17/01/2010
14/01/2010
the scent of art
To deliberately arrange elements in a way that appeals to our senses or emotions, to excite, fascinate, disgust and awaken plenty of thoughts in the onlookers mind. That is a simple way to explain what art actually is.
Most of the time it appeals to our sight and in some cases also our hearing and sense of touch.
I read an article recently about Kittiwat Unarrom, a fine art student in Thailand who is the son of a baker. He has made these amazing unbelievably realistic looking sculptures of dismembered human body parts sculpted entirely from bread. They come packaged like food and are up for sale in his showroom, all of the work on display is totally edible.
What I have been thinking about for a little while now is the scent of art.
When smelling an art piece it smells of the materials used when making it; paint, wax, plaster, clay etc.
I have not yet come across any piece of art that has a deliberate scent. Shouldn't art appeal to all our senses?
Smell is a travelling scent, it can take us on way back in time, all of a sudden you start to remember something that you thought was long lost, all due to a certain scent.
As with other senses, can two people ever smell the same. And feel the same about that smell?
imagine if you could actually visualise a scent.
Most of the time it appeals to our sight and in some cases also our hearing and sense of touch.
I read an article recently about Kittiwat Unarrom, a fine art student in Thailand who is the son of a baker. He has made these amazing unbelievably realistic looking sculptures of dismembered human body parts sculpted entirely from bread. They come packaged like food and are up for sale in his showroom, all of the work on display is totally edible.
What I have been thinking about for a little while now is the scent of art.
When smelling an art piece it smells of the materials used when making it; paint, wax, plaster, clay etc.
I have not yet come across any piece of art that has a deliberate scent. Shouldn't art appeal to all our senses?
Smell is a travelling scent, it can take us on way back in time, all of a sudden you start to remember something that you thought was long lost, all due to a certain scent.
As with other senses, can two people ever smell the same. And feel the same about that smell?
imagine if you could actually visualise a scent.
12/01/2010
11/01/2010
footprints
These traces are impressions or images left behind by a person walking.
They may either be indentations in the ground or something placed onto the surface that was stuck to the bottom of the foot.
How come footprints are only visible on soft surfaces, such as snow, sand, mud and very brief in water and faint when walking on leaves?
Traces on these surfaces are not forever, not lasting we are not leaving them for anyone else to see.
Apparently the Foot tends to be approximately 15% of the person's height. I am 164cm tall, which means my foot should be 24.6 cm, my foot is 23.9 cm.
Perdu
French: perdu
English:
lost
missing
wasted
stray
waste
gone
lonely
German:
verloren
Italian:
perduto
Spanish:
perdido
Dutch:
verloren
Portuguese:
perdido
Swedish:
förlorad
Wisdom
I got this book called Wisdom the other day, it is inspired by the idea that wisdom is the greatest gift one generation can give to another.
Photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman interviewed, photographed and filmed 50 of the world’s great writers, actors, artists, designers, politicians, musicians and religious and business leaders of our time. He posed seven questions to each of his subjects—all over 65 years of age—and their candid responses offer uniquely inspirational and often surprising insights. The one I got is called love where they express their thoughts of love, marriage and having children
Thoughts from Nelson Mandela, Frank Gehry, Judi Dench, The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Clint Eastwood, Ted Kennedy, Robert Redford, Vaclav Havel, Terence Conran, Buzz Aldrin, Lou Reed, Willie Nelson, Madeline Albright, Jane Goodall, Burt Bacharach, Andrew Wyeth, Vanessa Redgrave, Nadine Gordimer and many more reveal lifetimes of adversity and triumph, and present intimate insights into very public lives.
10/01/2010
age enhancement
I miss a lot of people, sometimes I am wondering if I should report them as gone missing
One thing that caught my attention when looking for people gone missing, were the age-enhanced pictures.
When a person went missing years ago, someone works out (based on their facial features and structures) what that person will look like now.
We all age differently depending on varoius things that happens to us in our lives.
Ageing is a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change. Reaction time, for example, may slow with age, while knowledge of world events and wisdom may expand.
I am wondering what these pictures would look like, had they known what the person has been through..
Would you recognize yourself if you saw an age enhanced picture of you?
One thing that caught my attention when looking for people gone missing, were the age-enhanced pictures.
When a person went missing years ago, someone works out (based on their facial features and structures) what that person will look like now.
We all age differently depending on varoius things that happens to us in our lives.
Ageing is a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change. Reaction time, for example, may slow with age, while knowledge of world events and wisdom may expand.
I am wondering what these pictures would look like, had they known what the person has been through..
Would you recognize yourself if you saw an age enhanced picture of you?
Lemon Emigrant
I received a parcel in the post this morning, three butterflies in a black painted wooden frame.
A friend sent me this, I have not seen her since I moved, it is such a beautiful gift.
What struck me instantly was that the first butterly in the frame is called the Lemon Emigrant.
The Lemon Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration.
It is quite a fascinating gift. because my friend who sent me this consumes plenty of lemons , she is the only person I know who actually likes eating them just as they are.
Migration refers to directed, regular, or systematic movement of a group of objects, organisms, or people
Human migration is movement (physical or psychological) by humans from one district to another, sometimes over long distances. The movement of populations in modern times has continued under the form of both voluntary migration within one's region, country, or beyond.
This is what I did recently.
I think this butterfly represents our friendship.
09/01/2010
passing clouds
This is the last photo I took of my my best friend before leaving, two months has passed
time thieves
You have 24 hours in every day, seven days a week, that is a total of 168 hours to accomplish what needs to be done in your life..I wouldn't go about it that way
When focusing on your achievements rather than the lack of action on your goals, time seem to have passed more slowly. Don't let time consume you, take care of it.
As a child my mum was the one reading me goodnight stories, I can not seem to remember many of them..
The one book I do remember very well was the only one my father read for me; Momo, also known as The Men in Grey, a novel by Michael Ende.
Maybe the main reason for my strong memories of this book is that it took 'us' a very long time to finish it, and time is what the book is all about. The concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies.
The main theme of Momo can be seen as a criticism of consumerism and stress. It describes the personal and social losses produced by unnecessary consumption, and the danger to be driven by a hidden interest group with enough power to induce people into this life style.
When focusing on your achievements rather than the lack of action on your goals, time seem to have passed more slowly. Don't let time consume you, take care of it.
As a child my mum was the one reading me goodnight stories, I can not seem to remember many of them..
The one book I do remember very well was the only one my father read for me; Momo, also known as The Men in Grey, a novel by Michael Ende.
Maybe the main reason for my strong memories of this book is that it took 'us' a very long time to finish it, and time is what the book is all about. The concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies.
The main theme of Momo can be seen as a criticism of consumerism and stress. It describes the personal and social losses produced by unnecessary consumption, and the danger to be driven by a hidden interest group with enough power to induce people into this life style.
milk carton boy
His was the first photo of a missing child to appear on a milk carton in America. Almost 30 years later, Etan Patz is still missing.
missing
On the missing people page, there are 79 pages with 6 missing persons on each, that makes a total of 474 that has been reported missing in the UK only.
They are men and women of all ages and varoius national backgrounds, in some pictures they are laughing or smiling at the camera, some are cropped badly taken holidaysnaps, most are just plain passport pictures, some are blurry cctv shots from above..
This is what is left of them.
This is how they will be remembered if they aren't found.
There are only 4 pages with 6 found people on each, that makes a total of 24
One of the missing people dates back to November 1981, just a month before my birth.
Can you miss someone for 28 years? is it at all possible.
Would you still know the person if he or she was found? Does he or she want you to miss him or her? Or even more to the point, does he or she want to be found? And the crucial question is he or she still alive?
These must be questions asked everyday as the comfort of knowing is of huge importance to us human beings.
Katrice Lee
Age at disappearance: 2
Katrice disappeared from a Naafi shopping complex in Schloss Neuhaus, Paderborn in Germany on 28 November 1981. She was just two years old.
Her sister, Natasha, and her parents, who lived nearby at the time, have never lost hope that they will find out what happened to Katrice and they urge anyone with information to get in touch.
I can not imagine the feeling of missing someone everyday for the rest my life.
They are men and women of all ages and varoius national backgrounds, in some pictures they are laughing or smiling at the camera, some are cropped badly taken holidaysnaps, most are just plain passport pictures, some are blurry cctv shots from above..
This is what is left of them.
This is how they will be remembered if they aren't found.
There are only 4 pages with 6 found people on each, that makes a total of 24
One of the missing people dates back to November 1981, just a month before my birth.
Can you miss someone for 28 years? is it at all possible.
Would you still know the person if he or she was found? Does he or she want you to miss him or her? Or even more to the point, does he or she want to be found? And the crucial question is he or she still alive?
These must be questions asked everyday as the comfort of knowing is of huge importance to us human beings.
Katrice Lee
Age at disappearance: 2
Katrice disappeared from a Naafi shopping complex in Schloss Neuhaus, Paderborn in Germany on 28 November 1981. She was just two years old.
Her sister, Natasha, and her parents, who lived nearby at the time, have never lost hope that they will find out what happened to Katrice and they urge anyone with information to get in touch.
I can not imagine the feeling of missing someone everyday for the rest my life.
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