cheap rent

silence is dry sound is wet..

2012-02-12T20:36:00.000-08:00

listening to the wet silence of rain
working in my beautiful studio.

New valentine's prints

2012-02-12T19:57:00.000-08:00

"In one spirit meet and mingle.
Why not I with thine ?''

hand screenprinted posters 6 x 9"
in one colour , two colour & gold ink

available @ Marion & Rose's Workshop
for a very limited time as the run is 14

Lunar New Year Prints available

2012-01-29T11:49:00.000-08:00

New offerings from Wonderboom! for the New Year.
2 color serigraph on Fabriano paper,a closed run of
only 25..find these at our Etsy shop

恭喜發財 !!

below the Tamaracks..

2012-01-11T23:32:00.000-08:00

"Cover me over
In dusk and dust and dreams."

Miners, Copper County MI
with lunch pails in hand on a pile of "poor rock"
outside of the Tamarack mineshaft.

Tracks lingering sunbeams to their halting-place

2012-01-06T15:37:00.000-08:00

" I shall rise again "

Resurgam egraving by Václav Hollar

"Václav Hollar known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and in Germany as Wenzel Hollar (13 July 1607 – 25 March 1677), was a Bohemian etcher, who lived in England for much of his life. He was born in Prague, and died in London, being buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster."

my lovely seneschal! so somnolent, so statuesque!

2011-12-29T23:16:00.000-08:00

The word " Egypt " is in fact a Greek corruption of the phrase
"Het-Ka-Ptah", or "House of the Spirit of Ptah"

Ode â l'Oubli by Louise Bourgeois

2011-12-05T10:57:00.001-08:00

A beautiful book "Ode to Forgetfulness ''
maps the life of artist Louise Bourgeois.
Utilizing scraps of fabric collected over
her lifetime, which are appliqued, quilted,
sewn into a " book ", a tactile diary.
"They are about the idea of restoration,
reconciliation, of holding things together
in the face of fear of disintegration."

The Riddle of Steel

2011-12-03T00:24:00.001-08:00

"a grim and gloomy and unforgiving god, ever watching from atop his mountain in dark clouds and obscuring mists, ready to pass a disapproving judgment on any and all. However, he is also said to value courage and tenacity in mortals, even if the human ultimately proves too frail to succeed. He is the only member of the Cimmerian pantheon named with any regularity.."

500 Portraits by Tony Millionare

2011-12-02T23:51:00.001-08:00

500 Portraits { front & back covers }

500 Portraits collects for the first time over two decades of portrait work by the beloved and award-winning creator of Drinky Crow’s Maakies, Sock Monkey and Billy Hazelnuts.

“I think Tony Millionaire can only do important things.” — Dave Eggers

available at Fantagraphics Books

Abominable Yeti & The Krampus

2011-11-29T13:00:00.001-08:00

These awesome handmade ornaments
are the solution to an otherwise drab holiday
Available at: WONDERBOOM!

lords of cosmogeny

2011-11-17T09:14:00.001-08:00

the streets have spoken. Berkeley
& San Francisco, respectively...

Programmatic Typologies

2011-11-17T09:05:00.001-08:00

"We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe"
- Christopher Alexander

Architect: Zaha Hadid

the danger of ice...

2011-11-16T20:41:00.001-08:00

Ghostst Box preview clips by Ghost Box

The Advisory Circle on Ghost Box recordings

a Wildescape

2011-11-16T09:39:00.001-08:00

"'Truly,' answered his companion,
'much is given to some, and little
is given to others. Injustice has
parcelled out the world, nor isthere
equal division of aught save of sorrow."

the " The Star-Child"
from the fairy tales of Oscar Wilde

mater suspiria vision ‡

2011-11-15T22:04:00.001-08:00

MATER SUSPIRIA VISION feat. Marina Dellamore - Inauguration of a New H (Directed by Cosmotropia de Xam) from Mater Suspiria Vision on Vimeo.

East of Gondor

2011-11-06T17:28:00.000-08:00

The flag & emblem of Mordor

You must attend..

2011-11-06T17:23:00.000-08:00

These group art exhibitions..
Featuring among others, the work of our
friend and tattoo artist Adrian Sanchez.
Adrian can be found at American Electric Tattoo Co.

Burzum

2011-11-05T19:22:00.001-07:00

" one ring to rule them "

Occupy Oakland

2011-11-02T11:09:00.000-07:00

Opening: Pharma / Cooper Union

2011-10-26T10:30:00.000-07:00

PHARMA

Graphic design in the pharmaceutical industry from the 1940's to present day

The Herb Lubalin Study Center at The Cooper Union examines the influence and impact of graphic design on the pharmaceutical industry in PHARMA, a new exhibit featuring original and rarely seen works by luminaries including Andy Warhol, Lester Beall, Will Burtin and Herb Lubalin. PHARMA's exploration begins with the avant garde promotionals of the 1940's, when a market need emerged to promote "miracle" drugs, such as Penicillin, to the medical industry. In a compelling and thought provoking way, PHARMA presents the relationship graphic design has had with the pharmaceutical industry ranging from the federal government's increased regulations to new marketing tactics where the everyday consumer, not the doctor, is considered the target audience. While the exhibition provides examples of past and present, the public is encouraged to reflect and question how graphic design is used to market drugs and design has transformed these commodities into objects of desire.

hail and beware them, when they come..

2011-10-25T20:48:00.000-07:00

"we salute you, season of no bungling "

- Charles Olson

a date with nosferatu

2011-10-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

oh to be ....

2011-10-23T15:15:00.000-07:00

Void

2011-10-23T15:07:00.000-07:00

Void, 2011

wood, acrylic polymer, iron,

“ Of those that stare into it, some are inspired, some runaway & others go mad.”

The Seventh Doctor explains that the "Void" is themythical name for a remote stellar manipulator invented by the first of theTime Lords. This first Lord was a stellar engineer who used the Void to createa supernova, which would be the power source for his Death Zone experiments andsubsequent mastery over time travel. The usage of this first Void resulted in asupernova that shunted him into an antimatter universe. The supernovasubsequently collapsed into a black hole, the nucleus of which was harnessed bythe First Lord’s colleague as the Eye of Harmony or second “ Void “presented here. It is both a monument to galactic perfidy and an active portalto interstellar reincarnation.

Bela Lugosi as Jesus Christ

2011-10-23T14:57:00.000-07:00

circa 1909

Lemony Snickett on Occupy Wall Street

2011-10-18T17:22:00.000-07:00

Lemony Snicket is the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

This is Via: Dangerous Minds

“Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance.”

1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.

2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but that does not mean the word has two definitions.

3. Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.

4. People who say money doesn’t matter are like people who say cake doesn’t matter—it’s probably because they’ve already had a few slices.

5. There may not be a reason to share your cake. It is, after all, yours. You probably baked it yourself, in an oven of your own construction with ingredients you harvested yourself. It may be possible to keep your entire cake while explaining to any nearby hungry people just how reasonable you are.

6. Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they’ve been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative.

7. Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.

8. Don’t ask yourself if something is fair. Ask someone else—a stranger in the street, for example.

9. People gathering in the streets feeling wronged tend to be loud, as it is difficult to make oneself heard on the other side of an impressive edifice.

10. It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view.

11. Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.

12. If you have a large crowd shouting outside your building, there might not be room for a safety net if you’re the one tumbling down when it collapses.

13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, and the occasional slice of cake for dessert. Surely an arrangement can be made with that niggling 1 percent who disagree

Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetery photo : Savanna Eckles

such a languid interest

2011-10-07T00:42:00.000-07:00

"In the eyes: dream. The brow as if it could feel
something far off. Around the lips, a great
freshness--seductive, though there is no smile."

- a selection of Scorpio ~~serpent eyed~~ men of style ..

dumpy the pumpkin

2011-10-06T22:48:00.000-07:00

Carvel Halloween Commercial by dampier

from michael eli

a divided light

2011-10-05T14:26:00.000-07:00

"Banish air from air
Divide light if you dare
They'll meet
While cubes in a drop
Or pellets of shape

Fit
Films cannot annul
Odors return whole
Force flame.."

prints by savanna snow

poem by emily dickenson

The Skull Defekts feat. Daniel Higgs

2011-10-01T13:40:00.000-07:00

The Bay Model Museum, Sausalito

2011-09-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

get them!

ship hull paintings

pretend to be the " Captain "

The Bay Model Visitor Center is a fully accessible education
center administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Slightly dilapidated but infinitely engaging, a weird must visit
place.... As seen last Saturday while attending " Ground Swell "

if you are in Brighton

2011-09-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

"When I went into the hills and vales to survey
for the new reservoir theytold me the place was evil.
They told me this in Arkham, and because that is a
very old town full of witch legends I thought the
evil must be something whichgrandams had
whispered to children through centuries. The name
"blasted heath"seemed to me very odd and theatrical.."

The Haxan Cloak can be heard here
The Outer Church can be found here

濁り酒 / Nigori Sake

2011-09-22T23:32:00.000-07:00

is a variety of sake, an alcoholic beverage produced from rice,
its name translates roughly to "cloudy" due to its appearance.
It is advised that it be served well-chilled, storing it in an ice
bucket to keep it from warming up between servings. It is
also recommended, as with most sakes, to consume the entire
bottle once opened as it begins to oxidize, altering its flavor.

" The narrow brook here
   by the creamtorium
   flows whitely clouded-
   upstream someone must have
   rinsed off the daily rice"

-Saito Mokichi

charms just asking to be enjoyed..

2011-09-21T21:59:00.000-07:00

" I dwell in possibility, a fainter house than prose "

"Ground Swell" a Surfrider Foundation benefit

2011-09-20T22:49:00.000-07:00

The Bay Model, in Sausalito is hosting “Ground Swell” – an Art exhibition

and benefit for the Surfrider Foundation. The Artists reception will be held

Saturday, September 24 from 1- 3:30 pm. The exhibit, curated by Bolinas

local Michael Knowlton, will hang from September 12 - October 17.

The Bay Model is located at 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito CA.

show card artwork by Michael Knowlton

a dichotomy , artwork by Savanna Snow and David Molesky

artworks by Michael Eli

what it's all about... preserving the ocean

fire bloomed from frost

2011-09-15T00:22:00.000-07:00

"There doth the gentle Creature lie
With those adversities unmoved;
Calm spectacle, by earth and sky
In their benignity approved! And aye,
methinks, this hoary Pile, Subdued by
outrage and decay, Looks down upon her
with a smile, A gracious smile,
that seems to say--
"Thou, thou art not a Child of Time,
But Daughter of the Eternal Prime!"

all that is hidden in the stars

2011-09-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

Wild Nights--Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile..the Winds
To a Heart in port
Done with the Compass
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden

Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor..Tonight
In Thee!

the lies of sensation

2011-09-11T00:15:00.000-07:00

Credo quia absurdum est

" What Remains " opens at the Swell Gallery

2011-09-10T23:53:00.000-07:00

above is a sculpture titled: Void, I created for this exhibit.

scratch a king and find a fool

2011-09-10T02:23:00.000-07:00

"It is strange, is it not? How is it that the red viper stirs no longer?
Thou wouldst have none of me, Iokanaan.Well, I still live, but thou art
dead, and thy head belongs to me..."

sonic repression

2011-09-10T01:57:00.000-07:00

defeat corporate banality support local radio
more information here

five minutes into the future

2011-09-07T01:04:00.000-07:00

inky hegemony in the printshop

wizards & warriors

2011-09-05T23:25:00.000-07:00

i can listen to this for hours

John Dee the Magician who stormed heaven

2011-09-03T18:58:00.000-07:00

a great documentary on the "Astrologer" to Queen Elizabeth
featuring magician Alan Moore among others. It's dramatized
for television, but entertaining nonetheless...

"Such stuff as dreams are made on"

Korin Faught "Voices of The Lake"

2011-08-29T21:33:00.000-07:00

Los Angeles Artist Korin Faught to present
new work at Cory Helford Gallery. The exhibit
is open through 3 August 2011.

Entropy Made Visible

2011-08-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

"Abstraction rules in a void, pretending to be free of time."

- from "The Entropy Law & the Economic Process"
by Nicholas Georgescu-Roege

photo: Robert Smithson, Partially Buried Wood Shed 1970
you may read the 1973 interview with the artist here

Moonstruck Pierrot

2011-08-29T20:46:00.000-07:00

what can i say, a poetic {see Giraud} band name & the Hans
Bellmer-esque cover is equally fantastiche. This self titled
album (the band's first) is much less electro-experimental
than their second album "Gudrun" 1976. A decent prog-folk
sound. The group was to later influence Nurse With Wound

count my fingers nine

2011-08-28T15:50:00.000-07:00

Fighting under style.. Matt Pike / High on Fire shredding The Uptown

they continue to ride. and ride.. and ride..

2011-08-27T16:52:00.000-07:00

snow in a silver bowl

2011-08-27T10:46:00.000-07:00

" To wander on in a huge forest without thought of return"

Kuroneko, 1968

2011-08-23T23:48:00.000-07:00

-Kaneto Shindo’s "Kuroneko" or " Black Cat "

A gorgeous eerie film , with vampiric cat spirits
intent on revenge.

"subtly complimented by Kiyomi Kuroda’s award-winning
chiaroscuro cinematography,Hikaru Hayashi’s vibrant score"

there's a womb in the brain { head explodes }

2011-08-23T23:24:00.000-07:00

"there's time enough to see the signs
that rise in sleep"

" Celebrations Of Curious Characters " by Ricky Jay

2011-08-23T18:55:00.000-07:00

read on HERE

Urban(e) Typography

2011-08-23T18:44:00.000-07:00

a few locals from my Flickr Set

"Through the Weeping Glass" Quay Brothers Mütter Museum Film Premiere

2011-08-22T23:04:00.000-07:00

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting
(Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) New Quay Brothers short
film to premiere September 2011 in Philadelphia, New York, and
Los Angeles

“To call the Quays’ work the most original and rapturously vivid
image-making on the planet might sound like hyperbole until you
see the films. . . .” —Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting
(Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) is a documentary on the
collections of books, instruments, and medical anomalies at The
College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mütter Museum. This
short film (running time: 31 minutes) is the first made by the
internationally recognized Quay Brothers in the United States.

As Malcolm Jones (Newsweek) has commented, “the Mütter Museum
teaches you indelibly how strange life can be, how unpredictable
and various [and] will revise and enlarge your idea of what it is
to be human.” The coupling of the Quay Brothers’ vision with the
collections of the College’s Historical Medical Library and Museum
has produced a riveting experience of contemplative set pieces
exploring the College and Mütter Museum. Adding to the film’s
visual strength is a powerful musical score by composer Timothy
Nelson and a resonant voice-over by Derek Jacobi.

The film premieres in three locations in September 2011, with
a moderated conversation with the artists:

* September 22, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 6:30 PM
* September 24, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 8:00 PM
* September 27, Cary Grant Theater, SONY Pictures Studios, hosted
by The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, 8:00 PM

details courtesy of Morbid Anatomy

Medea's wondrous alchemy

2011-08-22T22:52:00.000-07:00

images courtesy of the University of Glasgow Library

sein wazira

2011-08-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

"O" -Shinsui

Worship This

2011-08-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

"The album is full of reefer-encrusted, truly massive riffs
that fill the album with their sheer heaviness."

"It's a fucking monolith"

-review by OccultCannibal from Encyclopaedia Metallum

mercury retrograde

2011-08-17T23:43:00.000-07:00

please ...just make it stop

musique concrète

2011-08-17T16:59:00.000-07:00

fate if not fortune

2011-08-15T17:06:00.000-07:00

"If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now;"

i come to you as myth

2011-08-15T12:32:00.000-07:00

" the year 2000 is right around the corner "

…………

2011-08-15T12:25:00.000-07:00

the Autarch

2011-08-15T08:49:00.000-07:00

// Lightning Swords of Death

skulls

2011-08-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

Staten Island, 1985

last days here

2011-08-14T14:29:00.000-07:00

" The Lords of Creation battle The Vampires of Time "

or "it's been a little too long.."

"Come, Words, Away"

2011-08-13T21:50:00.000-07:00

"He wanders towards the promised land. That is to say:
he moves from one place to another and dreams continually
of stopping. And because this desire to stop is what haunts
him, is what counts most for him, he does not stop. He
wanders. That is to say: without the slightest hope of ever
going anywhere.

He is never going anywhere. And yet he is always going."

-Pages for Kafka

I'm now reading (from the used shelves at Pendragon)

" Paul Auster traces the compulsion to make literature
( or art )through essays on Franz Kafka,Paul Célan,
Laura Riding,Knut Hamsun,John Ashberry and others.In
one piece he considers George Bataille's belief that
" a moment of rage " is behind all great works: in
another he sees the legendary highwire artist Philippe
Petit as a fellow practitioner " of the art of solitude".

from childhood's hour

2011-08-12T23:06:00.000-07:00

"Then in my childhood, in the dawn of a most stormy life, was drawn
From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still.."

modalities of Edgar Allen Poe via Tarkovsky

clan

2011-08-12T21:33:00.000-07:00

"Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone. ..."

a silver ring, a brass cry

2011-08-11T14:47:00.000-07:00

"the oaths between hydrogen and oxygen
in one cup of spring water"

- C. Sandburg

plucked from a cloud

2011-08-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

moonshadow

2011-08-10T01:37:00.000-07:00

"They make us what we were not --- what they will,
And shake us with the vision that's gone by,
The dread of vanish'd shadows --- Are they so?
Is not the past all shadow? --- What are they?
Creations of the mind? --- The mind can make
Substance, and people planets of its own
With beings brighter than have been, and give
A breath to forms which can outlive all flesh"

from "The Dream" , Lord Byron

illustration by John J Muth
Kent Williams and story by J. M. DeMatteis

Verden Fell shuns the world

2011-08-10T00:53:00.000-07:00

tonight's entertainment, Vincent Price sans beard
{I'm not a fan } lots of flames, Gothic settings &
a great opening dialogue about " hallowed grounds "

Bohachi Bushido: Clan of the Forgotten Eight

2011-08-10T00:40:00.000-07:00

a truly awesome ~~{boobs}~~ film

via: Endless Blizzard

Very Wicked Plants

2011-08-10T00:10:00.000-07:00

The Conservatory is always charming
and so intriguing ....

"Wicked Plants: Botanical Rogues & Assassins"

gyaku-ebi

2011-08-08T23:59:00.000-07:00

leticia

2011-08-08T23:48:00.000-07:00

Queen of Panoramic Hill, Red Sox fan, decipherer of ancient Latin & Greek,
unconfirmed blockhead champion, keeper of cheeses, caretaker of Jacques
aka "the moon over Yangtze" and owner (proud) of the best home library.

happy birthday, until next year..

fame-wolf & the princess

2011-08-08T23:32:00.000-07:00

Princess Tuvstarr

Tyr & Fenrir

" Have you ever been in a large forest and seen a strange black
tarn hidden deep among the tall trees? It looks bewitched and
a little frightening. All is still - fir trees and pines huddle
close and silent on all sides. Sometimes the trees bend cautiously
and shyly over the water as if they are wondering what may be
hidden in the dark depths. There is another forest growing in
the water, and it, too, is full of wonder and stillness.
Strangest of all, never have the two forests been able to
speak to each other...."

-from "Sagan Om Älgtjuren Skutt och Lilla Prinsessan Tuvstarr"
by John Bauer

" winter is coming "

2011-08-07T21:25:00.000-07:00

Atriplex halimus

2011-08-07T21:19:00.000-07:00

Circe is described as living in a mansion that stands in the middle
of a clearing in a dense wood. Around the house prowled strangely
docile lions and wolves, the drugged victims of her magic. She
transformed those who offended her, into animals through the use
of magical potions. Circe is known for her knowledge of drugs and
herbs..

Odysseus and Circe had three sons: Romus, Anteias, and Ardeias
who respectively founded three cities called by their names: Rome,
Antium, and Ardea.

Vulva Infernum

2011-08-07T20:55:00.000-07:00

melodic, pseudo-baroque doom

ghost dance

2011-08-03T22:33:00.000-07:00

"to be" is to be haunted.

or perhaps

" Phantoms lie about the past whilst spectres
gesture towards a still unformulated future"

- "État Présent" by Colin Davis

Lughnasadh

2011-07-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

"Leigidh mi mo chorran sios
’S an dias biadhchar fo mo ghlac,
Togam suas mo shuil an aird,
Tionndam air mo shail gu grad,

Deiseil mar thriallas a ghrian
Bho ’n airde ’n ear gu ruig an iar,
Bho ’n airde tuath le gluasadh reidh,
Gu fior chre na h-airde deas.

Bheir mi cliu do Righ nan gras
Airson cinneas barr na h-uir,"

from the Carmina Gadelica

mummers be merry

2011-07-31T20:39:00.000-07:00

"I have come in red robes roaring
From the red clouds of the dawn,
It is then that people call me,
The mighty Lord Red Lawn.
I have come in scaley green,
From the green hells of the sea,
Where fallen skies and evil hues,
And eyeless creatures be.
I sired the mighty Uther,
Quaffed many an English flagon,
I am called The Turkey Knight,
Indeed, I am the Dragon!"

-The Mumming Play of King George & the Turkish Knight

spectral voices offer politely deranged advice

2011-07-29T11:52:00.000-07:00

great article from Ghost Box / Advisory Circle here

"Brooks locates the point at which the voice of authority becomes the voice of confusion"

deep drone

2011-07-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

Sylvester Anfang II

from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething

2011-07-27T15:36:00.000-07:00

"The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!"

-Kubla Khan / Samuel Taylor Coleridge

my world is my mind

2011-07-27T12:55:00.000-07:00

I'm locking myself inside.

unmoved mover

2011-07-23T21:46:00.000-07:00

working on my mural for The Main Street Village in Freemont,CA
I hope to inspire and create a sense of warmth for the residents.

thinking about the sun dance, the great spirit, positive radiance
& Aristotle's concept of the "Prime Mover " that which comes before
the universe and moves all: Aristotle describes the unmoved mover
as being perfectly beautiful, indivisible, and contemplating only
the perfect contemplation: itself contemplating

or perhaps..

"The Great Mystery" / Spider Woman is the creative force among the
Hopi who personally created the four "colors" of mankind. "She"
attributes to the Sun the power of Creation of all things and origin
of all spiritual wisdom.

all apply & hopefully flow through my brushes onto the walls.

mushroom hunting @ montery market

2011-07-23T20:57:00.000-07:00

"Cnoc Sidhe Gamhna "

"Advance, Advance ! for a farewell dance,
Ere the nightly pomp is o'er:
From a Mushroom's cone shall our pipers drone,
The sward our elastic floor:
While the Phooka-horse holds his frantic course
Over woods and mountain-fall,
And the Banshee's croon a rhythmic rune.
From the crumbling ivied wall!"

"The Fairies of Knockshegowna"
by R.D. Williams

Mustafa Ozkent

2011-07-23T20:16:00.000-07:00

recently re-released tunes by Turkish experimental savant Mustafa Ozkent
at Finders Keepers Records

total turkish CAN

Nepenthe Gardens

2011-07-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

"In her right hand she bore a crystal glass/ Mantling with bright Nepenthe".

Nepenthes Ventricosa blooms at Berkeley Horticulture

"Nepenthe" :Figuratively, it means "that which chases away sorrow"; νη = ne = not, and πενθές = penthos = grief, sorrow, or mourning; so, literally, it means 'not-sorrow' or 'anti-sorrow'. In the Odyssey, Nepenthes pharmakon is a magical potion given to Helen by the Egyptian queen Polidamma. It quells all sorrows with forgetfulness....

"My name it is Aleister Crowley/ A master of Magick unholy/ Of philtres and pentacles/ Covens, conventicles/ Of basil, nepenthe, and moly."

arjuna's arrow

2011-07-18T23:17:00.000-07:00

"see a mound of earth & a heap of gold with the same eye"
- Mahabharata

at home, another foggy evening in berkeley

correspondances

2011-07-18T23:06:00.000-07:00

"La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliers
Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles;
L'homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles
Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

Comme de longs échos qui de loin se confondent
Dans une ténébreuse et profonde unité,"

from childhood's hour..

2011-07-18T23:03:00.000-07:00

the rise and subsequent, dreadful demise of Maudie Splaytoe..

pug sounds on the moor

2011-07-15T14:35:00.000-07:00

"Holmes leaned back in his chair, placed his finger-tips together, and closed his eyes, with an air of resignation. Dr. Mortimer turned the manuscript to the light and read in a high, crackling voice the following curious, old-world narrative:
Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been many statements.."

liberation through hearing

2011-07-15T14:31:00.001-07:00

highgate cemetery

2011-07-06T22:56:00.001-07:00

highgate cemetery, a photo by 'sgusting on Flickr.

some images from my visit, last year

my head knocks against the stars..

2011-07-06T22:46:00.000-07:00

almost finished with these big barn doors,
have to sit down now and again.

Thinking of " Who Am I "
"Down in the sounding foam of primal things I
reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny."

- Carl Sandburg

catch bull at four

2011-07-06T22:34:00.000-07:00

"I will give you a boy with a moon &
star on his head.
Her silver hair flowed in the air,
laying waves across the sun.
Her hands were like the white sands,
and her eyes had diamonds on. "