Huh?

What is this? Bad film or bad camera... je ne sais pas. The pics were taken at my bus station, the newest element to my Toronto Patchwork series. Sigh. $3 wasted.

Sarah Moves to Scotland - Exhibit E - ZZ?

Long story, but Sarah has a bazillion (give or take a couple) promo pen samples... most of which now belong to me! Shall my hark back to the pencil progress into a delve into ink?

Sidewalk Sample - 2

21 down... another 79 to go?

Other People's Drawings - 4

Here's the lady herself:

Agnes Martin's Water Flower, 1964

Other People's Sculptures - 1

Whiteread! I often metaphorically shake a fist at this dame. So good all around.

Sidewalk Sample

Started a new piece this past week. It's going to be big (in dimensions and awesomeness). Here are the first 7 pics. I'm so excited I feel like my brains are going to explode.

Aurora Borealis (for Adam)

I chose greenish examples, but the whole thing is that they occur in the entire colour spectrum.

And here is mine. Haha. Let's just call it the reserved Toronto version.

Auroral mechanism
Auroras are now known to be caused by the collision of charged particles (e.g. electrons), found in the magnetosphere, with atoms in the Earth's upper atmosphere (at altitudes above 80 km). These charged particles are typically energized to levels between 1 thousand and 15 thousand electronvolts and, as they collide with atoms of gases in the atmosphere, the atoms become energized. Shortly afterwards, the atoms emit their gained energy as light (see Fluorescence). Light emitted by the Aurora tends to be dominated by emissions from atomic oxygen, resulting in a greenish glow (at a wavelength of 557.7 nm) and - especially at lower energy levels and at higher altitudes - the dark-red glow (at 630.0 nm of wavelength). Both of these represent forbidden transitions of electrons of atomic oxygen that, in absence of newer collisions, persist for a long time and account for the slow brightening and fading (0.5-1 s) of auroral rays. Many other colors - especially those emitted by atomic and molecular nitrogen (blue and purple, respectively) - can also be observed. These, however, vary much faster and reveal the true dynamic nature of auroras.
As well as visible light, auroras emit infrared (NIR and IR) and ultraviolet (UV) rays as well as X-rays (e.g. as observed by the Polar spacecraft). While the visible light emissions of auroras can easily be seen on Earth, the UV and X-ray emissions are best seen from space, as the Earth's atmosphere tends to absorb and attenuate these emissions.

White Paper

Old Habits Die Hard

Score x70

Books Acquired and Read - March

Acquired:

1. Elements of Style for Screenwriters: The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays - Argentini (for Adam)
2. Looking Up: Rachel Whiteread's Water Tower - Neri
3. Instant Yiddish - Kogos
4. The Blizzard Voices - Kooser
5. The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets - Kooser (for Adam)
6. The Joys of Yiddish - Rosten
7. Collected Stories: One Night in Brazil to The Death of Methuselah - Singer
8. In my Father's Court - Singer
9. embryoyo - Young

Read:

1. Art and Photography - Campany (again)
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Foer (1/2)
3. The Blizzard Voices - Kooser
4. New York - Lonely Planet
5. Venice - Lonely Planet
6. Photography: A Cultural History - Marien (chapter 4, 5 +6)
7. The Daily Practice of Painting - Richter (again)
8. many many enjoyable books/artcles on Richter (essay due)
9. The Joys of Yiddish - Rosten (1/2)