but does it float

Thou still unravished bride of quietness

but does it float — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:44:08 +0000

Paintings by Gregory Thielker
Title: Keats

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Where does the light go when the light goes out?

but does it float — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:42:55 +0000

Photographic prints by Matt Waples
Title: David Zindell

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We affirm that the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed

but does it float — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:26:08 +0000

Photographs by Frédéric Fontenoy
Title: from the Manifesto of Futurism, F. T. Marinetti

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I had a dream, which was not all a dream

but does it float — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:55:13 +0000

Images taken by the unmanned spacecraft Cassini
Title: Lord Byron

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Strange that in my remoteness I seemed to feel, as never before, the vital presence of Earth as of a creature alive but tranced and obscurely yearning to wake

but does it float — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:30:15 +0000

Poured resin artworks by Bruce Riley
Title: Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker (1937)

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See also: Jonathan McCabe

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She kneels on a heavily framed mirror placed flat on the floor. Her head and upper body are in motion

but does it float — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:29:09 +0000

Photographs by Francesca Woodman

In 1981, at age 22, Francesca Woodman killed herself.
Her photographs have influenced a generation of artists.

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When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see

but does it float — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:38:44 +0000

Photographs by DeShaun A. Craddock
Title: Shakespeare, Sonnet 43

More: Blurred humans

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I leaned in closer, like a fool, like someone who had not had months of survival training or ever studied biology. Someone tricked into thinking that words should be read

but does it float — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:52:59 +0000

“Feelers” — typographic experiments by Ari Weinkle
Title: Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

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Gödel says you can’t program intelligence as complex as yourself. But you can let it evolve

but does it float — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:34:49 +0000

Generative artworks produced by Fleen / John Greene
Title: Janna Levin (via)

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Via @mrprudence

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The sheer beauty of the planet surprised me. It was a huge pearl, set in spangled ebony. It was nacreous, it was an opal. No, it was far more lovely than any jewel. Its patterned colouring was more subtle, more ethereal

but does it float — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:05:37 +0000

Photographs of the surface of Mars, courtesy of HiRISE
Title: Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker

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