Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.
— Taisen Deshimaru, quoted in Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery, G. Cameron Hurst
Coloured
When I was born, I was black.
When I grew up, I was black.
When I get hot, I am black.
When I get cold, I am black.
When I am sick, I am black.
When I die, I am black.
When you were born, You were pink.
When you grew up, You were white.
When you get hot, You go red.
When you get cold, You go blue.
When you are sick, You go green.
When you die, You go purple.
AND YET YOU HAVE THE CHEEK TO CALL ME COLOURED!!!
-an anonymous student at King Edward VI School, Birmingham, UK
Naiad’s Mirror, Sylvan Lake, Custer State Park, Katherine McDaniel, 2015
Oh fair enough are sky and plain,
But I know fairer far:
Those are as beautiful again
That in the water are;
The pools and rivers wash so clean
The trees and clouds and air,
The like on earth was never seen,
And oh that I were there.
These are the thoughts I often think
As I stand gazing down
In act upon the cressy brink
To strip and dive and drown;
But in the golden-sanded brooks
And azure meres I spy
A silly lad that longs and looks
And wishes he were I.
―A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
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Caravaggio, Narcissus (1597), as a mirror
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Floating
Distortion
Convergence
Four
If you’d like to read about my sunrise experience at Lake Scott, please click here.
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Dirty White Trash by Tim Noble and Sue Webster
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Shadow art is the art of casting light on prepared items to create a new image. A pile of garbage or a few disorderly tendrils of wire can produce a stunningly recognizable image at the flick of a switch. If you have ever made shadow animals on a movie screen, you know that some of the objects features are lost in the production of the shadow, while others fuse together and perspective is distorted. Have a look at this fantastic gallery from hongkiat.com and be ready to wonder how some of these shadow pictures are made. Terrific!
Anamorphic art makes a distorted projection of an image that can be viewed as a coherent image only from a particular vantage point. Artist Felice Varini is famous for his anamorphic art installations, which create real world effects that look much like digital ones. Seen from the proper angle, the world seems overlaid with geometric patterns. Seen from another, the illusion is revealed: fragments of the image are painted directly on walls and other surfaces in the space. Varini has painted outdoors and indoors, in beautiful historic churches and modern office buildings, creating magic that fools and amuses the eye.
Born in 1952 in Locarno, Switzerland, Varini lives in Paris. Scroll down for some more of his amazing installations.
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Image #6 © Maxime Felder with CCLicense.
Quatre triangles pour deux fenêtres, Rue Édouard VII
Musée des Beaux Arts, Nancy, France
Three Ellipses for Three Locks, Cardiff Bay Barrage
Cercle et suite d’éclats, Vercorin, Switzerland
