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Fw: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: halberd

Note: forwarded message attached.

Fw: Walker Art Center: The Quick and the Dead

Note: forwarded message attached.

Fw: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: asphodel

--- On Mon, 4/20/09, Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> wrote: From: Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> Subject: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: asphodel To: vandons@yahoo.com Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 12:59 AM Spring Bouquet Word of the Day asphodel This spring-blooming European bulb is a suitable candidate to salute in spring. The name is from Greek; the ancient belief that asphodels were the favorite food of the dead resulted in their being planted near graves. Modern daffodil, though a different plant, is derived from the word asphodel. Click here to look up the word of the day in the Visual Thesaurus! Today in the Visual Thesaurus Magazine: Red Pen Diaries: Zero Tolerance for Comma Splices Are comma splices running rampant, or is it just me? I keep seeing them in newspapers and magazines and on billboards and can't help but wonder if they, too, are now becoming acceptable, as have so many once-verboten grammar, ahem, alternatives before them. I sure hope not — as you might guess, I'm agin 'em. Click here to read the whole article... Don't want to receive the VT word of the day? No Problem. Click this link to remove your email address from the list. Copyright ©1998-2009 Thinkmap, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use At Thinkmap, we respect your privacy. Read our Privacy Policy to find out more.

Fw: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: coelacanth

--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> wrote: From: Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> Subject: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: coelacanth To: vandons@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 12:59 AM Big Fish Word of the Day coelacanth It's just as well that this fish doesn't surface too often: its spelling and pronunciation are both counterintuitive. Once thought to be extinct, it now turns up from time to time in the world's oceans. Its name is a coinage from Greek roots meaning "hollow" and "spined." Click here to look up the word of the day in the Visual Thesaurus! Today in the Visual Thesaurus Magazine: When Typos are Set in Stone Every writer knows the feeling: you've just released a carefully edited piece of prose into circulation, and when you take another look you cringe at the sight of a typo that you missed. With online writing, typos can very often be fixed without anyone even noticing. Printed errors usually require red-faced corrections. But don't feel too bad: imagine if your typos were etched in granite for all to see! Click here to read the whole article... Don't want to receive the VT word of the day? No Problem. Click this link to remove your email address from the list. Copyright ©1998-2009 Thinkmap, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use At Thinkmap, we respect your privacy. Read our Privacy Policy to find out more.

Starpipe 2copy

Starpipe 2copy
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DSC02416

DSC02416
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Blurme

Blurme
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Tom Sachs: Logjam

http://www.tomsachs.org/exhibition/logjam

All this is a dream. Still...

All this is a dream. Still...
Originally uploaded by this is emily

Untitled-1

Untitled-1
Originally uploaded by vandons

DSC02184

DSC02184
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DSC02187

DSC02187
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DSC02178

DSC02178
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DSC02171

DSC02171
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Pochohantas

DSC02170

DSC02170
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Pochahontas

Fw: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: terpsichorean

--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> wrote: From: Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> Subject: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: terpsichorean To: vandons@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 12:59 AM Shall We Dance? Word of the Day terpsichorean This adjective has no obvious handles unless you're clued up on Greek mythology, specifically on Terpsichore, the totally cool Muse whose brief was dancing. No photographs survive, but a Google image search rewards the time that it takes with some imaginative images. The last part of her name is also seen in choreography. Click here to look up the word of the day in the Visual Thesaurus! Today in the Visual Thesaurus Magazine: Moving with Deliberate Haste President-Elect Obama has begun to assemble his nominees for Cabinet posts — something he had promised to do, in his first post-election press conference, "with all deliberate haste." If deliberate means "marked by careful consideration or reflection," and haste means "overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)," doesn't that make "deliberate haste" an oxymoron? Click here to read the whole article... Don't want to receive the VT word of the day? No Problem. Click this link to remove your email address from the list. Copyright ©1998-2008 Thinkmap, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use At Thinkmap, we respect your privacy. Read our Privacy Policy to find out more.

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Early Klee

It seems to me that Paul Klee's early work never quite gets the spotlight it deserves. Here are few places I've found online that have early pieces:

http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A3130&page_number=2&template_id=1&sort_order=1

http://www.archipelagobooks.org/bk.php?id=14

http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425400196/171573/paul-klee-pastor.html

http://www.jamesharrisgallery.com/Previous%20Exhibitions/junctions.htm

http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/16223/lang/2

Fw: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: poteen

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> wrote: From: Visual Thesaurus Magazine <magazine@visualthesaurus.com> Subject: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: poteen To: vandons@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 1:01 AM Private Affair Word of the Day poteen Funny how the same substance can have different names, depending on whether the law smiles on it or not. Poteen is privately (and illegally) distilled whisky in Ireland, corresponding more or less to moonshine in US English. The word is Irish, natch, but related to English "pot" with a diminutive suffix on the end. Click here to look up the word of the day in the Visual Thesaurus! Today in the Visual Thesaurus Magazine: Spelling it Out We asked David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue, to suggest a few books about English orthography and people who have dared to modify it. Here are his recommendations. Click here to read the whole article... Don't want to receive the VT word of the day? No Problem. Click this link to remove your email address from the list. Copyright ©1998-2008 Thinkmap, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use At Thinkmap, we respect your privacy. Read our Privacy Policy to find out more.