Work by Rinus Van de Velde.
pale ravener of horrible meat
About the Shark, phlegmatical one,Herman Melville, 'The Maldive Shark'
Pale sot of the Maldive sea,
The sleek little pilot-fish, azure and slim,
How alert in attendance be.
From his saw-pit of mouth, from his charnel of maw,
They have nothing of harm to dread,
But liquidly glide on his ghastly flank
Or before his Gorgonian head;
Or lurk in the port of serrated teeth
In white triple tiers of glittering gates,
And there find a haven when peril's abroad,
An asylum in jaws of the Fates!
They are friends; and friendly they guide him to prey,
Yet never partake of the treat --
Eyes and brains to the dotard lethargic and dull,
Pale ravener of horrible meat.
Image: Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. 1991. Tiger shark, glass, steel, 5% formaldehyde solution.
Given how many dead animals Damien Hirst goes through, the phrase 'pale ravener of horrible meat' would be more aptly applied to him.
the cozy kind
HandaMade has the market cornered on hand-knitted shark cozies. I imagine my water would taste fiercer if I had one.
da dum. da dum. dadum dadum dadum dadum.
even*cleveland Shark Week 2009 is upon us (2008 can be viewed here).
Time to bust out the LEGOs and other samples of the internet's sharky treasures.
flight patterns
Charlie McCarthy took 156 four second exposure photographs of insects flying around a street light, then put them together to make this film.
So insanely awesome I can hardly stand it. Via creative review.
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