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I took A Moment of Understanding on March 31, 2012 at 01:55PM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on June 14, 2016 at 10:57AM
MCMXXVIII was uploaded to Flickr
(note for the photography purists: I removed a bit of another building in the lower right corner using Photoshop’s “content aware fill”. In other words, this photo is not photojournalism)
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I took MCMXXVIII on March 31, 2012 at 01:03PM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on June 08, 2016 at 10:47AM
Jesus is π was uploaded to Flickr
Of course, in the Old Testament, Pi=3, as Isaac Asimov points out:
"The exact function of the “molten sea” is not stated, though it seems most likely that it was a container for water used in the various rituals. The interesting point is that its upper rim seems to be circular in shape with a diameter of ten cubits and a circumference of thirty cubits. This is impossible, for the ratio of the circumference to the diameter (a ratio called “pi” by mathematicians) is given here as 30/10=3, whereas the real value of pi is an unending decimal which begins 3.14159… If the molten sea were really ten cubits in diameter it would have to be just under thirty-one and a half cubits in circumference.
The explanation is, of course, that the Biblical writers were not mathematicians or even interested in mathematics and were merely giving approximate figures. Still, to those who are obsessed with the notion that every word in the Bible is infallible (and who know a little mathematics) it is bound to come as a shock to be told that the Bible says that the value of pi is 3. “
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Asimov’s Guide to the Bible
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I took Jesus is π on May 28, 2016 at 09:04AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on June 04, 2016 at 02:18PM
Remembering Your Infinite Course was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Remembering Your Infinite Course on May 28, 2016 at 09:12AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on June 04, 2016 at 11:56AM
Hecate Lingers Low On the Horizon was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Hecate Lingers Low On the Horizon on May 19, 2016 at 01:17PM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on May 27, 2016 at 09:47AM
Too Many People, Too Many To Recall was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Too Many People, Too Many To Recall on May 26, 2016 at 06:47AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on May 27, 2016 at 08:58AM
Our Lady of Perpetual Decay was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Our Lady of Perpetual Decay on June 08, 2013 at 12:57PM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on May 27, 2016 at 08:56AM
Evening Full of Cold Facts and Warm Grins was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Evening Full of Cold Facts and Warm Grins on April 17, 2013 at 03:04PM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on May 14, 2016 at 03:54PM
Moccus – Porcine God of the West Loop was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Moccus – Porcine God of the West Loop on September 29, 2011 at 11:33AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on May 03, 2016 at 03:34PM
Looking To The North was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Looking To The North on September 10, 2011 at 12:49PM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on May 02, 2016 at 07:27PM
The Music Kept Playing was uploaded to Flickr
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I took The Music Kept Playing on August 16, 2012 at 10:36AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 26, 2016 at 04:53PM
Morgan Station at night was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Morgan Station at night on June 03, 2012 at 04:15PM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 23, 2016 at 12:13AM
Imagine No Smoking No Trespassing was uploaded to Flickr
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I took Imagine No Smoking No Trespassing on August 10, 2014 at 05:15AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 16, 2016 at 01:10PM
Lyrics – Temporary Like Achilles – Bob Dylan was uploaded to Flickr
The lyrics are slightly different on Blonde on Blonde, but close
http://bobdylan.com/songs/temporary-achilles/
Temporary Like Achilles
WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN
Standing on your window, honey
Yes, I’ve been here before
Feeling so harmless
I’m looking at your second door
How come you don’t send me no regards?
You know I want your lovin’
Honey, why are you so hard?Kneeling ’neath your ceiling
Yes, I guess I’ll be here for a while
I’m tryin’ to read your portrait, but
I’m helpless, like a rich man’s child
How come you send someone out to have me barred?
You know I want your lovin’
Honey, why are you so hard?Like a poor fool in his prime
Yes, I know you can hear me walk
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime
Or is it just solid rock?Well, I rush into your hallway
Lean against your velvet door
I watch upon your scorpion
Who crawls across your circus floor
Just what do you think you have to guard?
You know I want your lovin’
Honey, but you’re so hardAchilles is in your alleyway
He don’t want me here, he does brag
He’s pointing to the sky
And he’s hungry, like a man in drag
How come you get someone like him to be your guard?
You know I want your lovin’
Honey, but you’re so hard
Copyright © 1966 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1994 by Dwarf Music
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I took Lyrics – Temporary Like Achilles – Bob Dylan on July 20, 2014 at 09:27AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 12, 2016 at 11:50PM
El Ray – Giant Olmec Head was uploaded to Flickr
In November 2008, LLILAS celebrated the arrival of a special work of art on campus. The Universidad Veracruzana, one of Mexico’s most prominent universities, presented the institute with a colossal Olmec head, a replica of the iconic sculpture known as San Lorenzo Monument 1, or El Rey.
The original, now housed in the Museo de Antropología in Xalapa, Veracruz, is considered a signature piece of pre-Columbian Olmec culture and a world-class art object that represents New World civilization as emblematically as the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán or the ruins of Machu Picchu. One of seventeen colossal heads still in existence, San Lorenzo Monument 1 was found by noted archaeologist Matthew Stirling in the 1940s. His discoveries, and those of other archaeologists in Mexico during this time, unearthed for the world the culture of the Olmec, an ancient civilization that flourished in southern Mexico 1500-400 BCE and significantly influenced later cultures such as the Maya and Aztec.
The replica that now sits at the entry to LLILAS and the Benson Latin American Collection is made of solid stone and weighs 36,000 pounds. It was sculpted by Ignacio Pérez Solano, a Xalapa-based artist, who has spent his career exploring the history of the Gulf Coast and Mesoamerica. Pérez Solano meticulously reproduced San Lorenzo Monument 1 inch by inch, recreating the powerful lines and imposing features of the original work.
Pérez Solano began creating replicas of Olmec heads under the initiative of Miguel Alemán Velasco, who as governor of Veracruz from 1998 to 2004 endeavored to make Olmec culture better known beyond the borders of Mexico. Reproductions of other colossal heads can be found at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Field Museum in Chicago, among other locations. Miguel Alemán Velasco was present for the dedication ceremony at LLILAS on November 19, 2008, which also featured remarks by UT President William Powers and his counterpart, Raul Arias Lovillo of the Universidad Veracruzana. Fidel Herrera Beltrán, current Governor of Veracruz, also spoke, as did Olmec scholars from the U.S. and Mexico.
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I took El Ray – Giant Olmec Head on July 20, 2014 at 08:41AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 10, 2016 at 10:25PM