Monthly Archives: January 2008

water stones

orange stone line kopachuck state park dec2007 (since water seems to be a recent theme) a line of stones into the bay and the tide covering them a short while later which reminded me of this: vilnia river line oct2006 … Continue reading

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fish story

Interesting article in the NYT about evolution and selection (using sticklebacks as the example). It was the photo, above, that caught my eye – differences in armoring between saltwater & freshwater sticklebacks. This in the Guardian (article) – “vertical axis” … Continue reading

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camera buff

Saw Krzysztof Kieslowski’s film ‘Camera Buff’ the other day (‘Amator’ in the original). Jerzy Stuhr is terrific as the blossoming filmmaker who eventually sees the more complex sides of his passion. Having known Kieslowski primarily through his later films (the … Continue reading

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frozen water again also

Another good freeze overnight (27°F/-3°C) and I was able to get the whole piece out this time. It was overcast though so I didn’t have that nice morning sun as a backlight.

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frozen water again

25Jan2008 45°31′N 122°51′W Temperature: 23°F/-5°C Humidity: 81% Dew Point: 18°F/-8°C Wind: Calm Pressure: 30.06 in/1018 hPa (Rising) Visibility: 10.0 miles/16.1 kilometers Clouds: Clear

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frozen water

24Jan2008 45°31′N 122°51′W Temperature: 26°F/-3°C Humidity: 56% Dew Point: 15°F/-9°C Wind: 7mph/11km/h from the East Pressure: 29.74 in/1007 hPa (Falling) Windchill: 18°F/-8°C Visibility: 10.0 miles/16.1 kilometers Clouds: Clear

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dime-store alchemy

‘Dime-Store Alchemy’ is a very nice little book by the poet Charles Simic. A collage, a collection, a consideration of Joseph Cornell (the alliteration was not purposeful, and actually makes me wince just a tad, but it is pretty much … Continue reading

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félix fénéon

   Scratching himself with a revolver with an overly sensitive trigger,    M. Édouard B. removed the tip of his nose    in the Vivienne precinct house. I’ve been reading a bit in ‘Novels in Three Lines,’ the Félix Fénéon … Continue reading

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near water

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art’s birthday

happy 1,000,045th – more on this year’s piece  – last year’s sculpture – a celebratory (and explanatory) site

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the trouble with translation

I’m reading Yukio Mishima’s ‘The Temple of the Golden Pavilion’ right now and in the first 50 or so pages have run across the word pellucid twice. Not a word you happen upon often. And twice in so short a … Continue reading

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more water

from victoria, bc – looking south across the straits to the olympics

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water

t) west from newport, oregon b) north across lac leman at 18:34 both photos from 2006

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yellow dress black buttons

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the length of my dog

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video

Worked over the past couple days getting a few videos together.  Some were posted to fluxlist (via youtube – paper shake, audio tape and kizu to nara) and a few others, older ones, prepped for the website.  Not especially a … Continue reading

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ivor cutler

Fairly mesmerized over the past while with a new (to me) video featuring Ivor Cutler.  The video is called ‘Looking for Truth with a Pin’ and includes ‘Cutler’s Last Stand.’ [Unfortunately the video (DVD) is only available in Region 2 encoding … Continue reading

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