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Sixku 11

Sixku 11 Years ago, as I was walking in one of the local parks in my city, I noticed a leaf that was literally hanging by a thread. I knew I only had a very short amount of time to document the scene as the wind was starting to blow. …

Sixku 10

Sixku 10 One of my favorite photos of the Maha’ulepu Heritage Trail. Those stacked rocks are fascinating! Click on the image to zoom in. What is a sixku? Find out here. Feel like reading some more?

Inspirational art: Path to Kailas – Nicholas Roerich

Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web! Title: Path to Kailas Date: 1932 Location: Himalayas Artist: Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) Note: Also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, Nicholas Roerich was a Russian artist and philosopher (among other things). He earned several nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize (1929, 1932, 1935) and …

Early photography: Aboriginal Life Among the Navajo Indians – William Abraham Bell & Timothy H. O’Sullivan

Sharing my favorite images from the early days of photography… Title: Aboriginal Life Among the Navajo Indians Series: Wheeler Survey Explorations In Nevada & Arizona, Expedition Of 1871 Date: 1871; printed 1873 Location: U.S. Photographers: William Abraham Bell (1841-1920); Timothy H. O’Sullivan (ca. 1840 -1882) Process: albumen silver print Source …

Sixku 9

Sixku 9 Another view of the Maha’ulepu Heritage Trail… Click on the image to zoom in. What is a sixku? Find out here. Feel like reading some more?

Inspirational art: Drawing, Thunderheads, Jamaica – Frederic Edwin Church

Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web! Title: Drawing, Thunderheads, Jamaica Date: August 1865 Location: Jamaica Artist: Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) Type of art: drawing; brush and oil paint on cream paperboard Source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Early photography: Edwin Booth’s Boat House, Near Newport – Louise Deshong Woodbridge

Sharing my favorite images from the early days of photography… Title: Edwin Booth’s Boat House, Near Newport Date: August 6, 1884 Location: U.S. Photographer: Louise Deshong Woodbridge (1848-1925) Process: albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative Source and information: The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sixku 8

Sixku 8 This is a view of the Maha’ulepu Heritage Trail, the last stretch of accessible coastline on the south shore of Kauai that has not been developed. It features some incredible views, such as sand-dune cliffs, limestone formations and rocky inlets. Click on the image to zoom in. What …

Inspirational art: View of Toledo – El Greco

Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web! Title: View of Toledo Date: ca. 1599–1600 Location: Spain Artist: El Greco (1836-1893) Type of art: oil on canvas Note: Doménikos Theotokópoulos (a.k.a. “El Greco” ) is seen as the precursor of Expressionism and Cubism. He inspired poets and writers, …

Early photography: Camera Work: Ely Cathedral: A Memory of the Normans – Frederick H. Evans

Sharing my favorite images from the early days of photography… Title: Camera Work: Ely Cathedral: A Memory of the Normans Date: 1903 Location: England Photographer: Frederick H. Evans (1853-1943) Process: photogravure Note: Camera Work was a quarterly photographic journal published by Alfred Stieglitz from 1903 to 1917 Source and information: …