coated arms

Shell shell against my ear what can I hear you whisper

2012-02-23T12:18:00.003-08:00

Optic topic (Iridescence) : Abalone Shells

Rainbows to Iridescence

2012-02-22T12:01:00.009-08:00

During the year of colour so many questions of visual colour perceptions of objects arose.
I avoided discussing the perception of colour as it has quite an ambiguous nature.

I slightly breached the topic for one post with the questionable colour of magenta, whether it should have been in the pink or purple month. I put in pink.

Not only the 'hard to categorize colours', raised questions of perceptions.
Objects made from transparent materials such as glass and plastic also were very hard to define.
It remained for me somehow unanswered and that it could not be completely defined in colour terms.

I wont fail to mention the great mystical question that also arose, what colour is the wind? And that was and is completely not definable in colour terms but is however definable within other physical properties.

And thats where I began to discover optical phenomenons, physical properties and our perceptions of them.

THE EYE ( a basic description)

When you look at an object, wavelengths of light from the object passes through the cornea, then the lens, and hits the retina at the back of the eye.

The lens of the eye acts like the lens in a camera. It focuses much of the light coming through the eye on to the macula. The macula is the part of the retina that is the most densely packed with seeing cells.

Nerve messages pass from the seeing cells (rods and cones) in the retina down nerve fibres in the optic nerve to the brain.

The messages are interpreted by the part of the brain called the occipital lobes, it is the primary visual cortex which enables us to see.

It is also the part of the brain where dreams come from.

So begins 2012 the year of the eye, topics in optics....

Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light.

This all may be sounding quite scientific, but it resides more in a quote from Edgar Allan Poe....
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream"

We begin with iridescence...

Iridescence: an optical phenomenon displaying a spectrum of colours that change due to interference and scattering as the observer's angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. It is defined under the umbrella of structural colors, colors caused by interference effects rather than by pigments.

It has a pearly, metallic quality.

Iridescent is derived in part from the greek work iris, a sweet-smelling flower and the symbol of the mythological character Iridos, the messenger of the ancient Greek gods. Iridos was the goddess of the rainbow, winging a message across the sky.

Optic topic (Iridescence): Oil and water on street pavement.

Kandinsky is upstairs and he is making violent noises

2012-02-13T08:16:00.000-08:00

Rainbow event and Villa Villekulla birthday party. 10 Feb 2012. RA Kitchen Antwerp

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2012-02-01T03:13:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: The event

Happy New Year!

2012-01-23T08:58:00.000-08:00

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Systems is a good word

2012-01-23T08:13:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Colour Spectrum Theories.
Wonderful diagrams on such theories are to be found here.

Chloe.

2012-01-23T07:45:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Water colours and crayons with my niece Chloe and her ever inspiring "smashing" technique.

The magical mystery boat tour of pointillism

2012-01-22T15:32:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Paul Signac

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Foam Delights

2012-01-22T15:04:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Foam Neckpieces by Elise Gettliffe

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Someone somewhere sometime summer

2012-01-21T22:31:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Sprayed. Katharina Grosse

Oh yeah Iceland you always make my heart sing!

2012-01-21T22:19:00.000-08:00

Raibow: Brennisteinsalda, Icelandic volcano photo by Marcel Musil

2012-01-20T21:17:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: More movements

2012-01-20T20:48:00.000-08:00

http://www.arapeterson.com/

Rainbows: Movements with Ara Peterson

My butterflies

2012-01-17T17:30:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Butterflies by Mark Grotjahn and many fantastic colours from rainboy and tea tone red.

Paper chain people form a queue

2012-01-16T21:04:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Line party
Image 1 and 2 found. Image 3 Maurizio Anzeri

Did you ever notice a rainbow is an upside down smile?

2012-01-14T16:33:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Ugo Rondinone and Mort Garson showing the sad side of rainbows

Earth, Air, Fire, and Water

2012-01-13T17:18:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Elements

Amoeba

2012-01-12T16:59:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Bubbles

Where can I get myself some twisties?

2012-01-11T16:59:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Tall painting by Holton Rower

Multicoloured body that shapes the land

2012-01-10T16:25:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Scene from Walkabout by Nicolas Roeg 1971.
A beautiful film! In this scene the dreamtime story of the rainbow serpent is explained. The rainbow serpent is a mythical character which explains how colour spectrum occurs when light hits the earth at a certain angle.

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Cause you know I love you

2012-01-08T21:33:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: My favourite the agate

The kids are alright

2012-01-08T21:23:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Preschool Ice Sculptures

2012-01-08T21:05:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Moving Lights

Fire in the sky

2012-01-07T18:11:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Fire Rainbows

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We all know it and we all love it

2012-01-06T04:43:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Double "lets buy at tshirt" Rainbow

Fly with me

2012-01-04T18:14:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: "My girls and my rainbow bird" original drawings by Mariel Manuel for Coated Arms.
http://www.marielmanuel.com/

Mandalas

2012-01-04T07:43:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: String Art
http://www.stringart.com/Mandalas/index.html

Lets plant these in our garden

2012-01-03T07:30:00.000-08:00

Rainbow: Eucalyptus

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Too many quotes to choose from....

2012-01-02T20:51:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: "No flab on this arm" sponging work out

Hairstylistics

2012-01-02T04:48:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Hair

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The rainbow maker

2012-01-02T04:25:00.000-08:00

Rainbows: Akayism
http://www.akayism.org/

Under the surface is where the real stuff lays

2012-01-01T01:12:00.000-08:00

Black to Rainbows.

2011-12-30T19:51:00.000-08:00

Black: Endings

2011-12-29T17:39:00.001-08:00

Nirvana - 05 - Love Buzz

Black: Karoke Singing Queen of Heart.

Up in the air

2011-12-27T17:33:00.000-08:00

Black: In the air found images

Its that time again

2011-12-25T00:39:00.000-08:00

Black: Noir de Noir chocolates

Black hole sun

2011-12-22T21:08:00.000-08:00

Black: Jan Cornell and Tina Thayil

Ludo

2011-12-20T19:54:00.000-08:00

Black: Dancing Figures 4(Ludo Mich) : Fur Dich Verlag

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I noticed you werent at dancing class

2011-12-19T08:15:00.000-08:00

Black: Tap Dancing Shoes

Smile for your shapes

2011-12-17T16:20:00.000-08:00

Black: Body Paint. Found image.

Dreaming..

2011-12-17T09:49:00.000-08:00

Black: Dreams by Lea Dickely

These men

2011-12-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

Black: Johnny Cash explaining why he wears black

Outline the eye

2011-12-13T01:48:00.000-08:00

Black: Makeup

Haunted Air

2011-12-12T12:24:00.000-08:00

Black: Vintage Halloween Costumes

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Self portrait

2011-12-12T11:58:00.000-08:00

Black: A black ghost by Johan Coppens

They walk amongst us

2011-12-10T07:55:00.000-08:00

Black: Holes

I see a black silhouetto of a man

2011-12-08T04:00:00.000-08:00

Black: El Topo 1971 by Alejandro Jodorowsky

Graphite Delight

2011-12-08T03:38:00.000-08:00

Black: Hanging Trees by Brooks Shane Salzwedel
http://brookssalzwedel.com/index.php?/selectedworks/bridge-built/

la,la,la, dance me to the end of love

2011-12-07T05:23:00.000-08:00

Black: Migrating Starlings flock

Macrame magic

2011-12-07T04:10:00.000-08:00

Black: Amanda Ross ho wall hangings

90s Chu-chu-chalayan

2011-12-05T10:28:00.000-08:00

Black: Conehead collection by Hussein Chalayan

2011-12-05T10:22:00.000-08:00

Black: Beauty in the form of a horse

Black is Back

2011-12-04T08:36:00.000-08:00

Black: Black ink stains

Sweet Joke delight ( you say gray i say grey)

2011-11-30T10:36:00.000-08:00

Grey: Gray hair and animals. Images by Joke Leonare for a new booklet coming soon.
http://www.jokeleonare.be/

Velvet moonshine

2011-11-28T13:42:00.000-08:00

Grey: Grey-Blue Oyster mushroom

Having three pronged teeth has to get you somewhere in life

2011-11-28T13:37:00.000-08:00

Grey: Prehistoric Frill Shark

Mysterious Lake Creatures

2011-11-25T03:51:00.000-08:00

Grey: Case Study Loch Ness (Some possibilities and problems) 2001-2011 by Gerard Byrne
"Keep rolling, Keep rolling'

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Hey

2011-11-23T16:23:00.000-08:00

Grey: Painting by Enn Erisalu

I am a rock, I am an island

2011-11-23T16:21:00.000-08:00

Grey: Rocks

In someway the pieces will all kind of fit together

2011-11-21T02:07:00.000-08:00

Grey: Shaded geometrics by Martina Merlini

Layers

2011-11-20T11:32:00.000-08:00

Grey: Pregnant Dog Xray

Do you need a doctor?

2011-11-20T11:21:00.000-08:00

Grey: Painting by Alexander Tinei

For the times of rain

2011-11-18T02:13:00.000-08:00

Grey: Mino Straw Raincape

Leaves of Grass

2011-11-18T02:11:00.000-08:00

Grey: Stills from Japanese Anime 1947 Suteneko Tora-Chan (Abandoned Cat Little Tora)

Yogi Tea Moments in Silver

2011-11-15T15:31:00.000-08:00

Grey: Silver words of wisdom from Bjorg Jewellery http://www.bjorgshop.com/

So beautiful!

2011-11-13T15:39:00.000-08:00

Grey: Africa Grey Parrot

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Make it up as we go along

2011-11-13T04:06:00.000-08:00

Grey: Clothes from Talking Heads Stop Making Sense

The dearly departed

2011-11-08T01:19:00.000-08:00

Grey: Virtual Divorce by Kazuya Akimoto

you aint running away with it

2011-11-07T04:07:00.000-08:00

Grey: Found .gif on internet.

She lives on that marble rock

2011-11-05T10:18:00.000-07:00

Grey: Photo by Anders Holmquist and moon in shadow

S-T-A-U-N-C-H

2011-11-05T08:42:00.000-07:00

Grey: Grey Gardens 1975

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Grey times.

2011-11-02T10:16:00.000-07:00

From Green to Grey.

Happy Halloween from Green Point NY

2011-10-31T13:49:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Trick or Treats with Ghost Rider & Pumpkin

String Gardens

2011-10-31T13:41:00.000-07:00

The Greenery : Fedor Van Der Valk http://www.stringgardens.com/

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Eating green is a vegetarians dream

2011-10-30T13:10:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Eating green plants all day

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Glass garden

2011-10-30T13:05:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: In a glass bottle

Man Made?

2011-10-29T05:03:00.000-07:00

The Greenery : Shaping Crops aka Crop Circles

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The mushroom

2011-10-28T14:53:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Jojo's tree paparazzi

Leaf Geometrics

2011-10-28T01:33:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Plant Patterns

Edwards been here.

2011-10-28T01:31:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Shaping the Plants from Eva's Holidays pics.

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From my favourite Houseplant book.

2011-10-28T01:28:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Indoor Potplants.

2011-10-28T01:23:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Lady of the Plants

Myths have to be worn.

2011-10-26T15:04:00.000-07:00

The Greenery : Michele Matyns world

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New spaces new places new phases new faces

2011-10-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Alushia's inspiring image

When I was 12 I was thought I was going to marry you

2011-10-22T06:42:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: The palm tree expert.

What we require is silence; but what silence requires is that I go on talking.

2011-10-22T02:45:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Ikebana (rikka)

Ikebana, is not simply about arranging flowers in a vase, it is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together. It has a strong spiritual practice which is often conducted in silence.

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Hide in a safe place

2011-10-17T13:50:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: The Day Dream by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1880 and Photograph by Mark Borthwick 1999/2000

"Wild timmy jungle scenes"

2011-10-14T08:51:00.000-07:00

Timonthy Treadwell: Both cameras rolling both cameras rolling both cameras rolling

Sexy green bandana,
Ah last take of the evening,
I am on my way to the front creek I need to get water and there is a super duper low tide
Full moon tonight
And action

Werner Herzog: In his action movie mode
Treadwell probably did not realize that seemingly empty moments had a strange secret beauty,
sometimes images themselves,
developed their own life,
their own mysterious stardom.

Timonthy Treadwell: Starsky and Hutch over

Werner Herzog: Beyond his posings, the camera was his omnipresent companion.
It was his instrument to explore the wilderness around him
but increasingly it became something more.
He started to scrutinize his inner most being,
his demons,
his exhilarations.

Facing the lens of the camera took, on the quality of a confessional.

Covering various years these following samples illustrate this search for himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbvyntJh-g&feature=related

The Greenery: Wilderness scene from the documentary Grizzly Man 2005 by Werner Herzog.

Some friends have spikes.

2011-10-14T07:49:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Cacti
Found images and illustrations taken from Cactus Atlas Illustations by Jirina Kaplicka

They can hear you.

2011-10-11T11:44:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Houseplants
http://www.miniaturegarden.org/index.php?/project/houseplant-posters/

When humans no longer inhabit this earth the plants will do as they do.

2011-10-09T05:07:00.000-07:00

The greenery: James D. Griffioen Detriot Feral Houses
http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/prairies/feral-houses/

The botanical artist

2011-10-08T02:28:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: The wonderful world of Azuma Makoto http://www.azumamakoto.com/top.html

When I die wrap me in banana leaves like sticky rice

2011-10-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Banana Leaves

Dear plant, Break the window! And continue growing taller...

2011-10-04T12:44:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Unstoppable plant growth at the Old and Unused Boys Youth Hostel, Antwerp.

Today Andrea came to stay and he gave me this beautiful book

2011-10-03T13:08:00.000-07:00

The Greenery: Linocuts of leafy greens by Patricia Curtan for the menus of Chez Panisse.

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Welcome to the greenery.

2011-10-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

The greenery

Never a frown its sweet brown

2011-09-30T12:34:00.000-07:00

Shades of Brown: Sweet Breakfast

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Coffee Art

2011-09-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

Shades of Brown (coffee)

Brownstone Brooklyn

2011-09-30T12:09:00.000-07:00

Shades of Brown : T.J. Brownstone from the BK reporting from Macon Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)

A Repost: There are impossible scribblings in nature, written neither by men nor by devils

2011-09-29T13:59:00.000-07:00

Shades of Brown (all) : Photographs from The Writing of Stones by Roger Caillois (1970)

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