Where is the Refuge? The Melody of our Alienation
The power of the spoken word and the captured image can be woven together in a way that evades description. I thought I had finished synkroniciti’s short cycle on Yemen, when …
Quote for Today: Sai Marie Johnson
We like it wet and we like it green, and we are the ones that they call obscene. ―Sai Marie Johnson Public Domain Image via Pexels
Beneath the Surface: An Introduction to Underwater Photography and the Human Form
Well-crafted portraits capture not only physical attributes, but hint at hidden truths. Underwater photography can provide unique and challenging perspectives. There is something about being submerged in water that …
Quote for Today: Edward Thomas
Digging To-day I think Only with scents,- scents dead leaves yield, And bracken, and wild carrot’s seed, And the square mustard field; Odours that rise When the spade …
Body in Motion: Climber Natalija Gros in Le Tango Vertical
The human body is capable of impressive feats. Is there an artistic and creative element present in athletic accomplishment? When Natalija Gros retired from competitive rock climbing in 2012, she …
Comfortable in Her Own Skin: Tradition, Modernity and the Dancing of Irina Akulenko
The society we live in shapes our understanding of body image and self. How does dance influence that understanding? Video via WorldDance NewYork. Irina Akulenko plays the blindfolded character of …
Quote for Today: Walt Whitman
Smile O voluptuous cool-breath’d earth! Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees! Earth of departed sunset–earth of the mountains misty-topt! Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon …
Sensuality of Texture: Geology of Shoes
Machines are so essential to daily life that we often fail to appreciate what we can make with our hands. A cordwainer is a person that fashions luxury footwear from soft leather by hand, designing, cutting …
Quote for Today: Kahlil Gibran
And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom …
Quote for Today: Doris Lessing
All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel the roughness of a carpet under smooth soles, a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a …