Has your world ever turned upside-down? It would happen every day if you stay fixed to the stars. Most time-lapse videos of the night sky show the stars and sky moving above a steady Earth. Here, however, the camera has been forced to rotate so that the stars remain fixed, and the Earth rotates around […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 1, 2020: North corridor of the Strasbourg train station (Bas-Rhin, France). https://ift.tt/2VPcsqj
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“Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.” – Robert Smithson
Wikipedia article of the day is Maya (M.I.A. album). Check it out: https://ift.tt/31OUKGW Summary: Maya is the third studio album by British recording artist M.I.A. (pictured), released on 7 July 2010 on her own label, N.E.E.T. Recordings, through XL Recordings and Interscope Records. Songwriting and production for the album were primarily handled by M.I.A., Blaqstarr […]
“The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.” – Jerzy Kosinski
Wikipedia article of the day is HMS Levant (1758). Check it out: https://ift.tt/2AwyGWq Summary: HMS Levant was a sixth-rate 28-gun frigate of the Coventry class, launched in 1758. Principally a hunter of privateers, she was also designed to be a match for small French frigates, but with a broader hull and sturdier build at the expense […]
“Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.” – Michael Korda
Wikipedia article of the day is Black currawong. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2ZJpd6W Summary: The black currawong (Strepera fuliginosa), also known as the black jay, is a large passerine bird endemic to Tasmania and nearby islands in the Bass Strait. One of three currawong species, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie in […]
“The work of art is a scream of freedom.” – Christo