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This linocut shows a smack of jellyfish. The collective noun for a group of jellyfish is a "smack". This amuses me, because I imagine them smacking their tentacles together in some sort of deepsea high five. To be honest, marine biologists speak of 'blooms' and we do tend to lump in a bunch of soft-bodies marine creatures into the term jellyfish, all of the gelatinous zooplankton in fact.... but 'a smack of jellyfish' is the traditional term of venery for a group of such creatures. I've included only those translucent, tentacled umbrella-shaped creatures, which are truly jellyfish, or the major non-polyp form of individuals of the phylum Cnidaria.
The typography I designed for the words represents their meaning; "smack" mimics the motion of a smack with the letters colliding; the word "Jellyfish" is made of tentacle and bell-shaped letters.
These linoleum block printed jellyfish are printed on Japanese kozo, or mulberry paper. The block is inked 'à la poupée', meaning the multiple colours (blue-black, navy, pale violet and pink ink) are all inked at the same time, in small areas, and the print is pulled all at once. Each print is 15.5" by 12.5" or 39 cm by 32 cm in dimension. There are 8 prints in the edition.
I love the weird and wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (and other things). Some are evocative, some strange and obscure. This is the nineth in a series of such prints.
The baby is five years old today ... so I guess she's no longer a baby. But then again, I think she'll always be my baby. She's a joy: pretty well goes thru life in a good mood.
Members from five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Band, and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conduct a joint full military honors funeral service for former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld outside of Memorial Chapel, Fort Myer, Virginia, August 23, 2021.
Rumsfeld was Secretary of Defense for Presidents Gerald R. Ford and George W. Bush, as well as a three-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963-1969), director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969-1970), U.S Representative to NATO (1973-1974) and the White House Chief of Staff under President Gerald Ford (1974-1975). He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954-1957 as a naval aviator and flight instructor. He transferred to the Naval Reserve in 1957 and then to the Individual Ready Reserve in 1975 when he became Secretary of Defense. Rumsfeld retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of captain in 1989.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Taken a few minutes ago, the walls were starting to close in on me so had to get out. It's a lovely evening but quite a few people out and about on the canal so was glad to get back home. It felt good to stretch my legs :-)
Taxing in Miami bound for La Paz, Bolivia. This might have been the point where all power on the plane cut off (APU shutdown?)
5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building.
The name 5Pointz signifies the five boroughs coming together as one but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has actually united aerosol artists from across the world. Legendary writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, and Tats Cru.
Over the past decade, the striking, graffiti-covered warehouse has attracted several hip-hop and R&B stars, including Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Kaz, Mobb Deep, Rahzel, DJ JS-1, Boot Camp Clik, Joan Jett, and Joss Stone.
On any given day, 5Pointz visitors can expect to find prominent artists, musicians, deejays, Emcees (rappers), and B-boys (break dancers) on site, in addition to filmmakers, photographers, and entire tour buses full of admirers soaking in the more than 350 Technicolor murals.
The gallery curator is graffiti veteran Jonathan Cohen, best known by his signature tag, “Meres One.” His goal is to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street, formerly the Phun Phactory, into a graffiti art museum.
The name 5Pointz signifies the five boroughs coming together as one but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has actually united aerosol artists from across the world. Legendary writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, and Tats Cru.
Over the past decade, the striking, graffiti-covered warehouse has attracted several hip-hop and R&B stars, including Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Kaz, Mobb Deep, Rahzel, DJ JS-1, Boot Camp Clik, Joan Jett, and Joss Stone.
On any given day, 5Pointz visitors can expect to find prominent artists, musicians, deejays, Emcees (rappers), and B-boys (break dancers) on site, in addition to filmmakers, photographers, and entire tour buses full of admirers soaking in the more than 350 Technicolor murals.
The gallery curator is graffiti veteran Jonathan Cohen, best known by his signature tag, “Meres One.” His goal is to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street, formerly the Phun Phactory, into a graffiti art museum.
"There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked straight before them, and wore a splendid uniform, red and blue. The first thing in the world they ever heard were the words, "Tin soldiers!" uttered by a little boy, who clapped his hands with delight when the lid of the box, in which they lay, was taken off. They were given him for a birthday present, and he stood at the table to set them up. The soldiers were all exactly alike, excepting one, who had only one leg; he had been left to the last, and then there was not enough of the melted tin to finish him, so they made him to stand firmly on one leg, and this caused him to be very remarkable."
~ Hans Christian Anderson, 1805-1875 ~
Bus No: 2205
Body: Santarosa Motorworks Inc.
Engine: Nissan Diesel PF6-A
Chassis: Nissan Diesel JA450SSN
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Transmission: M/T
Route: Cubao-Dagupan
Location: Dau Access Road, Mabalacat, Pampanga
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Tom Wilton's film "Icharus Broken" was premiered at the "Five Lamps" in Derby, UK.
2nd April 2007
Icharus Broken ...love fractures : a Tom Wilton film, Lucy Garner, Charlotte Hunter, Michael Keogh, Tom Sawyer, Lis Shahlavi, Philip Clayton Smith, Cassandra Williamson and Tom Wilton.
Five Rings, by Yoshin Ogata of Japan. "The five concentric circles show an image of ripples spreading on water surface, indicating far-reaching influence of the Beijing Olympic Games." Taken at the Beijing Olympic Park.
The Olympic Park (北京奧林匹克公园/Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan) in Beijing, China, hosted the summer games in 2008. The park is located in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, a bit north of downtown. The easiest access (by subway) is simply to go to the Olympic National Stadium station or Olympic Park station on subway line 8.
On the grounds of the park are most of the recognizable sites from the game. Most notable are the National Sports Stadium (Birds’ Nest) and National Aquatic Center (Water Cube). Also on the grounds are the National Indoor Stadium, the Olympic Green Hockey Field, Olympic Green Tennis Center, and Olympic Green Archery Field.
For non-sporting venues, there’s a long Promenade running north-south through the middle of the complexes. Ling Long Pagoda is just north of the Birds’ Nest. Also on the grounds, post-Olympics, are quite a few interesting sculptures (reminiscent of the Olympic Park in Seoul, although their sculpture park is more centralized within the park).
One thing that you don’t see much of at the Olympic Green is…green. It’s mostly paved and concrete. (Perhaps I didn’t explore enough, which I’ll remedy quite soon.) Regardless of the time of year or time of day, there are always quite a few people at the Olympic Park. True to Chinese nature, you are beset upon by vendors hawking all kinds of trinkets upon leaving the subway. Kites, souvenirs, having your picture taken, you name it…
Thanks to the art located throughout the park, it’s a pleasant place to visit during the daytime. During the night, it’s even more attractive as they still light the Birds’ Nest and the Water Cube. (Of the two, the Water Cube is less appealing during the day and more appealing at night.)
Of the venues, I don’t know which ones are open and closed to the public. Most of the seating in each has been reduced after the Olympics. I do know for a fact, though, that you can tour the Birds’ Nest (limited access, of course) for about 80 RMB. I think that may include access to the roof. I haven’t taken that tour yet, but may at some point.
Although there isn’t much to do at the park here, it’s definitely an interesting side trip in Beijing and could possibly be coupled with something like the Bell Tower & Drum Tower (a few stations down line 8) or the Yonghegong Lama Temple (about 5-6 subway stops away, but 2 subway transfers).