Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek ἀμέθυστος amethystos from ἀ- a-, “not” and μεθύσκω methysko / μεθύω methyo, “intoxicate”, a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. The ancient Greeks wore amethyst and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief that… Continue reading Flat Against The Stones
Category: Archaeology
Long Shadows
In the north the sun casts long, very long shadows…
This Is Not Where We Live
That line used to be drawn somewhere in the Old city in the fair city of Stockholm – the so-called Venice of the North. Me and my lost army are located on the other side to the South… That would be: Sudermania (in Latin) or Södermanland that is where we dwell. You can trust me… Continue reading This Is Not Where We Live
D’où Je Viens Or My Creed
The things you need to be learned*: Tape down all the cables – you need to do it with duct tape and don’t try to be ‘economic’ about applying it – someone will trip or spill, guaranteed. If the connection breaks or is disrupted in any way there will be an abomination, it equals silence.… Continue reading D’où Je Viens Or My Creed
De-construction II
It just had to be added… Elektroindustrija television. Yes, yet again it is nothing but the Brutalist concrete of old Yugoslavia that inspires a new (and old) generation. © BBC News Please see: A Thing Of Beauty VIII.
Paris
Obélisque de Louxor. The Place de la Concorde (French pronunciation: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]) is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 hectares (19 acres) in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city’s eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.… Continue reading Paris
Who’s Afraid Of…?
As I recall it – Eraserhead was/is really frightening, and especially so the soundtrack that goes wit it. Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. Let’s not forget: – The Elephant Man (1980) – Dune (1984) – Blue Velvet (1986) –… Continue reading Who’s Afraid Of…?
A Thing Of Beauty IV
My lastest sourced laptop from the scrapheap. I grinned the surface down by hand, to bear-metal and as I suspected/hoped – I found raw aluminum (Al 13). The top-coat of some sort of plastic was hiding the share beauty of undiluted and pure metal. I used two different grains of paper P80 and P120. I… Continue reading A Thing Of Beauty IV
Memory
The one remaining card is this one (in any event it is the one that I could and did find…) of my old Memory card game.
Memento
An immense part of my childhood and memories. Yet, contemporary in an unsettling way. And it is located far, far away in any meaningful sense of the words.