solitary dog sculptor

viernes, 6 de julio de 2012

Photos - Fotos: John Kenny - Part 3 - Kaokoland - The Himba - Africa - Portraits - Links

Kaokoland - The Himba
Portraits / October 2009

The Himba socieities living in Namibia's arid, rugged Kaokoland region are visually unique. Himba women combine ochre and buttermilk to incredible effect: the skin glows with a metallic red sheen that sits over an earthy brown base.

What results is a colour and effect rarely ever seen elsewhere, perhaps with the exception of small parts of Hamer women (i.e. the neck and hair) living in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. The combination of colour and reflectivity of light on female Himba skin is an incredibly powerful vision, and my aim was to capture some of the these effects through this series.

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Photos - Fotos: John Kenny - Part 3 - Kaokoland - The Himba - Africa - Portraits - Links

Links:

Photos - Fotos: John Kenny - Part 1 - Ethiopia - Omo Black and White - Links

Photos - Fotos: John Kenny - Part 1 - Ethiopia - EastWest and Omo - Links

Photos - Fotos: John Kenny - Part 2 - Ethiopia - EastWest and Omo - Links

Photos - Fotos: John Kenny - Part 3 - Ethiopia - Africa - Portraits - Links

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NASA: US - Disappearing Island Restored - Comparative photos 1997-2011

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Not so long ago, many islands rose above the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay. These small islands offered a predator-free haven for nesting water birds and turtles, while the larger islands supported fishing communities along with wildlife. But now, the muddy, marshy islands are eroding under the combined forces of geology and climate change. The very crust under the Chesapeake Bay is sinking, while sea levels are rising. Made of clay and silt, the islands erode quickly, and many have disappeared altogether.
Poplar Island ranks among those that would have been gone a decade ago if not for a massive restoration project. In the 1800s, the island had an area just over 1,000 acres and held a small town of about 100 people. By the 1990s, the island was nearly gone, containing a mere 10 acres of land. In the left image, taken by the Landsat 5 satellite on June 28, 1997, Poplar Island had been reduced to a tiny green dot surrounded by clouds of silt-laden water.
In 1998, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers began to restore Poplar Island. The project serves two purposes: it restores lost habitat to birds and turtles, and it provides a use for material dredged from Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay shipping lanes. The method of restoration is visible in the center image, taken on June 21, 2006. Engineers built dikes around sections of the island and have been gradually filling in the center with dredged silt. By 2006, the island had regained the shape it held in the 1800s.
As each cell is filled with new soil, the Army Corp of Engineers plants vegetation. The right image, taken on July 5, 2011, shows that much of the island has been re-vegetated. Poplar Island now has an area of 1,140 acres and may continue to expand by another 500 acres before the restoration is completed in 2027. Upon completion, Poplar Island will be half wetlands and half uplands covered by forest. The restoration project is expected to cost $667 million, says the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
Islands and shorelines in the Mid-Atlantic may become increasingly vulnerable to erosion. Sea levels are rising as the ocean warms and expands—and as glaciers and ice sheets melt—but the rise isn't uniform around the planet. Currents, salinity, and topography create areas where sea levels are increasing more quickly, and recent research found that the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast is one of the areas of accelerated sea-level rise. The rate of increase in the densely populated Mid-Atlantic is three to four times greater than average global sea-level rise. The increased sea level will make coastal regions and islands more prone to flooding and erosion.
A short animation of the Poplar Island restoration is available from the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio.

References
Burton, K. (n.d.) The island that almost vanished is slowly reappearing. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay Field Office. Accessed June 29, 2012.
Erwin, M., Brinker, D.F., Watts, B.D., Costanzo, G.R., and Morton, D.D. (2010, September 1). Islands at bay: rising seas, eroding islands, and waterbird habitat loss in Chesapeake Bay (USA). Journal of Coastal Conservation.
Kaplan, M.D.G. (2012, June 22). Escapes: Rebuilding Maryland’s wild islands. The Washington Post Accessed June 29, 2012.
Sallenger Jr., A.H., Doran, K.S., and Howd, P.A. (2012, June 24). Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic coast of North America. Nature Climate Change.
US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District. (2011, March 9). Poplar Island Paul S. Sarbanes Environmental Restoration Site. Accessed June 29, 2012.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Instrument:: Landsat 5 - TM

NASA: US - Disappearing Island Restored - Comparative photos 1997-2011

jueves, 5 de julio de 2012

Music: Eivind Aarset - Entrance U-Bahn - Porcupine Night Walk - Electronique noire

Eivind Aarset - Entrance U-Bahn

Porcupine Night Walk

Music: Eivind Aarset - Entrance U-Bahn - Porcupine Night Walk - Electronique noire

miércoles, 4 de julio de 2012

Music: Bernadette Peters - Raining in My Heart - Time Heals Everything - Not A Day Goes By - Unexpected Song - 4 Vids with the Lyrics

Bernadette Peters - Raining in My Heart

babay Pitter, patter what's the matter with me?
Pitter, patter rain is all that I see.
Where is my raincoat?
It's here somewhere.
Why wear a raincoat
The weather's fair.
But ever since I saw him depart
It's been raining, raining in my heart.

Where are my rubbers to ford the storm?
What good are rubbers outside its warm.
But ever since heaven fell apart
It's been raining, raining in my heart.
Once I saw a cottage on sunshine lane a fairy palace in disguise.
I don't see it now it must be rain that’s getting in my eyes.
Where’s my umbrella and where’s my guy.
I need my fella to keep me dry.
It won't help if the sunshine should start
‘cause it's raining in my heart.

Time Heals Everything

[Mabel]
Time heals everything
Tuesday
Thursday
Time heals everything
April
August
If I'm patient the break will mend
And one fine morning the hurt will end
So make the moments fly
Autumn
Winter
I'll forget you by
Next year
Some year
Tho' it's hell that I'm going through
Some Tuesday
Thursday
April
August
Autumn
Winter
Next year
Some year
Time heals everything
Time heals everything
But loving you.

So make the moments fly
Autumn
Winter
I'll forget you by
Next year
Some year
Though it's hell that I'm going through
Some Tuesday
Thursday
April August
Autumn winter
Next year
Some year
Time heals everything
Time heals everything
But loving you!

Not A Day Goes By

Not A Day Goes By lyrics
Stephen Sondheim

Not a day goes by
Not a single day
But you’re somewhere a part of my life
And it looks like you’ll stay
As the days go by
I keep thinking when does it end
Where’s the day I’ll have started forgetting
But I just go on thinking and sweating

And cursing and crying
And turning and reaching
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/carly-simon-lyrics/not-a-day-goes-by-lyrics.html ]
And waking and dying
And no, not a day goes by
Not a blessed day
But you’re still somehow part of my life
And you won't go away
So there’s hell to pay
And until I die
I’ll die day after day after day
After day
After day after day after day
Til the days go by
Til the days go by
Til the days go by

Unexpected Song

Lyrics to Unexpected Song
Andrew Lloyd Webber

have never felt like this
For once I'm lost for words
Your smiles has really thrown me.
This is not like me at all
I never thought I'd know
The kind of love you've shown me.

Now, no matter where I am
No matter what I do
I see your face appearing
Like an unexpected song
An unexpected song
That only we are hearing

I don't know what's going on
Can't work it out at all
Whatever made you choose me?
I just can't believe my eyes
You look at me as though
You couldn't bare to lose me.

Now, no matter where I am
No matter what I do
I see your face appearing
Like an unexpected song
An unexpected song
That only we are hearing

I have never felt like this
For once I'm lost for words
Your smiles has really thrown me.
This is not like me at all
I never thought I'd know
The kind of love you've shown me.

Now no matter where I am
No matter what I do
I see your face appearing
Like an unexpected song
An unexpected song
That only we are hearing
Like an unexpected song
An unexpected song
That only we are hearing

Music: Bernadette Peters - Raining in My Heart - Time Heals Everything - Not A Day Goes By - Unexpected Song - 4 Vids with the Lyrics

NASA: Spain - Fires in Eastern - Valencia - 04.07.12

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Wildfires burned around Valencia in eastern Spain in late June 2012. As water-bombing aircraft flew overhead, about 3,000 residents were forced to evacuate their homes, news reports said. The fires followed one of the driest winters in decades, and raged amid temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), low humidity, and high winds.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on June 30, 2012. Red outlines approximate the locations of active fires.
The fires burned in rugged, wooded terrain west of Valencia, Agence France-Presse reported, and smoke reached the city on June 30. As this image shows, both fires sent thick smoke toward the northeast, and smoke from the fire southwest of Valencia passed directly over the city.

References
Agence France-Presse. (2012, June 30) Spanish fires destroy vast forest tracts. Accessed July 2, 2012.
Agence France-Presse. (2012, July 2) Firefighters tame two wildfires in eastern Spain. Accessed July 2, 2012.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.

Instrument:: Aqua - MODIS

NASA: Spain - Fires in Eastern - Valencia - 04.07.12

NASA: India - Flooding in the Northeastern - Brahmaputra River - 04.07.12

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Floods and landslides caused dozens of casualties in northeastern India in late June and early July 2012. By July 1, the death toll stood at 77, The Hindu reported. As of that date, the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries had breached more than 40 levees. Reuters India reported that thousands of homes, mostly made of bamboo and straw, had washed away in days of torrential rains. The floods also breached roads and bridges, and downed power lines.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured the top image on July 2, 2012. For comparison, the bottom image shows the same area, observed by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite, just two weeks earlier. These images use a combination of visible and infrared light to better distinguish between water and land. Water varies from electric blue to navy, vegetation is bright green, and clouds are pale blue-green.
By July 2, 2012, the Brahmaputra River had spilled over its banks throughout the region pictured here. Water pooled on floodplains north and south of the river, with especially extensive areas of flood water south of Tezpur.
Reuters India reported that, while the Indian state of Assam coped with severe floods, other parts of the country experienced monsoon rains that were lower than average, and the dry conditions jeopardized some crops.

References
Talukdar, S. (2012, July 1) Floods, landslips claim 77 lives in Assam. The Hindu. Accessed July 2, 2012.
Das, B. (2012, July 2) Floods kill 77 in Assam, two million affected. Reuters India. Accessed July 2, 2012.

NASA image courtesy LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.

Instrument:: Aqua - MODIS

NASA: India - Flooding in the Northeastern - Brahmaputra River - 04.07.12

martes, 3 de julio de 2012

Poesia: Antonin Artaud - Junto a mi. un dios-perro - Noche - Links

Junto a mí, el dios-perro

Junto a mí, el dios-perro, y su lengua
atravesando como una flecha la costra
del doble cráneo abovedado
de la tierra que lo escuece.

He aquí el triángulo de agua
caminando con su paso de chinche,
pero que bajo la chinche ardiente
se da vuelta como un cuchillo.

Bajo los senos de la tierra odiosa
la perra-dios se ha retirado,
senos de tierra y de agua helada
que hacen pudrir su lengua hueca.

He aquí la virgen-del-martillo,
para moler los sótanos de tierra
cuyo horrible nivel el cráneo
del perro estelar siente subir.

Traducción: Miguel Frontán

Noche
de Oeuvres complètes (tome I)

Los mostradores del cinc pasan por las cloacas,
la lluvia vuelve a ascender hasta la luna;
en la avenida una ventana
nos revela una mujer desnuda.

En los odres de las sábanas hinchadas
en los que respira la noche entera
el poeta siente que sus cabellos
crecen y se multiplican.

El rostro obtuso de los techos
contempla los cuerpos extendidos.
Entre el suelo y los pavimentos
la vida es una pitanza profunda.

Poeta, lo que te preocupa
nada tiene que ver con la luna;
la lluvia es fresca,
el vientre está bien.

Mira como se llenan los vasos
en los mostradores de la tierra
la vida está vacía,
la cabeza está lejos.

En alguna parte un poeta piensa.
No tenemos necesidad de la luna,
la cabeza es grande,
el mundo está atestado.

En cada aposento
el mundo tiembla,
la vida engendra algo
que asciende hacia los techos.

Un mazo de cartas flota en el aire
alrededor de los vasos;
humo de vinos, humo de vasos
y de las pipas de la tarde.

En el ángulo oblicuo de los techos
de todos los aposentos que tiemblan
se acumulan los humos marinos
de los sueños mal construidos.

Porque aquí se cuestiona la Vida
y el vientre del pensamiento;
las botellas chocan los cráneos
de la asamblea áerea.

El Verbo brota del sueño
como una flor o como un vaso
lleno de formas y de humos.

El vaso y el vientre chocan:
la vida es clara
en los cráneos vitrificados.

El areópago ardiente de los poetas
se congrega alrededor del tapete verde,
el vacío gira.

La vida pasa por el pensamiento
del poeta melenudo.

Poesia: Antonin Artaud - Junto a mi. un dios-perro - Noche - Links

Pensamiento:

Pensamiento: Antonin Artaud - En Plena Noche o El Bluff Surrealista - Completo

Poesía:

Poesia: Antonin Artaud - No hay mundo... - Link

Poesia: Alfonsina Storni - Part 15 - Odio - Piedra Miserable - El racimo inocente - Frente al mar - Links

ODIO

Oh, primavera de las amapolas,
Tú que floreces para bien mi casa,
Librodot Poesías Alfonsina Storni
Luego que enjoyes las corolas,
Pasa.

Beso, la forma más voraz del fuego,
Clava sin miedo tu endiablada espuela,
Quema mi alma, pero luego,
Vuela.

Risa de oro que movible y loca
Sueltas el alma, de las sombras, presa,
En cuanto asomes a la boca,
Cesa.

Lástima blanda del error amante
Que a cada paso el corazón diluye,
Vuelca tus mieles y al instante,
Huye.

Odio tremendo, como nada fosco,
Odio que truecas en puñal la seda,
Odio que apenas te conozco,
Queda.

PIEDRA MISERABLE

Oh, piedra dura, miserable piedra,
Yo te golpeo, te golpeo en vano,
Y es inútil la fuerza de mi mano,
Oh piedra dura, miserable piedra.

Pero haces bien, oh miserable piedra,
Deja que tiente un golpe sobrehumano,
Deja golpear, deja golpear mi mano,
Oh piedra dura, miserable piedra.

No me des nada, miserable piedra,
Guarda un silencio altivo y soberano,
No te ablandes jamás entre mi mano;
Oh piedra dura, miserable piedra.

Con tu impiedad, oh miserable piedra,
Recobro alientos y el deseo gano,
No te dejes caer sobre mi mano,
Mezquina, estulta, miserable piedra

Si un día torpe, miserable piedra,
Te venciera la fuerza del verano
Y cayeras a gotas en mi mano
Yo te odiaría, miserable piedra...

EL RACIMO INOCENTE

Asi, como jugando, te acerqué el corazón
Hace ya mucho tiempo, en una primavera...
Pero tú, indiferente, pasaste por mi vera...
Hace ya mucho tiempo.

Sabio de toda cosa, no sabías acaso
Ese juego de niña que cubría discreto
Con risas inocentes el tremendo secreto,
Sabio de toda cosa...

Hoy, de vuelta a mi lado, ya mujer, tú me pides
El corazón aquél que en silencio fue tuyo,
Y con torpes palabras negativas arguyo
Hoy, de vuelta a mi lado.

Oh, cuando te ofrecí el corazón en aquella
Primavera, era un dulce racimo no tocado
El corazón... Ya otros los granos han probado
Del racimo inocente...

FRENTE AL MAR

Oh mar, enorme mar, corazón fiero
De ritmo desigual, corazón malo,
Yo soy más blanda que ese pobre palo
Que se pudre en tus ondas prisionero.

Oh mar, dame tu cólera tremenda,
Yo me pasé la vida perdonando,
Porque entendía, mar, yo me fui dando:
"Piedad, piedad para el que más ofenda".

Vulgaridad, vulgaridad me acosa.
Ah, me han comprado la ciudad y el hombre.
Hazme tener tu cólera sin nombre:
Ya me fatiga esta misión de rosa.

¿Ves al vulgar? Ese vulgar me apena,
Me falta el aire y donde falta quedo,
Quisiera no entender, pero no puedo:
Es la vulgaridad que me envenena.

Me empobrecí porque entender abruma,
Me empobrecí porque entender sofoca,
¡Bendecida la fuerza de la roca!
Yo tengo el corazón como la espuma.

Mar, yo soñaba ser como tú eres,
Allá en las tardes que la vida mía
Bajo las horas cálidas se abría...
Ah, yo soñaba ser como tú eres.

Mírame aquí, pequeña, miserable,
Todo dolor me vence, todo sueño;
Mar, dame, dame el inefable empeño
De tornarme soberbia, inalcanzable.

Dame tu sal, tu yodo, tu fiereza,
¡Aire de mar!... ¡Oh tempestad, oh enojo!
Desdichada de mí, soy un abrojo,
Y muero, mar, sucumbo en mi pobreza.

Y el alma mía es como el mar, es eso,
Ah, la ciudad la pudre y equivoca
Pequeña vida que dolor provoca,
¡Que pueda libertarme de su peso!

Vuele mi empeño, mi esperanza vuele...
La vida mía debió ser horrible,
Debió ser una arteria incontenible
Y apenas es cicatriz que siempre duele.

Poesia: Alfonsina Storni - Part 15 - Odio - Piedra Miserable - El racimo inocente - Frente al mar - Links

Ricardo M Marcenaro - Facebook

Operative blogs of The Solitary Dog:

solitary dog sculptor:
http://byricardomarcenaro.blogspot.com

Solitary Dog Sculptor I:
http://byricardomarcenaroi.blogspot.com

Para:
comunicarse conmigo,
enviar materiales para publicar,
propuestas:
marcenaroescultor@gmail.com

For:
contact me,
submit materials for publication,
proposals:
marcenaroescultor@gmail.com

Diario La Nación
Argentina
Cuenta Comentarista en el Foro:
Capiscum

My blogs are an open house to all cultures, religions and countries. Be a follower if you like it, with this action you are building a new culture of tolerance, open mind and heart for peace, love and human respect.

Thanks :)

Mis blogs son una casa abierta a todas las culturas, religiones y países. Se un seguidor si quieres, con esta acción usted está construyendo una nueva cultura de la tolerancia, la mente y el corazón abiertos para la paz, el amor y el respeto humano.

Gracias :)

solitary dog sculptor

viernes, 6 de julio de 2012

Photos - Fotos: John Kenny - Part 3 - Kaokoland - The Himba - Africa - Portraits - Links

NASA: US - Disappearing Island Restored - Comparative photos 1997-2011

References

jueves, 5 de julio de 2012

Music: Eivind Aarset - Entrance U-Bahn - Porcupine Night Walk - Electronique noire

miércoles, 4 de julio de 2012

Music: Bernadette Peters - Raining in My Heart - Time Heals Everything - Not A Day Goes By - Unexpected Song - 4 Vids with the Lyrics

NASA: Spain - Fires in Eastern - Valencia - 04.07.12

References

NASA: India - Flooding in the Northeastern - Brahmaputra River - 04.07.12

References

martes, 3 de julio de 2012

Poesia: Antonin Artaud - Junto a mi. un dios-perro - Noche - Links

Poesia: Alfonsina Storni - Part 15 - Odio - Piedra Miserable - El racimo inocente - Frente al mar - Links

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