Walk on the Beach (02)

5 pieces of Flotsam and Jetsam that ran ashore on my virtual beach and still stick around after a month. I am gonna go for a walk and pick them up for you….

Found: Time Capsule of the 40ies

I love these 14 Rare Color Photos From the FSA-OW by Russell Lee and Jack Delano and others from that time. It seems there is no veil between you and the people 70 years back. A time Capsule. Men, women and children are working, fixing, baking and living along. The other end of the world is overshadowed by war and the comparison makes them unique in their peacefulness and innocence. A glimpse of how the 40ies could have been. J.u.s.t. B.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l.

Found: Decadence

I find myself going back again and again to the paintings of Terry Rodgers. The size ( they are huge!), the theme ( an utter reflection of the complexity and ambiguity of life ) and the style ( modern times in retro-composition ).

I would love to see them in reality or own one ( mental note to myself:…need to play the lottery again… )

In his own words:

"In my work, I attempt to reflect my sense of the times we are living in, and both how richly interesting they are and how difficult it is for most of us to navigate their uncharted waters. There is a great push and pull, the lure and the repulsion, the fiction and the real, the known and the unknown. And we live in this swirl of delicate gestures, driving desires, fantasy, economic complexity and interdependence, hierarchical separations, isolation and hope. I am trying to render some notion of this rich fabric. "

I am a total groupie have the H.i.g.h.e.s.t.  R.e.s.p.e.c.t. for his work.

Found: Star Wars in Ice

Andreas Brick, a German sound artist, did some Silent Listening and recorded the music of ice.

"The most striking thing about these recordings is the synthetic-sounding descending tones caused by the phenomenon of the dispersion of sound waves. The high frequencies of the popping and cracking noises are transmitted faster by the ice than the deeper frequencies, which reach the listener with a time lag as glissandi sinking to almost bottomless depths."

An absolutely unique sound experience. I am  fascinated. A. L.o.t.

Found: ATTN

A web page dedicated to the wrong, the inappropriate and the borderline ….and the unbelievable funny. See for yourself.

"Land-shark"

…be prepared, a total timesucker.

Found: Epiphanies in a bundle

Cath Duncan and Michele Woodward called this a podcast about goal setting but I got the feeling it was rather about finding out more about yourself.

Though, I had some comforting thought keys coming to me in a yoga session the Sunday after.

"..ensure that the goals you set are what *you* really want. So many people skip this step and take themselves down the agonizing route of funneling themselves into working hard and trying to make stuff happen when they don’t really even want that stuff…"

"…A thought key is a word or short phrase that reminds you of what’s most important to you right then, rather than trying to focus on all the details of what you want to achieve…"

And when I looked into the True Values pdf, Michele recommended at one point in the interview, I had epiphanies falling on my head like snow flakes on a lake.

This has been more of a visual flotsam this month. I think that’s it so far. Have a great weekend!