Skullptures

Artist Brian Dettmer creates skulls out of recycled cassette tapes.

Mud Graffiti

Jesse Graves, graffiti artist, created this stencil using mud.

New Enviro Blog

My friend pointed me in the direction to this blog. I thought it would be a good idea to share with everyone. It's always good to see what others are doing. :)

Inhabitat

Native Fish for the Home Aquarium

I stumbled upon this article and thought it could be an interesting project. I have kept aquariums for several years now because I find them to be extremely relaxing to watch. I haven't really thought about keeping fish that I catch locally, but I think I could be an educational experience. I wouldn't mind getting to know some of the wild fishies from the beargrass, they might even enjoy living in a tank that isn't filled with sewage and drain runoff.

To read further go to Mother Earth News.

tRashy trashy

I couldn't help but notice the hundreds of cards tossed on to the ground after they had been used. There has got to be a better way of recycling them. I did see a man on a bike in Time's Square with a couple hundred wrapped around the frame of his bicycle, but that was the only case in which I notice someone reusing their metro cards.

Roxy Paine

This sculpture was installed on the roof of the Met overlooking central park. It was a marvelous. Mary and I enjoyed a couple cocktails on the roof after a long day of contemplating art.

Check out Roxy Paine's "Maelstrom" at the Met's Website

U of L Hosts "Bioneers"

The University of Louisville will be hosting this event via satellite. Go cards!!

Check it out at WFPL

Bioneers Website

Significant place

The last time I walked down to this part of Beargrass, the water was up to the street. During the August flash flooding, my friend and I walked down to the creek and were dumbstruck by the amount of trash that was being carried through the creek, presumably to the river. Mostly plastic bottles and cups, with the occasional basketball or football, made the rushing water look like a river of garbage. Although this is not the case, right now, the sides of the creek are littered with remains of garbage that got stuck to the creeks edge.

Garbage

Hans Haacke

I am interested in the concepts behind Hans Haacke's work and the materials that he chose to use, especially between 1968 to 1972.

Is an animal a material?

The animal is not the art, it is the process in which they live and grow that is significant... I think.

I'm interested.

Sunflowers make me Smile :)

This is interesting... but, this isn't new technology.

"Sunflower Power? An Entrepreneur's First Steps" Read Article

Three summers ago I spent several weeks in Brasil studying with UNESP (a public university in Sao Paulo). We visited a sugarcane processing plant, as well as an orange processing plant, which were both very interesting field trips. Both plants ran a large portion of the facility on leftover waste from the sugarcane and oranges.

I don't understand why, if this technology is available, that the article from NPR would be considered news.

Walton Ford

Walton Ford's work may look as though it were painted two hundred years ago, however he is a contemporary artist born in 1960. The allegorical nature of his work may not be recognized at first, but the content of his prints and paintings are rich with meaning. The most poignant of his work, for myself, are the pieces that reflect the species that have ultimately been wiped out because of man's ignorance to the natural environment.