Every night when the sun went down in the town where we lived
The empty streets were lit up by reflected light from a distant sun
Bouncing off a glowing ball of rock and we just laid on the roof
And watched the moon, the moon, the blue light of the moon
We didn't talk and silently we both felt powerful
And, like the moon, my chest was full because we both knew
We're just floating in space over molten rock
And we felt safe and we discovered that our skin is soft
There's nothing left except certain death
And that was comforting at night out under the moon
the moon
the object of the mission
Julius Grimm's 1888 painting of the moon:
The painting shows the moon as it can never be seen in reality: fully lit across the entire surface at once. The painting’s highly textured surface faithfully represents the actual landscape of the moon, which Grimm determined with precision by examining the shadows cast during the various lunar phases. When lighted from the direction Grimm indicated with a painted arrow, the ridges of paint cast shadows that create the photorealistic effect of the painting.
Via but does it float.
this weekend
Read a big book. Alternatively:
- celebrate a birthday
- bike in Old Brooklyn
- a last night for internal compasses
- night, sleep, death and the stars
- The Philadelphia Story
- sidewalk prop sale
- here and now (and some great markdowns)
- Harry Potter at the drive-in
- taste Tremont
- polish your telescope
Most excellent photo from here.
lift off
Today's the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, the first manned mission to the moon.
Photo from NASA.
it's own form of success
David Fullerton's work for the Sisyphus Office Exhibition has been all over the internet, with good cause. It's pretty brilliant.
When I had a cubicle job, finding a colored paperclip could make my day. Those were sad times.
conversations with a computer
Daniel Everett, Conversations with a Computer.
Artist statement:
Contained within the operating system of Mac computers is a rudimentary electronic psychotherapist program. Meant to simulate a Rogerian therapist, it engages the participant in a cyclical conversation by taking his or her statements and roughly reconfiguring them into questions. I met with this program three times a week for a month in order to discuss my fear that I was disappearing completely. These are three stills from our conversations.
Via Beautiful/Decay.
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