My sister said that when the tide was out you could walk all the way to America; the waves pulled back that far. So far that the starfish forgot there ever was an ocean and stiffened with dismay. So far that the seaweed wept itself dry on the rocks with nostalgia. --Jess Kidd, The … Continue reading Quote for Today: Jess Kidd
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Quote for Today: Colleen Hoover
Imagine all the people you meet in your life. There are so many. They come in like waves, trickling in and out with the tide. Some waves are much bigger and make more of an impact than others. Sometimes the waves bring with them things from deep in the bottom of the sea and they … Continue reading Quote for Today: Colleen Hoover
Quote for Today: Patrick Ness
Ah, well, then you've never stood on a beach as the waves came crashing in, the water stretching out from you until it's beyond sight, moving and blue and alive and so much bigger than even the black beyond seems because the ocean hides what it contains. ―Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer Public Domain … Continue reading Quote for Today: Patrick Ness
Picturing Consciousness: Out of the Deep Waters by Katherine McDaniel
Exploring our inner landscape can be as challenging as exploring the world around us. How are these two worlds linked? My newest painting is called Out of the Deep Waters. It's about the interplay between external reality and the unconscious that produces both life and art. I chose a limited color palette here, dominated by shades of blue, … Continue reading Picturing Consciousness: Out of the Deep Waters by Katherine McDaniel
Quote for Today: Machado de Assis
Lover's language, give me an exact and poetic comparison to say what those eyes of Capitu were like. No image comes to mind that doesn't offend against the rules of good style, to say what they were and what they did to me. Undertow eyes? Why not? Undertow. That's the notion that the new expression … Continue reading Quote for Today: Machado de Assis
Quote for Today: Sara Teasdale
I thought of you and how you love this beauty, And walking up the long beach all alone I heard the waves breaking in measured thunder As you and I once heard their monotone. Around me were the echoing dunes, beyond me The cold and sparkling silver of the sea -- We two will pass … Continue reading Quote for Today: Sara Teasdale
Wind on the Water: Ocean Storm Simulation at GTC 2013
View the latest in ocean simulation as featured at the GPU Technology Conference last month, the real-time, Beaufort Scale simulator called WaveWorks by Nvidia. Programmers now have the ability to make waves respond to wind. If you saw the gorgeous film Life of Pi you have seen such technology in action. More information is available here. … Continue reading Wind on the Water: Ocean Storm Simulation at GTC 2013
