Category: Daily Links

Each autumn, during my retirement in the late seventies and early eighties of last century, was given-over to worshipping the gods of migration…

‘Over 2,000 high-resolution images scanned from more than 100 different old books, with extracts from the books!’

“You awaken in a large complex, slightly disoriented. Glowing dots hover mouth level near you in every direction. Off in the distance you hear the faint howling of what you can only imagine must be some sort of ghost or several ghosts” via Super Colossal.

‘The appeal of tiny nuptials between children, stuffed kittens, and other small, cute things.’ via Metafilter, an interesting and entertaining essay.

The history of the Amen Break, the most-used sample in the history of electronic music.

“All of the above images are actual X-ray photographs, taken by conservators, of the titled paintings. Some reveal forgotten painted-over images, some reveal added or edited details, others simply show the physicality of the paint’s application itself.”

Fab stuff from C17th book ‘Academy of the Sword. Wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation of a mysterious circle, the theory and practice of the true and heretofore unknown secrets of handling arms on foot and horseback’.

Some reading suggestions from Magnum: ‘In an effort to bring some more inspiration to all of us I have collected 83 links to blogs about photography, art, multimedia and journalism, that I hope might be a source of good information for you.’