Sunday, March 28, 2010

Manner of the Beginning

from With the World's People
An account of the ethnic origin, primitive
estate, early migrations, social evolution,
and present conditions and promise
of the principal families of men.
By John Clark Ridpath, LL. D.
Author of "History of the World" etc.
Pub. Washington, D.C. by Clark E. Ridpath 1912 

 "Progressive development of Man, evolution illustrated with the six corresponding living forms."

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Principal Types of Mankind, After Huxley

from With the World's People
An account of the ethnic origin, primitive
estate, early migrations, social evolution,
and present conditions and promise
of the principal families of men.
By John Clark Ridpath, LL. D.
Author of "History of the World" etc.
Pub. Washington, D.C. by Clark E. Ridpath 1912

"'Neither agreeable nor disagreeable,' I answered. 'it just is.'
Istigkeit - wasn't that the word Meister Eckhart liked to use? 'Is-ness.'"  
A Huxley, The Doors of Perception (1954)

Friday, March 26, 2010

Subject: New Thought

 
One master of your destiny (I am the Sun God) / Elisabeth Townova, translated by Vaclav Sorna
The rest of the book (in a little while) here

πιναξ, ο (Hdt 5, 49).


Thursday, March 25, 2010

Subject: Hypnotism

from Hypnotism and suggestion: clear and popular description of the effects of foreign forces and their use
By Karel Sezemský

"Consciously affected, ie mediated"   

 "Wake up completely fresh, healthy and happy!"
The rest will eventually be here

Volume III: Geology and Palaeontology

 Published by authority of the Legislature of Illinois
The rest here

8 heaps to cart load, 8 hills apart each way

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Word of the Day: Pisciculture

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Heath and Friendship

Monday, March 8, 2010

The fruition of imparadised content



We drove east through the Everglades playing the same album through four times and stopping at McDonald's once, for shakes. You always got vanilla, and when you ordered mine, you would always say "chocolate" in a New York accent. When we got to my house, you helped me bring my suitcase inside and then drove back to the other coast, probably playing the same album through four more times.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Formerly the Republic of New Granada

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Paedomorphosis

The retention of juvenile or larval characteristics in a reproductively mature organism; esp. the appearance in an adult organism of the juvenile or larval characteristics of an ancestral form. [OED]
Ornimegalonyx oteroi
Giant flightless owl
Late Pleistocene 
Cuba

Elephant bird of Madagascar 
Watercolor by Walton Ford 

Penguin Books

The rest here

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Found between page 13 and 14 of The Beat Collection, edited by Barry Miles

The Art Institute, July 5th 2009

The Modern Wing

1) A man wears a t-shirt, "Paddle faster, I hear banjo music!" To his wife, "How much would you pay for that, hun?" He laughs contentedly, and they walk out. I am the only one left in the gallery. 



2) A man works very hard to look distinguished, sweater on shoulders and graying beard. To younger but not young married man with excessively defined chin dimple: "Pop art means nothing until they tells us what it means." The younger but not young man tries on what he supposes to be an intelligent facial expression, catches my eye. Drop the expression. He is silent. 



3) Long, curly hair flows from a young man's head. His words make him seems younger than he is. His father admits to not understanding the Pollock before them. The son is not old enough to make such an admission. He states knowingly, "These are really hard to preserve because he used house paint." His father nods; they take a few steps east. The plaque directly beside the work reads:
Jackson Pollock
Greyed Rainbow, 1953
Oil on canvas



4) The young man moves to the southern end of the gallery, and looks at an early Pollock, c 1940. Turning back toward Greyed Rainbow, "Is that the only Pollock?" He doesn't wait for an answer. "Yea."



Pater Noster qui es in caelis

Life Scenes among the Mountains of Ararat

If you happen to find yourself unsure of whether you've come across a Patriarch or a Priest and are desperate to know which specimen you are dealing with, here is a brief guide:

 
You will notice the Patriarch is laden with gold jewels. He wears a monocle, perhaps anachronistically? You will notice his beard, shaped like a clover, prefiguring the Christian notion of the Trinity. You will notice old, tired eyes that know what it is to be a man. You will feel with him the exhaustion of leading a group of hardheaded sinners through unfavorable ecosystems. 
 
The Priest, you will see, carries beads (prayer beads?) in his hand, much like the Patriarch. Do not be fooled. His brow, carrying the weight of God emanated, droops over his eyes and shades them. His beard, though neat, is longer than the Patriarch's. His robes, most confusingly, lack the religious symbols that you've seen on those of the Patriarch. Finally, his eyes carry the expression of deepest sorrow exhibited by those who have been in the Lord's presence but have now returned to mundanity.

The book: http://a2.lib.uchicago.edu/pip.php?/pres/2010/pres2010-0003.pdf