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I got an email today that said: my tumblr account is 5 years old today I almost choked when I read that, February 12, 2009 is about 2 lives ago. The amount of personal history that's been contained in the last 5 years goes far beyond what I ever attempted to archive here. I'm not sentimental about this date but this song is the first post I made 5 years ago. This archive is a reminder of the relationships/ phases/ interests that have started, ended, continued, succeeded, failed since 2009 and right now I'm the happiest I've ever been. And I still like this song.

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Roger White

http://www.rogerwhite.net/paintings5.html

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Karen Kitchel  Field Bindweed #7  oil on wood 18 X 18 inches

http://www.robischongallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=114

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Karen Kitchel Median # 11  oil on wood 18 X 18 inches

http://www.robischongallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=114

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Karen Kitchel Curbside #5  oil on wood 18 X 18 inches

http://www.robischongallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=114

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Karen Kitchel

Mature Grass 8; Summer

oil on wood 

12x12

http://www.robischongallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=114

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Karen Kitchel

I found a book on this artist at the library, this body of work has everything I like.

http://www.robischongallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=114

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Arizona's Centennial was February 14th. Wish I could have been there for that day.

This is a photo I took one summer and it's been ingrained in my mind for a long time. I miss this kind of empty space. This is perfect so perfect.

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Stephen P. McGreevy: Alberta Wavering Tones (1996)

Whistlers are magnificent sounding bursts of ELF/VLF radio energy initiated by lightning strikes which “fall” in pitch. Lightning stroke energy happens at all electromagnetic frequencies simultaneously—that is, from “DC to Light.” Indeed, the Earth is literally bathed in lightning-stroke radio energy from an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 lightning storms in progress at any given time, triggering over a million lightning strikes daily. The total energy output of lightning storms far exceeds the combined power output of all man-made radio signals and electric power generated from power plants.

Whistlers also owe their existence to Earth’s magnetic field (magnetosphere), which surrounds the planet like an enormous glove, and also to the Sun. Streaming from the Sun is the Solar Wind, which consists of energy and charged particles, called ions. And so, the combination of the Sun’s Solar Wind, the Earth’s magnnetosphere surrounding the entire Planet, and lightning storms all interact to create the intriguing sounds and great varieties of whistlers.

How whistlers happen from this combination of natural solar-terrestrial forces is (briefly) as follows: Some of the radio energy bursts from lightning strokes travel into space beyond Earth’s ionosphere layers and into the magnetosphere, where they follow approximately the lines-of-force of the Earth’s magnetic field to the opposite polar hemisphere along “ducts” formed by ions streaming toward Earth from the Sun’s Solar Wind. Solar-Wind ions get trapped in and aligned with Earth’s magnetic field. As the lightning energy travels along a field-aligned duct, its radio frequencies become spread out (dispersed) in a similar fashion to light shining into a glass prism. The higher radio frequencies arrive before the lower frequencies, resulting in a downward falling tone of varying purity.

In this manner, a whistler will be heard many thousands of miles from its initiating lightning stroke—and in the opposite polar hemisphere! Lightning storms in British Columbia and Alaska may produce whistlers that are heard in New Zealand. Likewise, lightning storms in eastern North America may produce whistlers that are heard in southern Argentina or even Antarctica.

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I collect Ben's work. Look at it!

Ben Medansky

Containers for putting things

by

BEN MEDANSKY

> speckled buff clay with glossy acrylic inlay

> exterior texture from tree bark

> cup, small low dish, large low dish, tall bowl

For more info, email info@ikoikospace.com / call 323.719.1079

I MADE THESE!

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Ann Craven

France

September 2007

(part of Craven’s moon series paintings)

http://www.anncraven.com/craven_home.html

Although Craven's paintings are garish it's in the best way. These moon paintings aren't garish at all which is why I'm posting them. I like that these are single sitting paintings (I'm assuming they are based on the information I found). This is a nice description of her paint quality, "Working wet on wet, her deft brushstrokes have gained surety with every year, and in the new paintings rigidity and precision have been replaced by looser brushstrokes, washes of colour and a softer, more expressive touch" (found here:http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/ann_craven1/)

Anyway there is something I like about her way of working.

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Ann Craven

France

September 2007

(part of Craven’s moon series paintings)

http://www.anncraven.com/craven_home.html

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Ann Craven

France

September 2007

(part of Craven's moon series paintings)

http://www.anncraven.com/craven_home.html

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This was the last hour of transferring improvised recordings from my tape recorder to soundbooth and back, getting them nice and shitty.

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SIGLIO is a new, independent press in Los Angeles dedicated to publishing uncommon books that live at the intersections of art and literature. 

Ah, also there is information about this book in the link below

from Tantra Song

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Had this song stuck in my head my whole shift at work.

I like that Beach House's album Teen Dream has a video for every song. Even though not all of them are great. 

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Corydon Cowansage

House Plant #2

 2011

84" x 70"

oil on canvas

http://corydoncowansage.com/#

http://corydoncowansage.tumblr.com/

Another houseplant painting. This painter was recommended by Trace, thanks boo! Go to the tumblr link to check out the scale on these.