Nice find! I thought it was a spider web-kaleidoscope mash up
That looks really good, it never occurred to me that an etching like that would work as phone wallpaper...also you've got several to rotate if you need a change π
It's definitely the etchings that are the most impressive π
Thanks for the feedback, I'm trying something a bit different instead of just posting nice pictures....but it also helps that I actually went to the exhibition π
It took me a while, even with the brief description to 'see' it...there's a concrete/tarmac quality to the ice which always throws me for a minute...I like the gaping maw description- very apt
I've seen lots of contemporary dance performances which have blown me away, one was called 'The Silk Road' and showed how dance, as well as material goods was passed on via the silk road.
It had traditional Indian dance and Spanish dance (the one where the men do the foot stomping, I've not been up for long and my brain is still in sleep mode). It was amazing. The dancing was beautiful and demonstrated how culture and ideas are transmitted, in this instance- the similarities of dance movements
Also saw a free performance of some students of Chethams School of Music (Manchester) perform the harp. I think there was 4, maybe 5 female students, and it was beautiful. I've never heard the harp performed just on its own and they used percussive rhythms made by drumming and tapping the instrument...
I have the flyers from both above performances, so I'll edit my comment later on after I've found them
Also adding Estas Tonne....my boyfriend is a big fan and we traveled down to London for a week which included one of his gigs....it was held in a church and was just him and his guitars (and 2 incense sticks)
Guilty as charged
I rather like this one...
wearily she waves
the white flag of surrender
cobwebbed butterfly
βTracy Davidson from here
Pawprints fade, empty
Silence fills the empty space
Love lives on, always
From here
I sometimes feel that the classic haiku are let down by some translations, and the fact there are Japanese words that don't translate across very well or at all.
I have a soft spot for this one
The old pond,
A frog jumps in:
Plop!
Translated by Alan Watts from here
It's interesting to see how each translation differs, and tries to put into English something that is probably untranslatable....also...
pond
frog
plop!
Translated by James Kirkup
'The sound of water' 'kerplunk' 'splashing the water' 'leap, splash' 'water note' ....just don't capture it for me
Do you know any that are decent?
I discovered The CryptoNaturalist over at the other place, and ending up buying 'Field Guide to the Haunted Forest' and 'Love Notes from the Hollow Tree' by Jarod K. Anderson....
Which is unusual for me as I detest poetry. I think it's a pile of long-winded, navel gazing wank...Except for haiku, (because they're short and sweet, and condense things down to their essence, which I like).
I like The CryptoNaturalist though, probably because they write about nature in a weird, beautiful and wonderous way. I want to use the word 'magical' to describe it, but am reluctant, for reasons
Also, thanks to this post I just found out there's a couple of other books available which I'm going to buy tonight π
I never knew Venetian blinds could be so aesthetically pleasing, the distortion effect with the overlap is particularly good
The photographer hasn't added any other information that I can find, it has been included in several flower groups on flickr.....honestly, your guess is as good as mine
I had a similar experience recently while researching for !nudibranchs@mander.xyz....I found these gems pretending to be nudibranchs
In fact the whole site has some wonderful ai abonimations masquerading as real animals....
....This is a 'mud skipper'
Bats!
axolotls
It's weird out there!