Thursday, October 23, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

10.22.08


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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

10.21.08


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Friday, October 17, 2008

10.17.08





Rembrandt. St. Paul in Prison. 1627
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

10.12.08


The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus -- Salvador Dali, 1958/59

With all the visionary fervor of his imagination, its fondest dreams fell short of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new way to the old resorts of opulent commerce, and had discovered some of the wild regions of the East. He supposed Hispaniola to be the ancient Ophir which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have broken upon his mind could he have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent, equal to the whole of the old world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man! And how would his magnanimous spirit have been consoled, amidst the afflictions of age and the cares of penury, the neglect of a fickle public, and the injustice of an ungrateful king, could he have anticipated the splendid empires which were to spread over the beautiful world he had discovered; and the nations, and tongues, and languages which were to fill its lands with his renown, and revere and bless his name to the latest posterity!

...from The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008

10.10.08


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Thursday, October 09, 2008

10.09.08


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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

10.08.08


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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

10.07.08


Teenage Spastic Ninja, continued...


Monday, October 06, 2008

10.06.08

Sunday, October 05, 2008

10.05.08


Saturday, October 04, 2008

10.04.08


Spastic Ninja, Osprey Park, Mastic Beach, NY
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