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Alfred Jarry Bike & Mercury Retrograde

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012


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Alfred Jarry Bike
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  • Mercury turns Retrograde on July 14 2012

    Mercury in Retrograde
    By Sheryl Luna
    The day ended badly with a broken ankle,
    a jinxed printer, and a dead car. The dry yellow grass
    against the sunset saved me. Roosters

    pranced across a lawn of shit, proudly plumed
    in black feathers, bobbing before the gray goats.
    It was the first day I saw god in the quiet,

    and found a mustard seed was very small.
    There I had been for years cursing “why?”
    and all the gold in the sun fell upon me.

    There was a white mare in the midst
    of brown smog, majestic in the refinery
    clouds. Even the radio wouldn’t work!

    My mother limps and her hair falls out.
    The faithful drive white Chevy trucks
    or yellow Camrys, and I’m here golden

    on the smoking shock-less bus.
    I lost language in this want, each poem
    dust, Spanish fluttered

    Poem Hunter

    This talented bird built a nest inside the cactus plant.

  • The Philosopher

    Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
  • The Philosopher
    by David Shrigley 2009, painted ceramic plant pot and cacti, 26 x 22 x 37 cm

    Marquis de Sade by Man Ray

    Lyotard’s Nose Jiri Georg DokoupilDe neus van Jean-François Lyotard by Jiri Georg Dokoupil

    Magritte Philosopher’s Lamp

    Michel Foucault <> <> <> <>Judith Butler <> <> <> Emmanuel Levinas

    The Duty of Philosophy? Zizek has the answer.

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    The Last Laugh of the melancholy Philosopher Emil Cioran

    Emil Cioran (wiki) The Melancholy thinker..

    Regarding God, Cioran has noted that “without Bach, God would be a complete second rate figure” and that “Bach’s music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded a complete failure”.

    William H. Gass called Cioran’s work “a philosophical romance on the modern themes of alienation, absurdity, boredom, futility, decay, the tyranny of history, the vulgarities of change, awareness as agony, reason as disease”. (via wki)

    “The amount of chiaroscuro an idea harbors is the only index of its profundity”

    —E. M. Cioran

  • Elephant Chairs

    Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

    Dorothea Tanning
    Rainy Day Canapé, 1970, Philadelphia Museum of Art

    Dozen works by Tanning now on view in LACMA’s special exhibition In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States.

    See Dorothea with Max Ernst here. (Scroll down)

  • Six images from Steve Faletti

  • Alexander Calder

    Everyday thing

    Rare “Elephant” armchair, designed by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann in 1926. It sold at auction in December 2010 for $290,500.

  • Chorus of Charis See some fanatastic chairs by famous artists from here.

    Dragon chair looks like an Elephant

    Pity the Fool

    Sunday, April 1st, 2012

    Tilda Swinton (photo by by Simon Annand)

  • We need to talk about this film – trailer

  • April 1 was Dan Flavin‘s birthday!
    Here is “Looking at Flavin’s neon wall sculpture”
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    Minimoma by Craig Robinson

    Gifs for Fools

    The Clown Family

    Happy birthday Milan Kundera!
    “The Joke”, was his first novel. Milan Kundera was born on April 1 on April fool’s day.

    Childhood adventure
    Fifty centimeters deep –
    Witch, lion, Aspelund via (Haikea – Poetry blog for the furniture of Melancholy )

    Valentine’s Day 2012

    Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
  • Love is such an old fashioned word
    The lovers

    A pair of abstract lovers Fung Ching Kellingby Fung Ching Kelling

  • And happy birthday Janet Paparelli (previous Valentine’s post with Klaus Nomi – see her paintings)
    (Digital image of Janet Paparelli by Fung Ching Kelling)

  • The Man (and others we all miss)

  • Brick Eleven

    Friday, November 11th, 2011

    Veteran’s day is also !!/!!/!! day or Brick Eleven day! (three sets of two bricks)

    The turtle in the middle was created by a 5 years old Lego artist.

    Richard III & the Brick Dude Impostor were replaced.

    Robert Ryan Nov 11 birthday.. (perfect for Veteran’s day)

    Robert Ryan’s Quiet Furies

    A longtime civil rights campaigner, Robert Ryan served in the United States Marines as a drill sergeant (winning a boxing championship) and went on to become a key figure in post WWII American film noir and western productions.
    (NYtimes)

    Happy birthday to Stanley Tucchi!
    Stanley on Charlie Rose talking about his role as Eichmann.

    Happy birthay to Neil Young! Nov 12 (Ohio here)

    Kurt Vonnegut Nov 11, 1922

    Weather & Warehouse

    Sunday, August 28th, 2011

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    Ikea Ikeatwo1
    (Photos Fung Lin Hall)

    Photos taken from Ikea – (Founder has a Nazi past)

    Childhood adventure
    Fifty centimeters deep –
    Witch, lion, Aspelund

    POETRY FOR THE FURNITURE OF MELANCHOLY (Hikea blog)

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    Follow the bouncing ball – Hurricane Irene sight gag
    Sight Gags” is our weekly nod to the ironic, satiric, parodic, and carnivalesque performances that are an important part of a vibrant democratic public culture. These “gags” may not always be funny or represent a familiar point of view, but they attempt to cut through the lies, hypocrisy, shamelessness, stupidity, complacency, and other vices of democratic life.
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  • Happy birthday David Fincher! (Fight Club + Social Network merged here thanks to Teshigahara and Abe Kobo)

    Richard III & Brick Dudes

    Wednesday, June 29th, 2011


    Peter Sellers as Laurence Olivier playing Richard III (The Beatles introduced Peter Sellers)

    Richard III at Old Vic – see a slideshow from Laurence Olivier to Kevin Spacey, take a look at an embarrassment of Richards, past and present

    Now is the winter of discontent on youtube – Laurence Olivier <> <> <> Ian McKellen

    Looking for Richard aMagrittowl1 (Al Pacino and Kevin Spacey who was brilliant)

    Guarding the King a2dogguard

    Brick Dude & rival a2dudes.

    Umbrellas of Chez Bricks here

    Nov 2008 by Dotdude
    See Spike and Daisy from Jtwine’s blog.

    Burleske is not a Burka

    Friday, June 10th, 2011


    Happy birthday Michael Cacoyannis.. found this film, Women in Black, I have not seen.
    Life is Trouble, Death is Not from Zorba the Greek (this many of us have seen).

    Previous post (Michael Cacoyannis with Jacques Cousteau)

    Richard Strauss birthday too. (June 11) – ( A Space Odyssey 2001)

    Burleske is not a Burka.

    THE WOMAN WHO LIVED .Malalai – AND DIED – BY THE GUN.

    Malalai is one of the only police women in Kandahar. Unlike other women in the region, Malalai works alongside men, apprehending criminals and restoring justice in one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. When working outside her home and office she is always armed beneath her burka.

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    Jurgen Trautwein Trashmyart

    Umbrellas of Chezbricks

    Friday, April 8th, 2011

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    Umbrellas of Chezbricks

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  • This little bird was very sick, was there motionless for many min.
    Probably a photo of the last day for this bird.
    The Last Day bird

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    History of brick installation
    Nov 2008 by Dotdude
    See Spike and Daisy from Jtwine’s blog.

    Go with the Flow

    Friday, March 18th, 2011

    Robert Rossen who directed All the King’s Men, Mambo, the Hustler and Lilith.
    Lilith – Jean Seberg, Warren Beatty and Peter Fonda here.

    The Hustler Igreatfeeling
    Paul Newman talking about being in the flow state..

    If you’re in a hurry.. here is one min. no flow state..

    On March 16 I posted Lilith and the Hustler to honor Robert Rossen on FB. Found this poem by Alan via netBehaviour a day later.

    FB – Alan Sondheim

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    (Y)ear of the Rabbit

    Tuesday, February 1st, 2011


    The Rabbit knows how to relax.

    Mona Lisa monalisa-Ray+Johnson

    Pool Bunny 1Poolbunny Fung Lin Hall

    Rabbit Moon by Kenneth Anger who was also a Rabbit (February 3, 1927)

    The Rabbit Author – John Updike here.

    Rabbit koreanrabbit from Korea – Choi Book(1712~1786?)
    (Thanks to Heejae Lee)

    The Rabbit is the symbol of longevity.
    Their fundamental nature and strength is drawn from the moon. The Chinese believe a person born in this year is very fortunate! Soft spoken rabbits find happiness and contentment. Rabbits are gracious with excellent manners. There is no great inner struggle in their heart. They believe in their own judgment and ability to survive.
    Rabbits need trust and tenderness in a relationship. Like the rabbit they hop over obstacles, and always land on their feet! year.
    The rabbit’s soft, vulnerable looking exterior is protected by an armor of cautiousness. Hares are very lucky in business and combined with their excellent bargaining wisdom will go far. They find it hard to work under pressure. Hares are the peace makers and good scholars. They may look easy going, but they are actually quite cunning! Being a strong willed person, they go quietly, yet determinedly towards their goals. Rabbits are considerate, understanding, warm, friendly, and easy to be with. They know how to relax!

    Most famous Hollywood couple Jolie-Pitt is missing from this list and Henry Miller is missing too..see famous Rabbit people and a collection of rabbit stamp from all over the world. Year of the Rabbit (Hopper home)

    Johnny Depp, Germaine Greer, Neil Sedaka, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Jordan and Drew Barrymore. Harry Belafonte, Ingrid Bergman, Lewis Carroll, John Cleese, Peter Falk, Peter Fonda, James Fox, David Frost,Cary Grant, , Bob Hope, Whitney Houston, John Hurt, Michael Keaton, John Keats, Julian Lennon, Arthur Miller, Roger Moore, Tatum O’Neal, George Orwell, Neil Simon, Jane Seymour, Dusty Springfield, Sting, Orson Welles

    In Vietnam it’s a Purr-fect Cat