and the religious wars raging in Europe since the days of Luther (1483 - 1546). Alchemy and its founding myth was deemed the alternative of the educated. The God of revelation was also the "Great Architect", and in every lodge a Bible or a Koran was present. This to show the "God of the philosophers" was not a priori in conflict with the God of revelation. But the Roman Church was antagonistic, as could be expected. As a system of personal growth within a closed community of kindred spirits, alchemy survived to this day, divided between those who accept God and those who do not, between those who see symbols as instruments of growth and those who use them as gates to occult regions of the universe. Alchemy has become (or has always been ?) conservative and opaque. Its non-transparant and non-democratic (military) features may run against non-strategic, open communication, which is the foundation of social-economical justice and equality. Philosophy is more of an interest group than a spiritual organization, although some lay claim to precisely the opposite. As none of the original Egyptian teachings were available to its Founding Fathers, Alchemy, in order to accommodate the new times ahead, is bound to be reformed.
► the Rosicrucian Order...As a system of belief, Rosicrucianism came to the notice of the general public in the 17th century. In the two Rosicrucian Manifestoes, a mysterious personage called "Christian Rosenkreutz" is mentioned. But according to legend, the symbolism of the Rose and the Cross was first displayed in 11th century Spain. During a fierce battle against the Moors, an Aragonese Knight named Arista saw a cross of light in the sky with a rose on each of its arms. A monastery to commemorate his victory was erected and time later an Order of Chivalry with the emblem of these Roses and the Cross founding the monastery. The Rose and the Cross appeared in the banner of Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse when he tried to defend the Cathars against the armies of Pope Innocent III. It was in the form of a cross, described as "de gueules à la croix et pommettée d'or" ("gueule" means "red", derived from the Arabic "gul", which means "rose"). The emblem of the Cross with the red Rose in the middle square became the emblem of the Rosicrucian movement and its many orders, lodges and societies. In the Fama Fraternitatis (or Laudable Fraternity of the Rosy Cross), Christian Rosenkreutz is said to have journeyed to Damascus, Damcar, Egypt and Fez. He met those in possession of "secret teachings". He synthesized the best of these teachings and went to Spain. Finally, he returned to Germany and chose three men with whom he founded an order, meant to instruct its members in the knowledge he had obtained in the Middle East. So the typical founding myth goes. After the publication of the Manifestos, the Rosicrucians influenced the culture of Western Europe. Rosicrucianism developed along two lines, on the one hand, the scientists, intellectuals and reformers in the social, political and philosophical fields (like Descartes and Boyle) and, on the other hand, those (like Fludd, Dee, Comenius and Ashmole) concerned with occultism and mysticism (cf. the distinction between philosophical and technical Hermetica). In France, Rosicrucianism had a revival climaxing in the early 19th and the first years of the 20th century. Especially Martinez de Pasqually (1727 - 1774), Louis-Claude de Saint Martin (1743 - 1803) and Papus (1865 - 1918) are noted. ► the Golden Dawn...In 1865, and Englishman named Robert Wentforth Little founded an esoteric society, the Rosicrucian Society in Anglia. Membership was limited to Master Masons. When Little died in 1878, three men took over, a retired medical doctor, William Woodman (1828 - 1891), a coroner, Wynn Westcott (1848 - 1925) and Samuel Liddell "MacGregor" Mathers (1854 - 1918), who, as a young man, spent much of his time in the British Museum, working through piles of dusty manuscripts. He translated three Medieval magical texts : The Greater Key of King Solomon, The Kaballah Unveiled and The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. In 1887, so the story goes, Westcott received from Reverend Woodward, an elderly parson and author on Alchemy, a set of cipher manuscripts. He asked the clairvoyant and inspired Mathers to assist him (one legend says both men forged the document, in another Westcott found it on a bookstall in Farringdon Street, and in yet another the document was inherited). Both men found the code of the cipher was contained in a work of Trithemius, the influential Steganographia extolled by John Dee (1527 - 1608), the Elizabethan scholar and astrologer of Queen Elisabeth I. It concerned "angel-magic" and Dee had secured a copy of it in Antwerp. They uncovered skeletons of rituals and Mathers expanded them. Together they started the Golden Dawn (GD), a secret Victorian society aiming to harbor true Rosicrucianism and allow its members to accomplish the Great Work. A complete system of ritual magic based on the history of Western occultism was practiced. In contrast with the Theologic policy of the Rosicrucian Society, the order admitted women members as equals. Its members were recruited from every circle of life. In these rituals, Egyptian, Jewish, Greek & Christian elements were combined. However, the combination of these various traditions led to depletion. A spiritual tradition is as strong as it is pure, i.e. devoid of notions, ideas, concepts, symbols, beliefs, rituals etc. foreign to it. Although syncretism may be intellectually satisfying, it hinders spiritual emancipation. This is certainly true if the elements combined are very different, as is the case here. Because Mathers was unable to read Egyptian texts, he could not make the crucial distinction between the Egyptian approach and the Hellenistic view (incorporated in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hermetism and Hermeticism). Neither could he isolate the native Egyptian elements present in historical Hermetism. By nevertheless incorporating Egyptian deities (in particular the Osiris-cycle), the GD walked the path of egyptomania.
► Aleister Crowley...Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947) entered the GD in 1898, introduced to the order by George Cecil Jones (1873 - 1953). The influence of this "Hermetic Order" shaped his life. He continued to ferment the teachings of the GD until he died. In fact, he considered himself and his Thelemic Order of the Silver Star to be its lawful heir. The problems between Crowley and the Adepts of the order started in December 1899 (the first time he met Mathers), i.e. by the time he had taken his Portal grade, the preliminary to the crucial Adept Minor degree. When, in September 1900, he applied to be advanced to the level of Adepthood, the College of Adepts refused. They disliked Crowley, his attitudes and way of life. Some of them probably did not believe an adept should drink, have fun, fornicate and raising hell with enthusiasm. His scandalous reputation won the disapproval of his seniors, who were in their right to refuse him. So, in the same month, Crowley went to Paris, and was initiated in the Ahathoor Temple by Mathers himself ! Between Paris and London a deep schism had been in the making and now tensions truly exploded. When the London adepts heard Mathers had initiated him, the breach was complete. When applying for the lectures he was now entitled, he was again refused and physically thrown out. To Florence Farr, Yeats and many others, Crowley was an outcast, an opportunist who had endangered the link with Mathers. He promptly notified Mathers and the latter arranged a meeting with the "rebels" in London. Crowley acted as Mathers' plenipotentiary, and to protect himself, dressed up in the garb of Highland chieftain, concealing his face with a heavy black mask. Clearly Mathers had been a poor judge of characters, raising lunatic power freaks to Adepthood ...The GD did not recover from the insanity and within a few years became a dispersed organization, with several Temples conducted by different groupings of men, each appointing their own Chiefs. Waite kept the Isis-Urania Temple, but in 1914 he closed it down. Next, Crowley invented his own egyptomanic movement. In Cairo in 1904, the "minister" of Re dictated a new revelation to him, the "Book of the Law" ! Crowley became the "prophet" of the New Age of Horus ! The two major Egyptian deities he incorporated were the sky-goddess Nut and Horus of Edfu ("Hadit"). Had he known the cults of Ancient Egypt well enough, he would have realized they had no revelation or dogma, and certainly no "holy" books (for hieroglyphic writing itself was sacred). Was Crowley's "law" a concoction of his own power driven subconscious mind ? In 1909, he called in the "demon of demons" and turned Satanic. The psychosis had become irreversible ...Do these highlights show the scope of the phantasies, fictions and lies incorporated into the Western Tradition since the start of the Renaissance ? Indeed, to identify the backbone of this Tradition with the Qabalah was the outstanding mistake prompted by the fraud of Moses de Leon. This has perturbated thousands of excellent minds, causing them to constantly replay their own illusions, and loose, unlike Rabbi Akiba, after entering the "garden of delights", their sight, reason or faith in God. "The impeding turn of the millennium nourishes hopes of a new spiritual light for humankind in the aspirations of many. Egypt will surely play a role in such developments in both its forms : pharaonic Egypt and the esoteric-Hermetic Egypt. There has been increasing talk of the relevance of the Hermetic Weltanschauung as a point of view that can contribute to making sense of our modern world by seeking a direct connection with the original wisdom of the oldest cultures and with the core idea of all esoteric thought, according to which the ancient wisdom continues to be valid even in a world that has been transformed."
Can we today turn the page ? Can a spiritual movement emerge which focuses on a thematical reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian spirituality, and this based on the evidence of contemporary science regarding Ancient Egyptian religious practice in general and its basic ritual matrix in particular ? Several individuals work along those lines, coupling study with ritual practice (Hope, 1986, Schueler, 1989, Clark, 2003, Draco, 2003). In such a "Kemetic" reconstruction, no Jewish, Greek, Hermetic, Christian or Hermeticist elements should persist. Is this really possible, and if so, is such spirituality indeed the true backbone of our Western Tradition ? The advantage being the isolation of a tradition untouched by what today may be called "foreign elements". Such an exercise is not easy (not to speak of the contextual limitations of any author). For Hermetism did retain parts of the Egyptian Mystery Tradition, and in a lesser degree, the same goes for Hermeticism, and yes, even for the revealed religions, Christianity first. The thematical reconstruction sought is approached in two steps :
the influence of Egyptian spirituality on Alexandrian Hermetism ; the form of the basic matrix of native Egyptian religion.
In this paper, the first step is dealt with. The second will only be touched in the Epilogue. In the following ten paragraphs, we study ten basic notions of Hermetism (in other forms present in the mix of Hermeticism and in the "mystical" traditions of the religions). We try to find their Ancient Egyptian equivalent "in embryo" :mentalism : the gods, the world and humanity are the outcome of Divine thought ;correspondence : the same characteristics apply to each unity or plane of the world ;
change : nothing remains the same, everything vibrates, nothing is at rest ; polarity : everything has two poles, there are two sides to everything ; rhythm : all things have their tides, rise and fall, advance and retreat, act and react ; cause & effect : everything happens according to law, there is no coincidence ; gender : male and female are in every body and mind, but not in the soul ; timing : everything happens when the time is ripe, things start at the right time ; intent : nature works according to a purposeful plan, pure will masters the stars ; transformation : everything can be transformed into something else, opposites meet. In earlier studies, the special cognitive features of Ancient Egyptian thought, language & literature have been explained. Grosso modo, these imply the difference between rational thought, initiated by the Greeks, and ante-rationality. The latter is the mode of thought of pre-Greek Antiquity and of societies untouched by the linearizing streak of the Hellenes. Before the advent of rationality, three modes of thought prevailed, as Piaget, genetical epistemology and neurophilosophy made clear. These are mythical, pre-rational and proto-rational thought, in which the Ancient Egyptians excelled. Clearly Hermetism was codified using Greek conceptual rationality (giving birth to the influential systems of Plato and Aristotle). Hence, if we try to correlate these concepts with their native Egyptian equivalent, this cognitive difference has to be taken into account, and the multiplicity of approaches characterizing Egyptian thought has to be made an integral part of the equation. So because of this crucial difference, in all my translations of Egyptian texts and commentary, terms related to the Divine are not capitalized (i.e. god, gods, goddess, goddesses, divine, and pantheon), while in Hermetism and all rational discourses they are. This in accord with the contextualizing feature of anterationality, while rationality always puts context between brackets, and by doing so articulates an abstract, theoretical concept of the Divine.
Both Memphis and Alexandria underline the importance of the spoken and written word. Already in the Old Kingdom, Pharaoh was the Great Speech and his magic powerful, and dreaded, even by the deities. But in Late Ramesside Memphite theology, Ptah was the true primordial "god of gods", superceding Atum, in who's "image" (of totality) the universe was created (as demiurge), and establishing the supremacy of the divine word and speech. Memphite theology is explicit : every thing was made by Ptah's mind and spoken words.
Likewise, in Hermetism, the Divine Logos is the "son of God" coming forth from the Light of the Divine Nous, the teacher who, not unlike the one evoked in the Maxims of Good Discourse, gives his pupil access to the Divine Nous, a direct experience (gnosis) of the Godman Hermes. The idealist notion of the universe as a mental creation of The All, making all mind, being typical for Hermetism. The fact this teacher is "Ogdoadic" and not "Hebdomadic" (as was Pharaoh), may refer to the Greek escape from fate and the physical world (whereas the Egyptians saw the divine at work in all planes of creation).
The magical power of words is acknowledged by both traditions. Magic involves the power of efficiency (effectiveness) and the ability to counter every possible inertia and opposition, executing intent to its full capacity.
Especially Pharaoh is the "Great Magician", who is able, like the gods, to create by means of speech. He alone was the "son of Re", divine and able to encounter the deities face to face. His voice-offerings to Maat ensured the continuity of creation. By speaking the right words, the whole of creation could be rejuvenated. Likewise (but on another ontological level), the "son of God", the Ogdoadic teacher, brings the pupil directly in contact with the Enneadic Light of Nous.
The parallels drawn do not allow for an identification of both traditions, as major category-shifts occur. Indeed, together with the rejection of the physical bodyn (cf. infra), mentalism is an outstanding feature of the Hermetica. Nevertheless, in the overall semantic pattern major points overlap. The mentalism of Hermetism was not implanted on the native Egyptian intellectuals part of the Hermetic lodge "from above", but could make use of the available, longstanding verbal tradition of Egypt, linearize and "perfect" it in Greek style ...and more later in Strassburg and suitable in the city of London?
This is an image from my collection. Although predominantly slide scans, it includes other types of media as well. All have been collected over the past 40+ years of shooting Kodachrome and digital images, slide purchases and many years of exchanging. I was fortunate enough to trade with some of the best airliner photographers around the world.
Created in 2017, this is a curated archive that serves to share what otherwise would be kept in binders and boxes, not being enjoyed by anyone, myself included.
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Our middle-school students at Tam High are building a City of the Future together, using arts and electronics to make a model of what our world may be like in 100 years.
In our sixth class, students worked in teams to make public spaces for their city: underwater mines, segregated neighborhoods, surface rubbles and gated skyscrapers for the rich. This week’s creations included a new city sign, more ladders, more mine workers, and tall, skinny towers scraping the crimson sky.
They also agreed on a final name for their city: 15A, named after its sector coordinates. In their post-apocalyptic city of the future, the rich are separated from the poor, who mine the sea floor and are oppressed by a government run by machines.
I am teaching this after-school class with Geo Monley and Cynthia Gilbert, and we are happy to see our students so engaged in this project. Through this course, they are developing a range of skills, from creative expression to science and engineering (STEAM). And they are learn to create interactive art with simple electronics, in a playful and collaborative way that makes learning more fun.
Learn more about our City of the Future course: fabriceflorin.com/2016/02/23/city-of-the-future/
Preview our City of the Future in these class slides:
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View more photos of our Maker Art course at Tam High:
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Learn more about our Maker Art courses:
fabriceflorin.com/2016/02/14/teaching-maker-art/
Learn more about Tam Makers:
Unseen waves pound the edge of the shelf ice, spraying water 30 or 40 feet into the air - to further build the ice shelf.
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Today's freshness:
Head: Lelutka EvoX Avalon 4.0
Body: Maitreya Lara 5.3
Skin: Amara Beauty - Teia - Sunkiss
Body Skin: Velour - Picasso Babe
Eyes: Avi-Glam
Hairstyle: Doux - Fatima - Deluxe Pack
Hairbase: Angel Eyes
Shape: Mine - Laurna - Lara 5.3 - 2025
Enhancements by:
Cazimi, Izzie's, addon+, OYI, Warpaint, Lucci
Apparel:
Outfit: Mossu - Charlie Sweater & Skirt Set - Fatpack
Footwear: Ohemo - Lauren Slingback Heels - Fatpack
Jewelry:
Earrings: Cazimi - Basic Stud Earrings - Fatpack
Bracelet: E. Marie - Heart Toggle Bracelet - Gold
Necklace: Necklace is an included option in Charlie Outfit
Gemstone Ring: Orsini Jewel Care - Christina Ring - Fatpack/Gold
Anklet: YsoraL - Bianca Anklet Set - Fatpack
Poses:
Le Poppycock - Theme Song
Pixit - Feidina
this is equal parts my scanner sucks, this was too big for my scanner, and this is my first mixed media collage.
things used to make this:
film filter test strip, negatives, paper clips, staples, rubber bands, a ticket that i never used for a the dangerous summer show because i had an extra, AP magazine, an urban outfitters catalogue, transworld skateboarding magazine, watercolors, teen vogue, sharpies, sequins, double sided tape, tape, a stride wrapper, and a pen.
lyrics: sleepyhead by passion pit, that green gentleman (things have changed) by panic at the disco.
quotes: "we are here to laugh at the odds, and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us." -charles bukowski, and "create new, destroy old." -a snakes and suits shirt.
i was tagged!
1. i'm sorry my uploads have been so sporadic lately, and that my photos are going downhill. and i'm deeply sorry i haven't been a good contact.
2. next year is senior year, thank god. it needs to be college now. get me out of high school.
3. wantwantwantwantwant a 35mm f/1.8 and 80mm f/1.8 SO BAD.
4. i. fucking. hate. chemistry. i study so hard and i'm still not doing to well. gahhhh.
5. my first day of work this year is may 1. yahoooooo. i've actually sort of missed you, summer job.
6. haven't shot a show since 2/18. miss it. need to soon.
7. 43 days until i see my chemical romance. the last time i was this excited for a show was blink-182, almost 2 years ago.
8. i should go to sleep.
9. i love coffee way too much.
10. a while ago in a 10 facts post, i said i really wanted to meet pete wentz, but that'll never happen. well, on sunday, it happened.
14 tagged at random.
Created in 2002 when the Cardiff Bay barrage was completed, the Wetlands Reserve is already a great centre for wildlife.
In this photoshop tutorial we will use some photo manipulation techniques to create sexy robot girl. We will use some filters, blending mods and textures.
For a graphic design class.
Thats actualy a drawing of my hands, so in a way its a self portrait too. ha!