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Help create the impossible sky

September 17, 2004 By Uncategorized

I received an email from Galen Scorer today through his sister Tiffany, a friend of mine. Galen is putting together a project in Toronto that the blogosphere should know about:

Hello my name is Galen Scorer and starting in October I will be launching a work in the DeLeon White Gallery in Toronto Canada as a part of the McLuhan Festival. I am looking for people from around the world to participate in this work. What I am requiring are people who have access to a web cam to donate some camera/network time for the first three weeks of October. The project description is as follows:

An indeterminate number of cameras point towards the sky. The collective presence of all these images are joined together into an additive composite. While it isn’t possible to distinguish individual characteristics from each location the composite becomes a hybrid of all sky� the impossible sky.

If you want to help him build the impossible sky – what an invitation! – learn more at
the project website. Or email him at impossiblesky@galen.ca.

Know it and then forget it

September 16, 2004 By Uncategorized

I always say this when he finds a quote that resonates with me.

Good old whiskey river:

Read carefully, then don’t read; work hard, then forget about it; know your tradition, then liberate yourself from it; learn language, then free yourself from it. Finally, know at least one form of magic.
– Gary Snyder

WR has been on a bit of a “quotes about writing” tear at the moment. It’s worth perusing his recent entries if that sort of thing interests you.

whiskey river

September 16, 2004 By Uncategorized

I always say this when he finds a quote that resonates with me.

Good old whiskey river:

Read carefully, then don’t read; work hard, then forget about it; know your tradition, then liberate yourself from it; learn language, then free yourself from it. Finally, know at least one form of magic.
– Gary Snyder

WR has been on a bit of a “quotes about writing” tear at the moment. It’s worth perusing his recent entries if that sort of thing interests you.

Beware Io Dust: the cutest moon in the solar system

September 14, 2004 By Uncategorized

There is something in this story that endears me to Io, Jupiter’s spitting moon. I think it’s in the tagline: “Beware: Io Dust. Jupiter’s moon Io is shooting tiny volcanic bullets at passing spacecraft.”

Apparently Io’s volcanos are erupting all the time, shooting streams of dust into the solar system. These streams get picked up by Jupiter’s gravity and accelerate to around 300km/s which is pretty durn fast.

If you happen to be a spaceship passing by, you get pelted by high speed smoke.

It’s an elegant defense for our solar system’s gas giant, even if its not terribly effective.

Tribal Journeys photos

September 13, 2004 By Uncategorized

The Tyee ran a short photo essay from the Tribal Journeys 2004 event this year. This is an annual celebration of the canoe culture of west coast First Nations.   Photographer Elaine Briere captured some of the spirit of the gathering:

They come from places with names like Snoqualmie, Songees, Muckelshoot, Squaxim, Suquamish, Clayquot, Kyouquot, Hesquiaht, Ohiaht, Nit Nat, and Tsawout. Some of the big canoes have crossed the dangerous waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to get here. They circle the bay before lining up on the shore for the greeting ceremonies. As drumming and chants fill the air, older women sing the greeting song with their hands uplifted, palms forward, in the graceful welcoming gesture of the coastal tribes. I feel tears welling up in my eyes. The beauty of the ceremony strikes a chord of strong emotion in my white heart. I gather my wits and continue photographing.

Check the photo gallery on that page.