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Archives for March, 2009

Map Accidents

Posted by Karl Jones on Wednesday, March 25th 2009     

Compelling, beautiful, idiosyncratic: “A collection of accidents that happened while working on maps and other graphics.” Posted by Matthew Bloch, graphics editor for the New York Times. Link. Shown above: “1917 map of Beijing (after trying to use spline-based georeferencing in ArcGIS).” Via Dinosaurs and Robots: Link. ~ Karl Jones // Share|

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A Vision for A New Earth

Posted by Bonnee Klein Gilligan on Wednesday, March 25th 2009     

’1st January’ photograph by Shugaley Pavel A Vision for A New Earth An Earth where chaos matures into growth and reality is a soul harmony vibrating to Love in synchronicity. Knowing through radical trust, silence and stillness that the dark is pierced by the Light, and fear and ignorance transformed into insight, love and wisdom. [...]

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Romuald Hazoumé

Posted by Karl Jones on Tuesday, March 24th 2009     

dan-ayido-houedo by Romuald Hazoumé Xeni Jardin writes: While I was in Benin over the last couple of weeks, a local BB reader pointed me to some interesting contemporary artists from this region. Probably the most well-known of these, internationally, is a man named Romuald Hazoumé who transforms salvaged materials into symbols of spiritual power. Hazoumé [...]

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After Hours Sonnet

Posted by James Schwartz on Monday, March 23rd 2009     

by James Schwartz After hours passion unites, ignites room. Silken musculature, metered desire. The groaning bridal bed with groom on groom. Love’s spirit sings sonnets, Lust’s still higher. Of unrestrained rain, drenched a capella. Unattired, unabated, understood. Unrequited under night’s umbrella. As if unquenched Uranian love could. Our after hours of unmasked hours. Unschooled, unclenched [...]

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Samuel

Posted by James Schwartz on Monday, March 23rd 2009     

by James Schwartz I have heard tell of blood and family. In the spotlight I can’t see. I only sow the sound of silence. A Scriptured quote an act of violence. Can we agree to disagree? Now I know that I am free. A heart preoccupied with love. Unreachable in azure above. The Pastor your [...]

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Pink Elephant… really???

Posted by Bonnee Klein Gilligan on Friday, March 20th 2009     

‘Rare Pink Elephant Baby’ photograph by Mike Holding Everywhere… all around… more and more gifts from Creator. Signs we move… we progress. Heart shaped galaxies, pink dolphins, sun halos, comets… more. Now this very rare, sweet, beautiful, albino, pink, baby African elephant. Amazing! Elephant represents – compassion, loyalty, strength, intelligence, discernment,  commitment, astuteness, memory, longevity, [...]

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Intelligent Mistakes

Posted by Karl Jones on Wednesday, March 18th 2009     

“Intelligent mistakes seem like failings on the part of the AI, but are actually carefully calculated ways of throwing the game that make it more entertaining for the player.” Computer chess expert Steven Lopez describes how in human versus human chess, it’s acceptable for a high-ranking player to give a much lower ranking player an [...]

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Galactic Love!!!

Posted by Bonnee Klein Gilligan on Wednesday, March 18th 2009     

‘Galactic Love’ photo  by NASA’s Telescopes ‘Galactic Love’ is my name for this spectacular capture of two merging galaxies called NGC 6240. It’s a great flying heart! What beautiful colors, blues, pink and purple with a core of golden white… painted with streaks of infrared light. WOW awe inspiring! Thank you beloved Creator. Love is [...]

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Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes

Posted by Karl Jones on Monday, March 16th 2009     

Maya Lin has a new exhibit at Washington’s Corcoran Gallery of Art. It grew out of a desire to take what I do outside and bring it inside …. I thought, what if I could bring a hill inside – take it up to the ceiling, maybe even let people walk on it. … These [...]

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Wayraman – Manatial

Posted by Bonnee Klein Gilligan on Monday, March 16th 2009     

Wayraman by Manatial Beautiful panpipes and flute telling a story of love. Sweet! Manatial, The Mystic Sound from the Andes, Song: Wayraman, Album: The Secret of the Dancing Spirits DVD, Video produced by: AylluRecords. Recorded in Salasaca, Ecuador. Official website: manantial-productions.com. Manantial are Indigenous musicians from the Kichwa-Salasaka community in  Ecuador. They present a magical [...]

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