A golden section is a line segment that has been divided into two parts in such a way that the ratio of the longer part (a) to the shorter part…
Bohemianism, often misunderstood to be mere happy-go-luckyism, in its most important sense is a project of self-discovery and self-assertion on the part of young middle-class artists or would be artists.…
Do It Yourself (or DIY) is a term used to the describe building, modifying, or repairing of something without the aid of experts or professionals. The phrase “do it yourself”…
In art, a moiré pattern is a secondary and visually evident superimposed pattern created, for example, when two identical (usually transparent) patterns on a flat or curved surface (such as closely spaced…
Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit or sense. If you’ve got a brain but you don’t use it, you might be a bit stupid. These Are Cipolla’s Five…
Open air dining. Yes, that is what is call “al fresco.” Indoor, or covered, dining has no such fancy phrase. It’s all dining, so it’s all the same. Or is…
Plenty of very vacant spaces were created when this old motor hotel was razed in February 2018. These images were taken after an extensive asbestos removal operation and right before…
We witnessed this interesting scene in a small cafe. Either she is very short or the hostess station is very tall. The lunch was very good but we couldn’t decide.
This is the city, Los Angeles, California. A place where you can work and a place where you can play. Sometimes, the line between work and play gets blurred. When…
Giant bales of hay equals bales of giant fun for these kids on a small farm in Kansas. For them, during this small moment in time, they were at the…
“In Les Mots et Les Images, René Magritte notes that ‘everything tends to make us think that there is very little connection between an object and what represents it’ and that ‘an object never fulfills…
You’ve just paid $3.00 per gallon for gasoline. So, if there is any money left in your pocket, you just might stop at your favorite tavern on the way home…
It’s a mid-century Saturday night and Billy’s father is hosting a “movie night” at the local Odd Fellows Lodge for fellow lodge members, a few city councilors, a few Civitans,…
Howard Sprague, the particular and fastidious town clerk of Mayberry, North Carolina, was a fictional character played by the actor Jack Dodson from 1966 to 1971. Howard was a nerd…
By Eric Hatheway We tried to see when we did not know what we looked like. We were longing for landscapes which had long been destroyed. We saw ourselves as…
The first cologne based on a sea-captain celebrity! Want to smell like a captain? Sure, who wouldn’t want to smell like Captain Stubing (Gavin McLeod) of Love Boat fame? Hormel…
Well, not beer exactly. But they did find alcohol: ethyl alcohol, to be precise, the active ingredient in all major alcoholic drinks and beer, America’s favorite adult beverage. Three British…
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This is a small fine art series entitled Substrates. A substrate is an underlying substance or layer; or, it it the surface or material on or from which an organism lives,…
