The WOW Word, the Glowing Art of Rus Khasanov
The WOW Word, the Glowing Art of Rus Khasanov Succulent chromatic color, unpredictable natural movement, the contradictory ways of oil and water vying …
Blog 2000-2021
Birth of a Christmas Card
Birth of a Christmas Card Three images of plants that looked like they might say something to each other. What they said: …
Art Materials for Superpowers
TED talk by Refik Anadol Art Materials for Superpowers Trying to think yourself out of the box? Try thinking your …
The Emperor Has No Control
In nature’s wondrous ways there is a precision process that detaches the durables from the fruit. Here, the pumpkin top and corkscrew …
Arecibo Dies
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03421-y?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=597ee8dba8-briefing-dy-20201203&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-597ee8dba8-45584126 Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was the world’s largest single-aperture telescope from 1963 until 2016 when China built a bigger one. Sound …
William Kentridge Expands
William Kentridge Expands I still remember my mother laughing about how wowwed she was the first time she saw the movie …
The App Girih
The App Girih This isn’t the feature I’d planned but I have yet again (again again again…) had my Apple password go incognito. Twenty-some …
When More Is Better Yet
A. Two patterns in one frame. B. Pattern unit compiled from A, tiled out into a pattern. C. Same as B but with alpha (blank …
THIS — is what I’m talking about.
I can’t find this photographer though I collected her work within the last two days. Ouch! …OK, now I have …
Woodshedded (verb)
Woodshedded (verb) (continued from last post) Last night I was woodshedded by a friend, in the sense that I was …
Free Use, Copyright Law
Free Use, Copyright Law (Please also read next post) Testing, testing. Above we have two images. One is by Leonardo …
Tile Photos FX, puzzle-cut mode
Tile Photos FX, puzzle-cut mode First I got the idea to use the software to make my own Tangrams set. So I started with …
More and Less from This White
Ultrawhite paint could cool buildings and combat climate change This sciencemag.org bulletin talks about a new kind of paint that can condition …
Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright and Fair Use Fair Use is a legal term you use at your own risk. Lawyers can readily …
Deborah Roberts. Pieces Made into Wholeness
Addendum (11.01.20.) I’ve received feedback that some think Deborah Roberts is a so-so artist. I emphatically disagree. I also disagree – …
Annals of Imaging, Premiere
A lens can focus light to form an image, unlike a prism, which refracts light without focusing. Devices that similarly focus or disperse waves …
Art and Experimental Media
Art and Experimental Media Enjoy this bird footage, a pigeon and an owl. Then a look at what this means …
Disconnected from the Internet
Disconnected from the Internet A sudden disconnect from the internet is like what the old folk song says about old age: It won’t kill …