Ah, the potential of the artist to reach the masses…
With their weapon of choice – the camera, the canvas, the pen or the voice… add a simple internet connection and… BANG! their work reaches to the far corners of the Earth.
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Archive for April, 2005
The Future Of Art & Media
Saturday, April 30th, 2005Patchwork dreams
Thursday, April 28th, 2005O my Love,
I tore myself to shreds
laid like petals on the ground
before You
Pick me up
Make me whole
Rescue me
Keep safe the soul
whose clothes
I tore to shreds
like petals
for You
I keep tearing
and sewing seams
of this jumble
of patchwork dreams
Til the cloth
crumbles to dust
on the ground
before You
Hubble’s Galaxies
Tuesday, April 26th, 2005
(Click photo to enlarge)
Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
News Source: Semiologic.
This is a photo from the Hubble Telescope’s recent 15th Anniversary Series.
From Hubble’s description of the photo :
The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194) appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.
Beautiful.
Change the World! Start at ground level!
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
Fairtrade Fortnight has been and gone, as has the all-night vigil outside 10 Downing Street for trade justice, which happened last Friday the 15th of April. Fairtrade is an important step in moving towards a just society – which, in today’s world of corrupt, exploitative capitalist businesses seems a long way off.
One of the current problems with Fairtrade is the lack of products on offer – if you look on the Fairtrade website you’ll find these listed – mainly luxuries like chocolate, coffee, etc
However, if you really want to take fairtrade to the next level, I’ve discovered a great site which sells (amongst other apparel)… fairtrade sneakers! And again… fairtrade sneakers! (more…)