The water above, the sun caught in the art of the vines, the desert of the earth…. … this is ancient stuff. We can dress it up with triple-blind, peer-reviewed studies of water, air […]
The Best Art Gallery
The Art That Insects Make
In the summer, light strikes the leaves of the dogwoods unevenly, as they flit about in their environment of light and shadow filtering through other leaves that move and shift with sun […]
Okanagan Goes to the Okanogan
On the road again. Going off the grid. ~ See you soon. (This is the second lull in Okanagan Okanogan posts since September 2011. You deserve it!)
Where is the Government?
The government is the people’s voice. Sometimes it appears that the government is hiding. Sometimes, one is surprised just where it’s got to. Here is the art that Vernon’s Gallery Vertigo put […]
That Old Christmas Moon
Long before the world tree holding the stars … Straw Star from Dresden … as well as the planets … Blown Glass Ball from the Ruhr Valley …on its branches, there […]
Evolution: A Human Social Mirror
Bullock’s Oriole, blending in… This fellow divides his time between South America and this dry northern tip of his species’ range. California Quail (introduced species, so humans would have something to hunt), […]
Art and Life
Art doesn’t belong to humans, but human art has consequences. Here is an art form made by sun and water… Rainbow Over Vernon Object or process? Why must one choose? It’s like […]
Cities: The New Frontier
Let’s say you happen to glance off to the side of your city’s main street, right downtown, and see an amazing sculpture that not only looks dashing, but incorporates at least 500 […]
Finding the Earth through Industrial Engineering
Here’s where a couple of ideas come together: creative economy and steam punk. By creative economy, I mean this: Sculpture Installation, Gibraltar Mine Cultures vary, but creative use remains constant. In Iceland, […]
The Social Life of Steam Punk
Last week, I proposed that the Okanagan city of Vernon was the steampunk capital of the world. I suggested that it is a giant art installation, in fact. When walked through as […]
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