During a recent online chat with MSN Live, actor Jamie Foxx sat down with the fans to talk about his upcoming action flick, Stealth, which hits theaters July 29th.
The film starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, and Jamie Foxx is an epic action thriller about a squadron of elite pilots who embark on a mission of global consequence to neutralize an out-of-control prototype drone fighter plane equipped with artificial intelligence and the ability to precipitate a nuclear war.
Below is a transcription of the chat.
Welcome to MSN Live! Today we are pleased to welcome actor and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx who stars in the upcoming film Stealth. Jamie is joining us today from Miami where he is chilling on the beach. Jamie, welcome to MSN Live!
Jamie Foxx: What's cracking?!
Jamie what things in life inspired you to follow an acting career and did you ever imagine that you were going to win an Oscar?
Never thought I would win an Oscar. But I guess I wasn't dreaming big enough. Now I dream differently. (laughs)
I was a TV kid, you know? All the old shows. Flip Wilson, Tom Jones, Sammy Davis Jr. and so that is where I got my inspiration from. (sings a little Tom Jones "It's so Unusual.")
What is it like working on the set of Stealth?
Jamie Foxx: It was exciting to work with Rob Cohen because he had so much knowledge of movies that were action packed. It was as if he would process the acting to go along with the technology of movie making and he was a party animal! And I like that. (laughs)
Why did you take the role in Stealth?
Jamie Foxx: The opportunity to work with Rob Cohen and Jessica Biel is not bad to look at.
You had some fun toys in the movie. What was your favorite?
Jamie Foxx: The Gimble which was the apparatus you used as a simulator. Once you look at it on screen it really looked like we were flying.
Did you have to train for the role?
Jamie Foxx: A little bit. We trained on an Air Force Base getting to know the planes and the cockpit so it really looked like we knew what we were doing. The only thing missing was actually flying the aircraft.
Did you want the fly the craft?
Jamie Foxx: I'm scared of heights. (laughs) I would have loved to fly but it takes so much craft and skill in order to fly something like that. I have however flown a twin engine plane before.
So if we were in a plane with you and the pilot couldn't fly, would we be safe in your hands?
Jamie Foxx: Until we had to land. Now we could fly around for three or four days but we couldn't land. Basically flying is like taking your car going 100 miles an hour and pulling back the steering wheel and going into the air. The landing is trickier. (laughs)
Although not critically received, I thought Booty Call was hilarious. Are there any comedies in the future?
Jamie Foxx: Yes, there are. Myself and Will Smith are getting together to do a classic called "Uptown Saturday Night" which featured Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby.
Have you started shooting yet?
Jamie Foxx: No, not until 2006.
What is your favorite type of acting to play?
Jamie Foxx: A role that has meat on its bones meaning where you can see the whole character, how he lives, how he loves, how he hates.
What was the best part of playing Ray?
Jamie Foxx: The music was eternal. It was eternal. You couldn't get enough. You wanted to get stuck in a loop. You could keep playing his music.
Where did you shoot Stealth? How long did it take?
Jamie Foxx: We shot in Australia and it took 3-4 months.
Is there one scene in this film you are especially proud of?
Jamie Foxx: My dancing scene when I dance. Cuz Stealth made me feel like dancing!
Jamie, I just wanted to say you did a wonderful Job as Ray and I admire your acting. You have inspired me to give acting a try and go for my dreams. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Jamie Foxx: Oh, Gentle Dog. Thank you and good luck. I hope it all works out.
Jamie, did you ever think this acting thing wasn't going to work out?
Jamie Foxx: Yes, because I thought I was going to be doing music. I never thought that acting would be my thing but I hope I can do this for a very long time.
His films always have a certain look and feel, how was the experience of working with Michael Mann on Collateral?
Jamie Foxx: It was an incredible, intense, happily draining experience. We would work long hours but the payoff was supreme because I got a chance to work with two greats-- Michael Mann and Tom Cruise.
Do you keep in touch with actors after you work on a film together?
Jamie Foxx: Certain actors, I stay in touch with Will and Jada and Tom. I stay in touch with Gabrielle Union. I stay in touch with Salma Hayek.
Is there one actor you want to work with but haven't yet?
Jamie Foxx: I think it was after the Oscars everybody that I saw after the Oscars I would love to have a chance to work with. I figure it will take about twenty years to do that. That means I can probably stay employed. But Denzel would be at the top of the list.
What projects are you working on now? How many do you typically have going at one time?
Jamie Foxx: Right now we are working on Miami Vice. So we're doing it to Miami and also working on an album. I just finished something with Kanye West.
What kind of album? When can we expect it?
Jamie Foxx: R&B/ hip-hop. It's coming soon.
We ask every guest this question: What is your idea of an ideal day?
Jamie Foxx: Ideal day is with friends, great location, great food, great drinks, great times. And a girl with a big old booty! (laughs) Just kidding.
Jamie, thanks for taking the time from Miami Vice to talk with fans about Stealth.
Jamie Foxx: Thank you for all the great questions! Go see that movie! Go see Stealth opening later this month!


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Singer-actor Iñigo Pascual felt elated after K-Pop stars Sandara Park and IKON’s Jinhwan surprised fans with the cover of his monster OPM hit “Dahil Sa’yo” on Christmas eve.
"Jay and Ate Dara, making this song so much better... Merry Christmas! (heart emoji)," he commented on Sandara's YouTube channel.
Sandara replied by greeting the 23-year-old only son of actor Piolo Pascual a "Merry Christmas."
Also known as Dara, the 36-year-old Korean female star first rose to fame when she joined the "Star Circle Quest” talent search in 2004.


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On the December 14, 2019 the members of Loona held their Premier Greeting: Meet & Up fan-event during which they performed their hit songs including Buttefly, FavOriTe, One & Only, Heart Attack, Love4eva, Girl Front and Hi High. The event took place at the YES24 Live Hall in Seoul. A special selection of new merchandise was prepared for purchase for all fans who attended the Meet & Up. Among the items you could find this set of posters featuring all members. The set consists of 5 sheets of a size of 570 X 320 mm. In the package you will find one poster with a photo of all members and four with each of the subunits of Loona - 1/3 (HeeJin, ViVi, HaSeul and HyunJin), Odd Eye Circle (Kim Lip, Choerry and JinSoul), yyxy (Yves, Go Won, Chuu and Olivia Hye) and YeoJin. The girls are wearing black apparel and are photographed sitting on yellow chairs placed in a circle. All comes in a black square tube with the title of the event on it. This set of Loona posters is the official item from BlockBerry Creative. It is of a high quality and features a crisp print.
This of course is not the only item you could get if you were lucky enough to attend the event. The other collectibles were the second version of an acrylic light stick (the first one was available at the Premier Greeting Line & Up that was held over two days from the 2nd to 3rd of June of 2018), the commemorating slogan that comes in a transparent plastic pouch opened by a zipper (600 x 200 mm), a set of 60 photocards of a standard size of 55 x 85 mm (5 sheets per member), a special binder book to store your collection of photocards (180 x 230 x 37), a black umbrella with a logo of the event and an acrylic stand depicting all members of Loona (150 x 105 mm). Additionally you could purchase a special shopping bag with the logo of BlockBerry Creative if you needed a space for all the goods you got.
If you need some cool Loona posters to hang on the wall you should definitely consider getting this set. You can buy it on Ebay for a price of $39.99. Remember that this item is an official collectible so you should grab it before it will be sold out. That kind of items are very popular among the fans and eventually become very difficult to find.


Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Legacy by Picture This Plus using Weeks Dye Works floss (or DMC 3721, 469, 729, 3023, 315, 3046, 898, 733, 434, 372, 3740, 501, 712). Stitch Count: 125x203. Design Size: 7" x 12"
An art form that is so appealing and full of passion. This young lady's soul emanates poetic inspiration as she stamps out her Jalisco roots to the relentless folkloric rhythms. Join in as you stitch to the beat of the footsteps. This colorful design will add a splash of color wherever you display it. Stitch Count 197w X 168h, Finished Size on black 14-count 14" X 12"
Model stitched on 14 Count Black Aida
This beautiful Diane Jourdan redwork sampler was stitched with two colors of Vikki Clayton Hand Dyed Fibers (10 skeins of Diane's Rouge and 10 Skeins of Heartwood) on 36 Ct. Magnolia Linen. Stitch Count: 181W x 284H. Instructions for specialty stitches are included. ( DMC alternates are 814 & 85 not an exact match)


AI Anthology cover
Out this week! Links soon! #aicreativeanthology
It’s been tested by GPTZero if that is of interest.
In a world where machines an’ shite rule, ken,
I’m thinkin’ aboot this wicked place,
a mental techno-grassland, like,
where we, daft mammals, an’ computers, right,
get aw cosy, workin’ thegither,
just like the clear water
kissin’ the blue sky, man.
Now, imagine, aye?
A fookin’ cybernetic forest, man,
where digital trees an’ electronics mix,
an’ the deer, they just stroll aroond,
next to computers an’ aw that,
like they’re just wee flowers
wi’ spinny fookin’ petals, mate.
I’m tellin’ ye, it’s gotta be,
a world where nature an’ tech, right,
live in pure harmony, ken,
where we’re free frae aw the hard graft,
an’ back wi’ our furry pals,
wi’ everythin’ watched o’er
by machines full o’ that sweet lovin’ grace, man.
New research underway into the psychology of LLMs (large language models like ChatGPT and many others). This is a new paper (with Mick Grieson at CCI UAL) due by Easter.
Computer Arts Society CAS Talks
I’m hosting 3 x talks with the Computer Arts Society (I’m now on the committee).
AI and Text
AI and Art
AI and Curating
A book will follow this epic of screen-staring.
AI text and writing – how do writers use text generation?
My research on AI text and writers is now online at UAL Research at: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/18621/
Book – AI Creative Writing Anthology & Reviews
The new book of AI assisted stories, poems, text-art is in draft mode. Publication is March 2023. I am editor, and have also provided some examples from my own research and creative work. Also large history and background sections, pieces on ethics, bias, etc., at the end of the book.
Such as the AI text generated story below, although this had minimal editing. Sometimes it flows really well in that ‘weird’ AI style (GPT-2, yes this an ‘old’ piece). The prompt was the first line. Image conjured up at NightCafe.
News Feb 2023
New video art with Patryk Jaworski is exhibited by elemetum.art in Zurich – please visit “Abstract Originals” and Grid 88 by Geoff Davis at elementum.art
Music by Metavista (Jawolski/Davis). There is a Catalogue availabge in the elementum Blog section.
m is online in a sort of quick pre-release. Please listen by clicking here.
Circular River – novel
Circular River, my novel is finally getting published (I started this in 2014). Illustrations are being designed using AI text to art, with post-production editing, and this is taking a while. As you can see above, the main problem with AI is massive over-production. The images above are from using one style only, there are unlimited styles. This leads to choice anxiety or decidophobia (just found this word).
The novel prequel will get released beforehand.
Sign up for free prequel
Anyone on the Story Software mailing list will get the Circular River prequel (first few chapters) so if you want to sign up please email:
info at storysoftware dot com
July – end September 2022
Micro Arts Group exhibition at British Computer Society Moorgate London July to October 2022. I founded and coded Micro Arts in the 1980s.
See Micro Arts Group for more details.
I’m editor of a new book of AI co-created hybrid stories, poems, texts. See Story Software for more details of this first ever AI Fiction Anthology 2022.
If you have a late entry, please contact me via Twitter Micro Arts Group
3D video art from my art forum digital algo generative art release “Abstract Originals” (Micro Arts MA1) with video artist and musician Patryk Jaworski.
MA1 Cube Collection 1-7 video still
My old Micro Arts Group work is in the Computer Arts Archive collection please visit.
This site is for my current activities. Links here:
- AI research at UAL London is now listed here
- Books and writing, read now
- Blog for articles, news, updates, links, etc.
- Micro Arts Group – computer art both old and new
Any other activities, please visit the main menu.
Micro Arts MA1:5 Texture Grid
This work has just been added to the Computer Arts Society’s Archive (British Computer Society) – visit archive
Links to my other sites:
Writing and image creativity apps – AI text generation, plus zooming ZUI notes and image software app. Now called Creativity Support Tools CST
- Story Live (online, AI text generation with editing panel and file export) – this is a new beta web site, from the research study (see menus)
- Notes Story Board (software, for text, plus image import, size and rotate, multiple format export, snap, many features)
- Story Lite (software, text boxes, zooming canvas, multiple format export, etc. No image import)
My other sites:
This is from Death In The Bubble World (G Davis 1997) which I have put on this site
- Write Ngeow – Ivy Ngeow author site
- Ivy Ngeow Architect site
- Building DIY site (leftover from my eco building days)
- Facebook Geoff Davis
In the News…
Metaverse – 3D and VR
Here’s my VRML (1996) gallery ..


Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Getting Ready For Halloween: Disney Pumpkin Carving Templates
I love the smell of Autumn and the sound of leaves crunching under my feet. I also love getting ready for the holidays to come, including Halloween. We normally get around 550 - 650 trick-or-treaters where I live so it makes it all the more fun! My kids like to stand outside and hand out the treat bags and check out everyone's costumes almost as much as they like to go trick-or-treating themselves.
One of our favorite Halloween traditions is to carve pumpkins. We love to find templates online and use those so that even the kids can be pros at it. =0). In the spirit of our upcoming trip to Disneyland, I found these pumpkin carving Disney templates to share with you. A great way to enjoy the holiday while spending less. Have fun!


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Hawthorne Threads were recommended to me by my lovely blogging friend Di of Random Thoughts Do or `Di` and I couldn`t be happier. They have a beautiful selection of fabric at great prices (I paid $7.25 a metre), they dispatched the same day and the package arrived a week later (USA to Morocco).
Linking up again with Our Creative Spaces. Head over there to see talented people making lovely things.


Bullet journals are hot right now! And there's no doubt why people love them so much. They happen to be the prettiest planners on Instagram and some people have turned them into a colorful work of art.
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The Rolls Royce of Crafters has just upped the notch of this wonderful hobby, scrapbooking. Who decided she likes scrapbooking? It’s Martha Stewart that is! I admire this woman despite the conviction but hey, no one’s perfect!
The Economist reports
MARTHA STEWART is a woman with many hobbies. She cooks, gardens and makes jam. And now it seems she has decided to take up scrapbooking. This month Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia launched a line of Martha-branded supplies, bringing a dash of glamour to the world of paper crafts.
But although scrapbooking may be popular, it has never been fashionable. The prevailing aesthetic is saccharine. It includes glitter, polka dots and lots of pink. Martha Stewart Crafts brings a slightly more sophisticated style to scrapbooking, with albums in tasteful shades such as walnut and persimmon. The line is not entirely humourless, with stickers of a hula-hooping watermelon and a happy orange waving a pennant.
Perhaps Ms Stewart’s arrival on the scene will earn scrapbooking a little more respect. Other crafts, after all, are taken seriously. The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York featured an exhibit of quilts a few years ago. Knitters click away on the subway. Sublime Stitching, based in Austin, Texas, sells embroidery patterns featuring pirates and pieces of sushi. True, a preoccupation with the relative merits of various types of decorative sticky tape is not for everyone. But a well made scrapbook is more impressive than yet another of those itchy scarves.
I couldn’t agree more!
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You may have much more in common with singer Camila Cabello than you thought. Yes, she has 10 million followers on Instagram, is a platinum-selling recording artist and was discovered on “The X-Factor” singing-competition show. But the former Fifth Harmony member has a shoe closet that’s surprisingly accessible.
On Sunday night, at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Cabello took the stage alongside J Balvin and Pitbull to perform their new song from the “Fate of the Furious” soundtrack, “Hey Ma.” The singer opted for a strapless dress as she descended from the ceiling for her unexpected entrance. And what was the most shocking part of the performance? Her onstage shoes only cost $70.
Cabello wore Aldo’s Izabela sandals in gold and silver as she danced around the stage. The disco-inspired stacked-heel shoes are currently available online.
Aldo Izabela sandals, $70; aldoshoes.com
This isn’t the first time Cabello has worn an affordable shoe. She’s been spotted in Topshop, Jessica Simpson, Candie’s, Aldo and Steve Madden on the red carpet before. Click through the gallery to see for yourself.


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Krapp's Last Tape
Samuel Beckett’s moving meditation on time, memory and ageing is performed by renowned Irish actor Barry McGovern, one of the world’s most revered interpreters of the great playwright. This brand new production is directed by Michael Colgan, longtime Artistic Director of Dublin’s Gate Theatre.
An old man sits alone at a table, preparing for his annual ritual: to archive the last year of his weary life on tape. As he’s done on his birthday, ever since he was a young man. Listening in on an earlier recording, he’s drawn into a chilling dialogue with his younger, brashly confident self – but are the memories he evokes better left unheard?
Beckett’s haunting one-man play is a brief but highly intense experience, giving voice to the conversations we have with ourselves across time – an essay in loneliness, but shot through with grim humour.
Barry McGovern has been performing Beckett’s stage works for more than three decades to huge international acclaim, and was widely praised for his near-legendary I’ll Go On, based on Beckett’s trilogy of novels Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnameable, at the 2013 International Festival. He is widely considered one of the world’s leading interpreters of Beckett, in performances that feel lived rather than simply acted, and that embody both Beckett’s humour and his darkness.
Michael Colgan was Artistic Director of Dublin’s Gate Theatre for over 30 years, and is a long-time devotee of Beckett’s work, which he has directed internationally, and has produced for film and television.
This landmark production brings together two of the world’s finest Beckett interpreters in an unforgettable and deeply personal drama by one of the world’s greatest ever writers.
Arguably the greatest living male performer of Beckett's work
- Running time:55mins approx (no interval)
Michael Colgan Director
Barry McGovern Actor
A production by Clare Street
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masterfully done ★★★★
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When I was 13 I had this jean bound journal with rhinestones on it, I doodled on it like it was my own pair of "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" pants. I was convinced I could become the second youngest successfully published author of our time. Everyday I updated the "novel" I would pass it around while in class to give my updates to my readers in real-time. By lunch, I would know which direction to head. The thing about my story is I wanted it to feature kids like my classmates. Not some rich or middle class kids. Just regular smegular kids having a good time goofing off and falling in love. Of course there would be drama that we'd understand and twist and enemies turned frenemies. And any resemblance to real life people or classmates was just a coincidence. Six years ago I decided, once again, to write a novel. I am finally sitting down to do it and by the end of this year I will have a first draft.
Back then, I was nine chapters in when my mom let me make the decision to move to St. Louis. There are two things I didn't do that move that will haunt me for the rest of my years. I didn't save my first time ever electronic journal on a floppy disk (Yes, I am from that era) and I lost my jean studded journal with my world changing novel. I typically am not at a loss for words but I lost two crucial voices of mine at that era. I didn't know it then but my memory keeping was important not just because I'm a writer but because I know just how fast those memories can slip between your fingers like water. And it may not be super important to 32 year old me why I had a crush on that one boy who I couldn't stop thinking about. But it was important to 13 year old me and I want to remember what that was like forever.
According to several studies at this point, our brains (the hippocampus) transfer memories to long-term especially when they are traumatic. With my journals, I've wanted to capture the day to day stuff. I refuse to this day to call it a diary because diaries are something private. My journals I hope are riveting enough to become bestsellers when I'm gone. Always a writer. The loss of the novel is something I always think about. What could I have done with it once it was finished. Everyone loved it, I mean you try to get a bunch of 8th graders to read. The one specialty my book also had was its steamy moments. I mean again, 8th graders. The most scandalous thing was the deep kissing. But it was definitely better than the Iliad.
My Write A Novel in a Year workshop was born because so many people want to finish that novel they've been dreaming about they just don't know how to go about it. Where are those support groups? Where you all start at zero and end up with this thing you've been dreaming of? At the Story Center I noticed that Critique Groups were for short stories or poetry, maybe a chapter but no true support for a novelist. So I created it and the response was surprising. People showed up.
In my case it's been a desire since I was 13 though the story, content, and characters have all changed. In the spirit I still seek it to be a book for that 13 year old me. Something she could read and pass around to her classmates even though it felt a tad grown up. At that time, I got bored with the chapter books. We didn't have a young adult section so I made my way to the adult books and then the reallllly adult books. *wink, wink* I became known as the book slinger and the candy girl in my middle school hallways. Now, I constantly feel in a state of coming full circle.
My novel is going well. I have a little over three months to get it finished and honestly I want to shoot for the end of November. We've got this!
Tomorrow will finally be the book release for my book, "My Last Words... Not really"!! I'm beyond excited. I started making the book in 2015 while homeless and then finished the book February 2016 (I checked my archives here, score 1 blog) and now I am having the release almost two years later. (These things take time)
Hopefully see you tomorrow, if not you can order the book at the link below and have it delivered right to you, just click.
One thing people don't see is the woman behind the art when I'm at my worst or just regular. The days where I'm Sahara. Where I'm relying on faith in something bigger than me, but working hard still to meet that faith.
My Last Words... Not Really is a collection of plays & poetry created when I was thinking this is it, all I have left to say. My mother was also a big inspiration for this book because we made sure to make our last words count with each other to save us from any regret. Imagine your last words being, "I hate you!" We've all been there, we've all had those moments of wanting a redo for our final words. But sometimes you just get what you give. You just never know when you'll see that person you truly care for again.
The plays well... they are just the start, Next will be full length plays. I hope that people use them in auditions or classrooms. Maybe even in theaters.
At least I said I love
If we had nothing else we had love
Knew that a lasting impression is made with kindness
Not with malice
At least I said I love you
Rather than filling that space with mucky misunderstandings
That glue us to regret
It's almost like the window opened
We aired out our goodbyes
See you later
I love you
At least I said I love you
This book does contain my popular works, but also included is poetry hidden away and not frequently shared. my uplifting, shorter works, and a few of my "love" poems. There is also a faith play with a strong male lead and my ever growing one woman show. Head to my store and buy the book. Share it with those you love and those that need it. Use the monologues for auditions. Most importantly enjoy.
Fitness. Life. Art. Travel.


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Review: Cultures, love and humour collide in ‘First Metis Man of Odesa’
Photo credit: Matthew MacKenzie and Mariya Khomutova wrote and perform in “First Metis Man of Odesa,” a play based on their own life stories. (Supplied / Photo by Olivia Swerhone-Wick, Persephone Theatre)
It’s a real-life love story that’s almost too remarkable to believe.
Persephone Main Stage is playing host to the Punctuate! Theatre production First Métis Man of Odesa, a biographical account of the love story between Matthew MacKenzie, a Métis writer from Edmonton, and Mariya Khomutova, an award-winning actor from Odesa, Ukraine. This unbelievable (yet true) story features MacKenzie and Khomutova playing fictionalized versions of themselves as they take the audience through the events of their lives — from the COVID-19 pandemic to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the baby that lands in between.
A love story is always fascinating to watch, but a true love story that lands in the middle of a pandemic and a war seems wild to consider. MacKenzie and Khomutova capture the playfulness of new love and infuse humour into tragic events on Thursday night, making this story easier to absorb. While there are difficult moments and serious topics, it never delves into the full depths of depression and it manages to keep things moving along.
While imperfect and slow-starting, the play contains powerful commentary on global events. Khomutova reminds viewers that the lives of all Ukrainians are now split between before and after the Russian invasion. The display of genuine emotion and passion in Khomutova’s performance makes the conflict real for those in the audience who have the option of ignoring it. Even though she is performing in a play, this is her world and she invites the audience to join her, which is a harrowing feat.


Armilla, designed by Lorenzo Truant for Fabbian, is inspired by the very first Renaissance depictions of the motions of stars and planets. At that time, it was customary for people to construct models called armillary spheres comprising a framework of rings. To begin with, they were centered on Earth, but as time went by and the theories of Copernicus entered the picture, the Earth was replaced with the Sun, an infinite source of light and the new center of the universe.
The rings of Armilla recall this custom, supporting the sphere and complementing the abundance of opal glass that diffuses light from the source at the centre of the composition—just like the armillary spheres dreamt up by the Copernican cosmographers, with their heliocentric view of the world. Examining Armilla in more detail, three rings of precious metal are cleverly fixed together and contain the diffuser, which—thanks to a ring fixed to the equator—is attached to the support cable, also made of metal.
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MINING THE PHYSICAL IMAGINATION
Each year, ADF chooses a critical lens that allows us to situate our dancing within concerns that are relevant to today’s world. In 2020, the intensive will consider the question: How does dance allow you to explore and realize your wildest imaginings? The ADF School community will explore this question through dancing, discussion, and marvelous flights into our individual and collective imagination.
pre-professional dance intensive overview
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Take classes in African dance forms, ballet, composition, hip-hop, modern, professional portfolio development and repertory with our amazing faculty. Dive into 20+ classes per week that develop your technique, artistry, ideas, and confidence.
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Collaborate with your fellow dancers to develop ideas about community, creating, the performances you see, and what matters to you as an artist. In repertory and composition classes, you’ll work with your faculty and fellow dancers to create new work to perform for the ADF community. Dancers will perform on the final day!
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Bombora House by Tom Fruin
Open to the public for observation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the Bombora House exhibit by Tom Fruin will look different as the daylight shifts into the evening. The sculptures will be lit from within projecting the multi-color nature of the piece onto Gansevoort Plaza. At night the installation will be illuminated by LEDs with a design created by Ryan Holsopple allowing people to interact with the lighting by texting 347-328-2636. The installation is on display through April 30, 2021.
Tom Fruin is a Brooklyn-based, internationally known sculptor whose work has been featured across NYC. His work can be seen as a celebration of human behavior and everyday life. “If you really want to understand what makes up the fabric of people and places, you often learn all you need to by looking at the floor,” says Fruin of his approach.
The installation “Bombora House,” takes its name from an open expression by Fruin’s fellow artist, friend and inspiration, Melinda Brown. She dubbed the building she lived in on the corner of 13th Street and Ninth Avenue in the heart of the neighborhood, Bombora House. The house was a place where artists would gather to collaborate and create, and its name is a reference to the “outsider wave” prized by surfers.


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The nice thing about focusing Thingadailies on recipes is that it used up all the orange citrus in the fridge, but unfortunately there’s still a bazillion lemons. Plus there’s a bowl of lemon curd now sitting in the fridge and needing to be used up (hey, it’s not like I can’t make a couple dozen more batches just from our own tree!).
I still had a package of puff pastry in the fridge earlier, so last night I made Lemon Curd Turnovers. I rolled it out until it was about 12 inches square, then cut that into 9 pieces. Then I mixed up some lemon curd, some cream cheese, some sugar, and the last of the lemon zest that was sitting in the fridge, and dumped a heaping tablespoonful in the middle of each square. A little egg wash, a little rest in the fridge, and then they went into the oven to bake. The final step was a drizzle of glaze (powdered sugar and cream), and poof, a lovely, flakey pastry that looks far fancier than the minimal effort involved.
In addition, yesterday I also finished a project that I’d really hoped to complete in February, but, well, life and bottle baby kittens got in the way. On the first of February, I was feeling the need to start a new knitting project and I spotted my bin of leftover sock yarn.
Rupert included for scale (and also because cat).
Sadly, this is not even all of it – as I got into the project I kept finding more balls lurking around the house.
I’ve seen various sock yarn blanket ideas, but they tend to be too chaotic in color for me. Then I stumbled across this pattern and knew immediately what I wanted to do.
I cast on on February 1st and yesterday morning I finished.
It’s nothing more than garter stitch, done in the diagonal. I held two strands together the whole time, simply adding in a new ball each time one ran out, with no worries about the colors. The fact that it’s garter stitch, and two colors at a time, means that the overall chaos that would have occurred if I’d only done one color at a time ends up being muted, with the colors fading into each other.
It’s roughly 3 foot by 5 foot, and took about 950 grams of yarn, which, alas, was probably only about half my stash of leftover sock yarn. But at least the bin is no longer overflowing, and I got a pretty new blanket out of it, so yay.


What is Captain Catch’s Silent Film Festival?
‘Captain Catch’s Silent Film Festival’ has engaged five classes of primary school pupils from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to educate them on important seafood industry topics.
This series of five silent films focuses on a range topics including safety at sea, seafood sustainability and the health benefits of eating fish. From the conception of ideas, to storyboarding and acting, the children have created a set of must-see short silent films to entertain and inform viewers.
This project was funded by the Seafish Strategic Investment Fund and delivered by Beard Askew.
How do the children and teachers benefit from the project?
The silent film workshops are designed enable pupils to enrich their curriculum and wider learning, whilst engaging with the seafood industry in a completely new and hands-on way.
Each school class was given a particular seafood related topic to explore, and with the help of industry experts, asked to research the topic over the workshop and filming day. Through exploring these topics, the students gained an understanding of how the fishing industry fits into a wider context, exploring the concept of fish beyond just eating it in their home, but also questioning how key issues in the industry may affect them.
On top of educating the students on seafood, the workshops provided real insight into professional filmmaking practices; from story creation, storyboarding, prop making and silent film acting techniques to hands on camera experience, all under the watchful eye of the Beard Askew Education team.
Each workshop engaged a class of 30 creative young filmmakers, who were put through their paces, balancing their imagination, film ambitions and visual flair with creating a story that was clear, concise, filled with action, suspense, humour, intriguing characters, memorable moments and adventure!
For more information on the project please visit captaincatchsilentfilmfestival.com


Yellowbird Wows Crowds in China Performances
August 17, 2010
Shane Yellowbird performed five shows in as many days to enthusiastic Chinese audiences at World Expo 2010. Held on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai China, this year's World Expo is the largest and most expensive World Fair ever.
Proudly representing Canada, Shane performed his many hits, including "Bare Feet on the Blacktop" and "Pick Up Truck" to appreciative and welcoming crowds. "The people of Shanghai were amazing," says Yellowbird. "They really got into the music, some of them hearing country music for the first time ever. For me, the cultural experience was unforgettable. I'm looking forward to getting back over there and playing more."
From his Q&A period with international press, to singing alongside incomparable Cirque Du Soleil performers, Yellowbird left a favorable impression with dignitaries and Chinese fans alike. Yellowbird has already accepted an invitation to return to Shanghai this fall and summer.


So I'm back with a new story…I just couldn't stay away that long. Now before we start and I begin to thank the people that work with my gibberish, I would like to take a minute and explain that no, I am not abandoning my other stories…for this one. In all honesty, I just can't find it in me to write violence at the moment or anything too angsty.
Now to begin the thank you's…what can I say, that I haven't said before…my team is an amazing one and I feel incredibly blessed to have each of you in my life. To Steph, Rach, Cheryll…I love you all and couldn't ask for a better bunch of women to work with. Thank You for all the support and encouragement every time a new bunny explodes in my head.
A huge THANK YOU and I freaking love you to JA Mash for the fuckawesome banner she made for this story...Babe your work is amazing and I was completely blown away by how perfectly you put together my jumbled thoughts and made them come to life in the work of art you presented to me. She also made wonderful character poster for the blog...thank you girly, you are truly one of a kind.
Finally…Twilight aint mine!
I was young but I wasn't naive
I watched helpless as he turned around to leave
And still I have the pain I have to carry
A past so deep that even you could not bury if you tried
After all this time
I never thought we'd be here
Never thought we'd be here
When my love for you was blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I loved you more than you'll ever know
A part of me died when I let you go
Today was the dawn of a new day.
The sun outside was rising, bringing with it my resolve and giving me the courage to do what I have failed to do for the past six years.
I needed to learn how to not love you, once and for all.
It was a time for moving on…a time for me to accept my losses, carry on with my life and to try and find the happiness you never gave me, in another mans arms. I have spent the last six years pining away and dreaming that you would see me, the real me, behind all the marks and colors that adorn my flesh.
To see a woman who accepts you for all that you are…never asking for you to change or anything in exchange.
Just the chance to love you and be loved in return.
I'm tired of being nothing more than the woman who signs your paycheck at the end of every work week, only being worthy of your attention during those five measly minutes.
I want you to see a woman who loves you and needs you to breathe…a woman that sees the real you, the you that you try so desperately to hide behind that smartass mouth of yours.
The man I see everyday when I walk in and greet the shop is smart, thoughtful, and shy…a man who's passionate about politics and reads comics when no one is watching.
That's the man I love.
That man has starred in every one of my naughty dreams for the last two years after he claimed me and promised to love me forever.
The fateful night that sealed my fate and brought me pain as the next dawn came and you ignored me like all days prior.
Those glorious hours will be forever burned in my mind. The sound of our naked flesh slapping against the other's…lips devouring anything within their reach, the grunts and screams that left our lips as a pleasure so blinding erupted…propelling us head first into a dark abyss of ecstasy and love.
But that day never came…instead I've been left behind, watching as you surround yourself with beautiful women…all wanting a piece of the hot, nerdy bad boy that does amazing tats in my shop.
Too bad for them, and me, you only seem to have eyes for one Tanya Denali and her perfect everything.
I never quite understood her appeal to you…sure, she's pretty in a lab experiment sort of way. I mean…years of tucking, nipping and enhancing have made her into the All American cheerleader/porn star all men want, but I never pegged you for one of those…instead I saw a man who appreciated the culturally shocking and abnormal.
Someone who saw the beauty in ink and not conforming to what society deemed appropriate…guess I was wrong.
So, with my new found purpose and strength, I head to my shower and wash the memories of your lips and flesh on mine from my skin. I mourn what never was and watch it all go down the drain. A sweet and daunting memory to be forgotten, left where it should have always stayed…in the darkest recesses of my mind and never to be found again.
I had a date tonight with someone who's paid more attention to my need for affection and makes me feel as if I'm not invisible. A man who came into my shop with his buddies…laughing and with a genuine smile on his face when he noticed me behind the counter.
His flirting and obvious attraction made me blush…something that's never happened before. It took him nearly two months to get me to agree to see him outside my safe haven, but his patience and silly gifts made me crumble and agree.
Even a singing telegram was used to break down the walls Edward put in place, with his indifference.
I felt wanted and desired…something Edward never showed me, except that one night, and that only lasted for just a few hours. Instead, now I received glares and murderous looks every time my new admirer came into my shop, swallowing me up in one of his massive and infamous bear hugs.
Tanya was sweet and courteous to him at every glance…always asking questions and gushing over this sweet man's newest gesture, too bad I can't say the same for Edward.
He was rude, hostile, and not the man I once thought he was…disappointing, but a giver of hope as I prayed his actions meant he cared.
Never said a word…just made it his mission in life to make me feel invisible and small.
Was I not enough…unlovable?
Putting these thoughts of the past behind me, I focus all my attention on a few drawings I needed to complete for this Monday. I had two portraits to finalize for a sweet older couple that was still mourning the loss of their son.
The mother and father of a marine that died at war wanted to commemorate his life in two very similar, yet different pictures of his life.
The father choosing to put his son in full gear on his arm, while the mother chose a picture of his smiling face next to his daughters over her heart…to keep him close.
Hard to accomplish, but doable…especially with the tragic story that lay behind this horrible loss.
I worked for three hours straight, only stopping once for a beer and chips to snack on. The hours passed quickly and before I put the final sketch away, my date called and asked to see me earlier than originally planned.
Agreeing because I truly wanted to see him too, I rushed to my room and began to search my closet for the perfect outfit.
He claimed it was a casual outing…fun and games were all I heard and dressed in a pair of short shorts and a vintage Guns &Roses tee. My old green chucks came in handy and looked perfect with my low key outfit.
My hair was pulled in a high pony tail, while my bangs swept off to the side showing off my eyebrow piercing. Changing out my nose stud to a small green stone completed my look.
I never wore too much make up and kept it natural with liner and Chap Stick…the Florida weather too humid for anything more.
He arrived shortly after and whisked me away for a day of fun in the sun and laughter. Universal Studios was one of my favorite places to let loose and remember how to be a kid again.
We rode everything twice and ate like pigs…best date I've truly ever had thus far.
Dropping me at home around eleven o'clock with a small kiss and a promise of another date soon, he walked away and I entered my apartment.
We both wished it wouldn't have ended so soon, but I had to be up early for the two emotional pieces I had scheduled.
I had just changed into my usual night attire of a tank top and boxers when there was a sudden knock at my door. Rushing over, I pulled the door open and was shocked to see someone who wasn't my date standing with a look of pure, unadulterated pain in his eyes.
"Edward," I choked out as the shock of seeing him here left me barely able to breathe.
"W-what are you doing here?"
"Asking for a repeat and a chance to love you as you've always deserved," was his sincere response and my whole world and what I knew to be fact…flipped upside down without my permission.
I know this was a bit vague, but all the answers will come out in later chapters. We will be revisiting all the key points that led Edward to her door this night of all nights.
This story will post once a week until I am completely done writing it…after I will bump it up to two or three a week…cross your fingers and hope I finish quickly.
See u next week…now leave me some sugar!


This student campaign titled 'Golf' was published in Dominican Republic in September, 2014. It was created for the brand: Volkswagen, by ad school: Brother Ad School. This Print medium campaign is related to the Automotive industry and contains 1 media asset. It was submitted almost 9 years ago.
Advertising School: Brother Ad School, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Copywriter: César Salcedo
Art Director: Hugo Quezada, Scarly Perez


Bull Elephant - The Long War review
|Album:||The Long War|
|Release date:||November 2023|
01. Expansion From Perceived Reality
02. Blackened Chaos Horizon
03. Berlin Falling
04. Zentrum Der Neuen Welt
05. Severing The Last Strands Of Self
06. The Long War
Bull Elephant is an anonymous, progressive doom metal band, based in London, and The Long War is their third album, concluding a trilogy about a slain African elephant that was reanimated to take part in World War II.
Each of the three albums by Bull Elephant tells a story that reads as a H.P. Lovecraft take on Raiders of the Lost Ark. The self-titled debut is about the reanimation of the pachyderm by an occultist Nazi, in order to be used in battle, but a shaman witch intervenes because she has other plans for the elephant’s purpose. On Created From Death, the creature is destroyed and reconstructed into human form, and is placed into the care of a renegade ape, while Nazi zombies, assault wolves, and a battle-armoured whale that could eat Moby Dick for breakfast, all participate in the war. And here we are now, in 1945, and the elephant initially enters the fray to defend Berlin from the Red Army. The final act takes place in occupied China, where Imperial Japan's infamous Unit 731 was based. It’s quite a challenge to back up such a compelling story with equally gripping music, isn’t it? But Bull Elephant deliver the goods on that front too, so let’s talk music.
A great opener begins to march slowly with a heavy and stoner-y doom riff that goes on for almost the entire track. The varying vocals, the accompanying lead and clean guitars, the ‘70s Black Sabbath feel, and some grungy spice here and there keep it going, until the blastbeats kick in around the 7-minute mark, before the song hits on the brakes again, and obeys the inner-city speed limit. But these blastbeats were here to stay; “Blackened Chaos Horizon”, which follows, is full of them, being a blackened, doom death metal atomic bomb. The album flows like this for its entirety, with slower, more atmospheric passages being mixed with thrashier, faster, and more aggressive ones. The closing title track is a 13-minute progressive rock/sludgy doom/vicious thrash epic, with a very emotional outro. The Long War is bookended by its best cuts, with “Berlin Falling” being another standout song; it seems they thrive with the longer compositions.
The album was mastered by Dan Swanö, and has an impeccable sound. Bull Elephant seem to care about important details that other bands don’t pay much attention to any more, and are releasing The Long War in a 24-bit full dynamic range edition that would be used for vinyl in the same price as the normal digital download, while the CD format features an enormous 36-page artwork and lyrics book. Bands that look after their releases this way, deserve to be rewarded.
Bull Elephant have made an album (well, three, actually, but this review is for their latest one) about World War II, seen through the eyes of Steven Spielberg, with a strong Lovecraftian colouring. They made it sludgy and atmospheric, with elephantine (yeah, I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity) riffs, brooding atmosphere, and they sprinkled it with some ferocious blastbeats. They used insane vocals ranging from soft cleans to brutal growls, to hardcore howls. And, finally, they put everything in an irresistible package so that you have no excuse not to grab the elephant by the tusks.
“Final fate, third trial
Win or lose, once and for all
Anchored to the unity
That is found at the end of time”
||Written on 16.11.2023 by Only way to feel the noise is when it's good and loud!|
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THE BACKROUND. Collect information on the artist and the historical background. To analyze "Guernica" by Picasso, you need to know that Guernica is a town demolished by the Nazi, and you have to read up on the essential features of cubism. To interpret the image of kissing people covered by a piece of cloth in Magritt's "The Lovers", whatever you guess by looking at the painting falls flat once you know that the artist's mother got drowned in the river, and when found, a piece of cloth was wrapped around her head. So, don't rely on your skills and taste too much, there are things you need to KNOW before you start making assumptions. The historical background of the paintings itself is important. Was the artist an innovator, did he start a new trend or movement, whose steps did he/she follow? What experiments was he involved with? How was the painting perceived by the contemporaries? Claude Monet started impressionism with the painting "Sunrise. Impressions". Malevych started suprematism as a development on abstractionism, laying out the new artistic theory of the color, the form and the composition of the painting. The rough lines and raw colors in the fauvist paintings may be traced back to Van Gogh. Do you think there is something new suggested in the painting you are looking at, or is there anything at all distinguishing about it? Interior paints are used to obtain pleasing decorative effects, improve sanitary conditions, and insure better lighting. These paints may be divided into four types: wall primers; one-coat flats; flat, semigloss, and gloss; and water paints. The solution in these circumstances is that it is best to not try drastic changes. If you feel you must make these major changes in your hair color. It is best to accomplish it gradually by adding low lights, (darker placements of color), or highlights, ( lighter placements of color). Will the hair color damage my hair? That is one of the number one questions that people ask most about coloring services. Hair color that is deposit only color, will not harm the hair. This is because the hair is being covered with a color primarily on the outside layer of the hair. This color choice is always one or more shades darker than your existing hair color. There are different types of paints that is either water-based or solvent-based that produces different finishes that is measured by its sheen factor. "Sheen" is a term used to describe the degree of light reflection the paint has. Lesser sheen for an interior or exterior paint means it has lesser stain resistance.


Ive been sharing a lot of my digital art work of late so today i wanted to show of some original old school painted stuff. Todays collection was all painted in the last 12 months. It will give you an idea of all the different styles i've tried out over the year. My art really depend of the mood Im in. Colour, structure and technique if something Im always playing around with.
Most of my friends are surprised to hear that sometimes to most colourful pieces were painted when i felt i was in the darkest place internally. Art have been an amazing tool for me, its helped me in ways i never thought possible. The biggest creative obstacle I've faced is myself and self doubt.
Any one out there who says there not creative i challenge you to head down to your local art shop or discount store, pick up some cheap paint and paper and give it a go. There is no right or wrong with art, you even might surprise your self...
'ABYSS' by @mikepedro
'THE PORTAL' by @mikepedro
'GO ROBOT' by @mikepedro
'GOLDEN SPINE' by @mikepedro
Close up of 'JUMP IN THE FIRE' by @mikepedro
'HYPNOTIC PINK' by @mikepedro
'DARK WASH" by @mikepedro
Thanks for having a look!
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Incredible news! A hidden treasure, believed to be a fake, turned out to be an authentic Brueghel painting worth a whopping £700,000 ($865,000). The painting, titled ‘L’Avocat du village’ (The Village Lawyer), was recently found in a family home and was up for sale in Paris. The family who owned this masterpiece, choosing to remain anonymous, had kept it concealed ‘behind a door in the television room.’
Hidden Treasure: A Remarkable Revelation
Imagine this: a seemingly ordinary painting, mistaken for a fake, turns out to be a valuable work of art by the famous painter Brueghel. This remarkable revelation has art enthusiasts and history buffs buzzing with excitement.
Hidden Treasure: The Unveiling of ‘The Village Lawyer’
The painting, ‘L’Avocat du village’ (The Village Lawyer), unveiled in Paris for the world to see. This incredible discovery has taken the art world by storm.
Hidden Treasure: Valued at £700,000
The most astonishing part of this story is where the painting was hiding all these years. It wasn’t in a fancy gallery or a secure vault; it concealed ‘behind a door in the television room’ of a family home. The astonishing artwork is now valued at an astonishing £700,000, which is equivalent to $865,000. This discovery goes to show that sometimes, treasures can found in the most unexpected places.
The family who owned the painting has chosen to keep their identity a secret. They must have been in for quite a shock when they learned about the true value of their hidden treasure.
The Work of a Master
The painter, Brueghel, was a true master of his craft. His works highly sought after by collectors and art enthusiasts. To find one of his pieces behind a door in a living room is nothing short of a miracle.
Auctioned in Paris
The newfound masterpiece put up for sale in the city of Paris, one of the world’s art capitals. It attracted art lovers from far and wide who were eager to catch a glimpse of this unexpected treasure.
A Lesson in Hidden Gems
This incredible discovery teaches us that valuable treasures can hidden in plain sight. It’s a reminder to always keep an eye out for the unexpected, as you never know what might be lurking behind a door in your own home.


She’s become like one of those government buildings
where I have to go through a metal detector if I want to see her.
Meanwhile, the snow is melting and the buried trash
in all the vacant lots is reemerging.
And the art show at the local gallery is a series of painted urinals.
The weather’s perfect – for revolution that is.
So here I go again, braving machine gun fire and mustard gas.
Everything stretches to infinity – the crow flies but I can only walk.
And she’s like a musician’s manager, the kind that can’t get him any gigs.
Did I tell you about the time she poured cooking oil into my hair?
Or set fire to my books? Or crowded the bed?
Or said to me, more than once, “Don’t bother coming to the party.”
“Or to the open reading.” “Or to Brooklyn Heights.”
I’m sick of love and the medicine cabinet hasn’t been paying attention.
I’m sick of love. “How can you be?” somebody asks.
That’s like being sick of the public library.
That’s right. All those books that figure they know the answer to everything.
I’m sick of tossing condoms into the waste-basket.
She’s disillusioned me. I thought the Civil War was over.
But that’s her, glaring up at me from one of those faded black and white photographs.
Whatever side she’s on, she insists it’s the winning one.
I’m sick of love like I’m sick of meeting new families and hating every last one of them.
And driving home on snowy roads in winter.
And yes, being the idiot who ends up whitewashing Tom Sawyer’s fence.
Or the second best one in the rom.
Or not knowing what my own drumbeat sounds like.
She insists on picking fruit from the vine for me that’s already rotten.
And when she finally allows me a moment to look up at the stars,
the clouds burst. I’m soaked to the very limit of my endurance.
Likewise, I’m sick of not seeing the butterfly.
Of roaming through the same old Godforsaken haunts.
The hissing green snakes in the trees. The stool and the cap marked “Idiot.”
She’s not above leaving me to my nightmares.
Or performing what she calls “occupational therapy” on my heart.
I’m sick of the politics. I’m even sick of the poetry and that’s hard for me.
And I’m sick of how Picasso’s most Cubist of portraits
really do resemble the people I know.
She reads me my rights and then ignores them.
She prefers that I remain shell-shocked at all times.
And then she has the nerve to toss me aside like placenta.
So I’m sick of open-mouthed wonder. Of B flat on the guitar.
Of speaking in tongues. Of arms and torsos, feet and faces.
I’m sick of love. And all else that comes of being alive and breathing.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Penumbra, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books, Leaves On Pages and Memory Outside The Head are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Lana Turner and Held.


Dear darling divine,
just so you know
you've always been mine.
I searched the world
for bluer skies than the one that resides
within your eyes.
You're perfection personified colour in the black and white
you exist of stardust and from you there is light.
All this just to say, "I love you"


As a war narrative enveloped in magic, love, and hope, The Baghdad Clock adds depth to the burgeoning genre of postcolonial Iraqi novels.
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“Siddhartha said: ‘What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.'”
Alifa Rifaat’s stories are situated within an Islamic framework that allows her to create a feminism of her own. Since Islam and empowerment are often misguidedly placed in contradiction to one another, it’s easy to see why Rifaat is not a household name.
“So instead of giving way to despair, I took the way of active melancholy as long as I had strength for activity, or in other words, I preferred the melancholy that hopes and aspires and searches to the one that despairs, mournful and stagnant.”
“…But every once in a while, I’ll read a book that glorifies problematic relationship behaviors such as manipulation or even stalking. I don’t ever want to write a book that encourages women to seek out unhealthy, or even dangerous, relationships, so I focus on creating relationships that are healthy.”
This may all seem too idealistic to some but nonetheless conveys a crucial message about the role of the artist and what cultural and literary representations can offer in the ongoing debates about the so-called “problem” of Muslims in the Anglophone North Atlantic.
“Happiness,” Woolf writes, “is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent.”


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If a mysterious murder, an exotic locale and a heroine obsessed with justice sound to you like the ingredients of a great crime novel, then NEXT ONE TO FALL by Hilary Davidson is the book for you.
In the Lost City of the Incas in Peru, travel writer Lily Moore finds a dying woman who names her killer with her last breath. From that premise Davidson spins a tightly wound tale that will keep you guessing to the end.
Like Lily Moore, author Davidson is a travel journalist. While she shares some similarities with her fictional character, Davidson says there are also definite differences.
“Lily’s life is much more glamorous than mine,” Davidson says. “We’ve traveled to many of the same places, but while I enjoyed visiting Spain, she actually pulled up stakes and moved there. We both write travel guidebooks and magazine articles, and we both love vintage clothing. We also love old movies, but Lily is more obsessed with them than I am.”
In the novel, the evidence refutes what Lily heard from the dead woman, but she just can’t accept the official ruling of accidental death. Instead, Lily hunts down the dead woman’s wealthy traveling companion, who is linked to a series of dead and missing women. That hunt leads Lily to more exotic locations but, while the novel is indeed atmospheric, Davidson doesn’t think that’s due to just the foreign places it features.
“Much of the atmosphere has to do with the mood of the character, and finding what resonates with her,” Davidson says. “There’s a scene in THE NEXT ONE TO FALL where Lily is standing in a church overlooking the central plaza in the city of Cusco. Lily notices some very old grave markers that are set into the plaza. Loss and death are very much on her mind, so that’s what she sees. There’s so much you could write about a setting, objectively speaking, so what guides me is how the setting is affecting my characters.”
Davidson shows us a character obsessed with getting justice for the missing women, and she pursues that justice without regard for the consequences. This intense and emotional theme might surprise readers who were already familiar with Davidson from her eighteen nonfiction books. But she says that writing fiction and nonfiction are completely different experiences.
“The nonfiction books I’ve written are mostly guidebooks, which are very information-heavy, and structure and organization are key,” Davidson says. “The main challenge there was how to present that information in a way that would be entertaining. With a novel or short story, I’m obsessed with the characters and try to really get inside their heads. More than anything, I want to know what makes them do the things they do, especially when they make a bad choice. I sometimes make jokes about “method writing”, which is similar to method acting, in that you really get lost in the character’s mind. But I genuinely do get wrapped up in my characters’ lives, especially while I’m writing a first draft of a novel.”
Despite her focus on character, Davidson does admit that in her Lily Moore work, the location is extremely important.
“I wanted to choose a place that was unfamiliar to Lily, partly because it makes her more vulnerable to be in a completely foreign setting. Also, I fell in love with Peru when I visited the country. I spent three weeks there, and I saw Machu Picchu, the Inca city that the Spanish never found, as well as the Sacred Valley, the Inca capital city of Cusco, the modern capital of Lima… so many beautiful places I wanted to explore in the book.”
Like any great mystery setting, Davidson says that Peru is both very beautiful and a dangerous place: The Inca sites have huge steep staircases where people die in falls; the thin air of the Andes mountains can cause altitude sickness; and visitors may be the targets of pickpockets and worse.
The first Lily Moore book, THE DAMAGE DONE, won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and a Crimespree award, so it’s no surprise that Lily will return in a third novel next year. If you like to get in on the ground floor of a great new series, it’s not too late to make friends with Lily Moore in THE NEXT ONE TO FALL.
Hilary Davidson won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel for THE DAMAGE DONE. The book also earned a Crimespree Award and was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis and Macavity awards. Hilary’s widely acclaimed short stories have been featured in publications from Ellery Queen to Thuglit, and in many anthologies. A Toronto-born travel journalist and the author of eighteen nonfiction books, she has lived in New York City since October 2001.
To learn more about Hilary, please visit her website.


LADAKH FESTIVAL DATES
|Name of festival||2015||2016||2017||2018||2019||2020|
|Spituk Gustor1||January18-19||January 7-8||January 25-26||January 3-4||January 3-4||January 22-23|
|Stongde Gustor||July 4-5||July 22-23||July 12-13||July 1-2||July 20-21||July 8-9|
|DosmocheyLeh/Likir||February 17-18||February 6-7||February 24-25||February 13-14||February 2-3||February 21-22|
|Deskit Gustor||October10-11||October 28-29||October 17-18||October 7-8||October 26-27||October 14-15|
|Stok Guru Tseschu||February 27-28||February 16-17||March 6-7||February 24-25||February 14-15||March 3-4|
|Matho Nagrang||March 4-5||February 21-22||March 11-12||March 1-2||February 18-19||March 8-9|
|Sindhu Darshan||June 12-15||June 12-15||June 12-15||June 12-15||June 12-15||June 12-15|
|Saka Dawa||June 2||May 20||June 9||May 29||June 17||June 5|
|Hemis Tseschu||June 26-27||July 14-15||July 3-4||June 23-24||July 11-12||June 30-July 1|
|Yuru Kabgyad||June 14-15||July 1-2||June 21-22||June 11-12||June 29-30||June 18-19|
|Karsha Gustor||July 14-15||July 31 Aug 1||July 21-22||July 11-12||July 30-31||July 18-19|
|Phyang Tserup||July 14-15||July 31-Aug 1||July 21-22||July 11-12||July 30-31||July 18-19|
|Korzok gustor||July 19-20||August 5-6||July 26-27||July 15-16||August 3-4||July 23-24|
|Dakthok Tsechu||July 26-27||August 13-14||August 2-3||July 22-23||August 10-11||July 29-30|
|Sani Naro Nasjal||July 30-31||August 17-18||August 6-7||July 26-27||August 14-15||August 2-3|
|Shachukul Gustor||July 4-5||July 21-22||July 11-12||June 30- July 1||July 19-20||July 7-8|
|Thiksay Gustor||October 30-31||November 17-18||November 6-7||October 27-28||November 15-16||November 3-4|
|Chemday Angchok||November 9-10||November 27-28||November 16-17||November 5-6||November 24-25||November 13-14|
|Galdan Namchot||December 5||December 23||December 12||December 2||December 21||December 10|
|Losar||December 12||December 30||December 19||December 8||December 27||December 15|
Fair and Festival
In Ladakh every occasion marriage, birth, harvesting, commemoration of head Lamas founding of the monastery, Losar (new year) and flowering is marked by feasting, dancing and the singing of folksongs that forms a part of its living heritage. Most of the festivals are held in winter but some popular festival take place in summer too. The monastic festivals are the heart of all the festivals. They are performed by Monks wearing colorful silk garments and different facial mask.
Hemis festival is one of the most famous monastic festivals in June to commemorate birth of Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Tantric Buddhism in Tibet. The sacred dance drama of the life and mission is performed wearing facial masks and colorful brocades robes. The three-day festival takes place from 9th to 11th. Especially the monkey year festival, which comes in a cycle of 12 years. During it the four-storey thanka of Guru Padma Sambhava is hung in the courtyard and other precious thankas are also exhibited.
Thiksey, Karsha and Spituk Gustor:
Gustors take place at Thiksey, Spituk and Karsha in different months of the year. The festival takes place for two days. The celebration is to mark the victory over evils. The mask worn by the dancers represent the Guardians, Protectors and the Gods and Goddesses. The festival ends with the symbolic assassination of evils and burning of the effigy of evils.
Dosmochey is celebrated in Leh (Leh Palace), Liker (Lower Ladakh) and Deskit (Nubra valley) monasteries in February. The most famous among all is Leh Dosmochey, which is celebrated for two days in the courtyards of the Leh palace. The monks from different monasteries perform the Chams every year turn by turn. The festival takes place in the end and starting of the Tibetan New Year. The monks of Takthok monastery prepares the offering with Thread crosses which binds all the evil, hungry ghosts and guard against natural disaster in the coming year. On the second day of the festival, the offerings are taken out of the town in a procession and burn it while people whistle to chase away the evil spirits.
Matho Nagrang is celebrated on the 15th day of the 1st month of Tibetan calander, at Matho monastery, the only monastery of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism. During these two days of festival mask dances are performed by monks of the monastery wearing colorful silk brocaded robes and mask in different forms of God and Goddesses. The festival is famous because of appearance of the two oracles during the festival after full month meditation in complete isolation. The two oracles appear in the courtyard accompanying mask dancers and predict future events and people from far and away come to seek advice to perform ritual to tackle with.
The Department of Tourism sponsor a 7 days Ladakh Festival every year for promotion of Tourism.
The main aim of organizing this festival in the month of September is to extend the lean tourist season in the region and also to represent and prorogate the rich cultural heritage of the area. The grand success of the festival and the tremendous response from both foreign and home tourists is due to the rich cultural heritage and variety of other attractive programmes like traditional Polo match and Village archery. The famous mask dance in the monasteries including exhibitions of invaluable Thankas and other Ritual Instruments of the monasteries. The tourists have the opportunities to see the entire traditional cultural programme of the region like Traditional Folk dance and songs of different parts of Ladakh. The grand achievements of the Ladakh Festival are noticeable of the significant increase in the arrivals of tourists during the lean tourist season of the year.
Sindhu Darshan Festival has in-fact became a movement signifying National Integration and unity
among diversity. Sindhu Darshan festival is held on 12th , 13th, and 14th, of June every year


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Don't worry... no one's pirating your music.
No, no, you've got it wrong! Everyone is pirating it and listening to it once, thereby deleting it immediately and knowing to never purchase it!
The funniest part is when they call McKagen a "musician."
That's a bit harsh, even for a Bassist.
Another tattooed millionaire musician spouting off and the MSM listening because he's a "celebrity".
Now go back to snorting blow off the supermodel in your limo.
Sweet, some dude I've never heard of from some band I've never listened to says something I don't care about. I think I'll store these fucks to give away when something that matters happens.
If you have ever listened to, or hear, Guns N' Roses, then actually you are wrong.
**But also, I too, do not give a fuck what he says.
I have not heard them though the name is kind of familiar. Maybe in the background of a movie or something but no I've never actively listened to them.
Really?! Where are you from?
In either case, Duff McKagen is an idiot.
Texas, I'm also not really into music (I know I stand alone, I just don't give a shit). I listen to reggae/reggae fusion and not really anything else.
Hmmm, I see. Just go ahead and take a listen to Appetite for Destruction by them... You may or may not approve. It's worth a shot.
Eh, I can pretend that I will but I'm not gonna lie, odds are I will never do that.
hahahahahah. I appreciate your honesty.
get off my lawn!
Damn kids with their newfangled tape recorders, pirating my music !
confounded minstrels, usurping mine melodies across the land with demonic lutes!
Excuse me, but where were you all when piracy started to decimate the music industry?
Yes, it looks decimated to me. Just building after building of rubble, smoke and fires raging. Like Hiroshima Part II.
Fuck you, your music and your lying hyperbole. I work in the industry and every one of these folks lies through their collective teeth at every chance they get. Tell the truth and maybe people will be willing to help.
Well...Duff McKagen can go fuck himself while I illegally download and listen to every fucking song from Appetite for Destruction...
Duff mckagen is a has been and self proclaimed financial imbecile before he went to community college in his 30s. He started his own investment firm to "help" musicians with their finances. Its funny to see him say quit whining, when he made his millions in the heart of MTV and RIAAs fantasy world. I say for someone who is so intrigued by financed and imbibed in the music culture, he should be leading the pack in helping create a digital delivery system that is easier to use and completes with piracy in convenience and ease instead of clinging onto what little money hes got left. Oh yea, and maybe say thanks to Axel and Slash.
That's okay, Velvet Revolver is a turd band whose music I'd never pay for anyway.
Remember when they released their first album and it had DRM which forced you to rip the audio in wma and only to 128kbps?
"Internet piracy has claimed half of the recorded music business, and made the prospect of making a living as a musician harder for artists of all rank and file. Why didn't Google, or Facebook, or Wikipedia ever stand in solidarity with musicians, actors, and writers - most of whom have never known fame and fortune - as their works were stolen with no recourse on their sites?"
Musicians who have never known fame and fortune aren't hurt by piracy. Money grubbing cunts like Duff who are long overdue on their 15 minutes are hurt by it.
I'd say his 15 minutes has come and gone. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "never known fame and fortune". He was the bass player in one of the most popular hard rock bands of the 80s and 90s.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "never known fame and fortune". He was the bass player in one of the most popular hard rock bands of the 80s and 90s.
What are you talking about? Maybe read my comment again?
Maybe I misunderstood
long overdue on their 15 minutes
because it sounded like he was due to receive his 15 minutes after all this time. Now I'm seeing you maybe meant that he's long overdue for this 15 minutes to be up.
That is indeed what I meant. Re-reading it I see that I probably could have been clearer as to my meaning.
that guy did way too much cocaine in the 80's to be taken seriously in the 10's.
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In August 1963 Abbot Hall Art Gallery presented the exhibition 20th Century Scottish Painting. It was conceived and organised by Helen Kapp, the gallery’s inaugural director, who wished to stage “a good exhibition of modern Scottish painting [long] overdue in England”. The practicalities of organising such an exhibition were aided by the gallery’s proximity to the Scottish boarder and the relationships forged with artists whose work the gallery had already acquired.
Kapp’s intention was to show works that were representative of contemporary Scottish art. However, following a research trip to Scotland in the autumn of 1962, she was quick to identify that the exhibition should be rooted in the work of the four Colourists; the immediate forerunners of modern painting in Scotland. Kapp was astute in her observation that by not including them “it would be difficult to grasp the particular qualities of mid‐20th century Scottish painting”. With the support of the Arts Council, selected paintings were borrowed from regional galleries including Manchester Art Gallery, Kirkcaldy Art Gallery, and Aberdeen Art Gallery, as well as from private collections.
Paintings by Scottish artists already well known in England – Anne Redpath, William George Gillies, William MacTaggart and John Maxwell – formed the next segment of the show, despite the obvious hiatus between the work of Colourists and member of The Edinburgh School. The exhibition culminated with a display of work by younger artists, those whose work Knapp considered to show “excellence, vitality and variety”: Robin Philipson, Earl Haig, Joan Eardley, James Cumming, David McClure, William Littlejohn, John Houston, Alistair Park, Mardi Barrie, Elizabeth Blackadder, Ian McCulloch, Ian McKenzie Smith, and John Knox. This dazzling assemblage of Scottish art ‐ nudes, landscapes and still lives – ensured that the exhibition was a triumph.
Of the 76 works Knapp had selected for display, 34 paintings were for sale. Despite the availability of five paintings by Fergusson, Abbot Hall acquired Redpath’s The Fruit Stand (in 1964), whilst Elizabeth Blackadder’s Northumbrian Landscape with Hadrian's Wall was purchased from the artist by private collectors (it was later donated to the gallery in 2013).
Following the exhibition’s success, Abbot Hall began to collect work by modern Scottish artists in earnest. Since opening in 1962, the gallery had acquired works by Joan Eardley, Elizabeth Blackadder, Ian McKenzie Smith, Anne Redpath and Alistair Park, all of which featured in the 1963 exhibition. Between 1964 and 1992 several key acquisitions were made of additional works by Eardley, Redpath and Blackadder, spearheaded by Knapp and her successor Mary Birkett. Notable additions to the collection included paintings by William MacTaggart and Blackadder’s husband John Houston. In some cases, the works were acquired directly from artists who had exhibited in 1963, others from through Edinburgh’s premier art dealer Aitken, Dott & Son. In 1978 Abbot Hall secured its own Colourist painting, S J Peploe’s Still Life with Tulips and Oranges from 1925, purchased with the assistance of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of Abbot Hall. Peploe’s painting has since become a seminal work within the collection and one of the most popular.
The current exhibition – Colour and Light: The Art and Influence of the Scottish Colourists – Highlights from the Fleming Collection ‐ is in part a continuation of Helen Kapp’s efforts in 1963. It therefore seems fitting that, as the gallery approaches prepares to closure for major capital development, we should be revisiting work by such influential Scottish artists, which form the backbone of our collection of modern art.
Colour and Light: The Art and Influence of the Scottish Colourists – Highlights from the Fleming Collection is on at Abbot Hall Art Gallery until 1st february 2020. Please click here for more details.