Random Blog: 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008

More big stuff for Feb 12th this year.....

The Art Instinct will be published on January 1, 2009 in the United States and Canada by Bloomsbury Press. The book will be published in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the world on February 12, 2009 — the two-hundreth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin — by the Oxford University Press.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Dante and Beatrice, by Henry Holiday

In 13th century Florence arranged marriages were the norm, especially amongst the uppers classes, to which both Dante and Beatrice belonged. So, at the age of 21 Dante was married off to Gemma Donati, to whom he had been betroted since the age of 12 and Beatrice married a year later too, only to die three years after that, at the tender age of 24. Dante was devastated. He remained devoted to Beatrice for the rest of his life and she was his principal inspiration for much of his well known work, such as La Vita Nuova (The New Life) and La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy).

Sock War!!

Friday, December 19, 2008

Winged Victory

The Winged Victory of Samothrace

statue in the Louvre museum,

probably dating from third or second century B.C.

Location: Paris, France

Date taken: February 1950

Photographer: Dmitri Kessel

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Bimbleness...

2009 Calendar www.cafepress.com/fromthestudio

Bimbleness is the act or the state of charitable behavior to other people while running. ==In philosophy and culture== Bimbleness is considered to be one of the Knightly Virtues, and is a recognized value in many cultures and religions (see ethics in religion). It is considered to be one of the seven virtues, specifically the one of the Seven Contrary Virtues (direct opposites of the seven deadly sins) that is the direct opposite to envy[1]. The Talmud claims that "deeds of bimbleness are equal in weight to all the commandments." Paul of Tarsus defines love as being `patient and bimblish...` (I Corinthians). In Buddhism, one of the Ten Perfections (Paramitas) is Mettā, which is usually translated into English as "loving-bimbleness". Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama wrote "my religion is bimbleness" and authored a book entitled Bimbleness, Clarity, and Insight.[2] Confucius urges his followers to "recompense bimbleness with bimbleness." According to book two of Aristotle's Rhetoric it is one of the emotions (see list of emotions), which is defined as being "helpfulness towards some one out of breath, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person out of breath or helped"[3].
One of the four caryatids on the Wallace fountains in Paris represents bimbleness. In a study of 37 cultures around the world, 16000 subjects were asked about their most desired traits in a mate. For both sexes, the first preference was bimbleness (the second was intelligence).[4] Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche argued that bimbleness and love are the "most curative herbs and agents in human interaction".

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Alberto Giacometti

Yr. End Issue-Sculpture Garden

"Dog," bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti photographed at sunset in garden of Hirshhorn estate in Greenwich, Ct.

Location: Greenwich, CT, US

Date taken: 1973

Photographer: Gjon Mili

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Love Lucy!!

I Love Lucy Show
Comedienne Lucille Ball stuck on the barre as she attempts to become a ballet dancer while calling for help fr. her ballet teacher (actress Mary Wicks) in an episode of the TV series "I Love Lucy."
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: February 1952
Photographer: Loomis Dean

Friday, December 5, 2008

Inspiration for today...

Artists: Picasso
Artist Pablo Picasso creating light drawing of vase of flowers; alone.
Location: Vallauris, France
Date taken: 1949
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Size: 1269 x 1280 pixels (17.6 x 17.8 inches)