It appears that BLURT Magazine has undergone some form of “cyber attack” and many of my old essays and articles for them have been lost. In an effort to preserve those that can be salvaged I will be posting them here.
I hope they pollinate your mind with joy and insight.
"In the fight,
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Carved ivory horse from the Paleolithic period (Magdalenian), discovered in the late 19th century in the cave of Espélugues at Lourdes.
Courtesy & currently located at the National Archaeological Museum, France. Photo taken by Guérin Nicolas.
Fox News talks about working mothers’ negative impact on their children. AKA “When Fox News gets so misogynistic that their own anchor is 2000% done with them.” [x]
(Source: liquidcassidy, via obama2016)
1965 photo of young Barack Obama and his grandfather Stanley Armour Dunham (1918 – 1992). He and his wife Madelyn Payne Dunham raised Obama from the age of 10 in Honolulu,
He looks just like his grandfather.
(via obama2016)
Ryan Pavlik (via azspot)
(via liberalsarecool)
Annie.
Consider that you can see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum and hear less than 1% of the acoustic spectrum. As you read this, you are traveling at 220 km/sec across the galaxy. 90% of the cells in your body carry their own microbial DNA and are not “you.” The atoms in your body are 99.9999999999999999% empty space and none of them are the ones you were born with, but they all originated in the belly of a star. Human beings have 46 chromosomes, 2 less than the common potato.
The existence of the rainbow depends on the conical photoreceptors in your eyes; to animals without cones, the rainbow does not exist. So you don’t just look at a rainbow, you create it. This is pretty amazing, especially considering that all the beautiful colors you see represent less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum.
"NASA Lunar Science Institute, We Originated in the Belly of a Star (2012)
(Source: thinksquad, via likeafieldmouse)
Ancient Egyptian Fragment in Sunk Relief of Female Deity Bearing Offerings, circa 1270 BC (New Kingdom), limestone with paint.
Courtesy & currently located at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA:
These two (together with Walters 22.100) well-preserved painted relief sculptures originally belonged to a depiction of a procession of gods, who represented the 42 nomes, or regions, of Egypt. They once decorated the lower part of the southeast wall of the First Hall, containing eight columns, within a temple dedicated to the god Osiris, built at Abydos by Ramesses II. The lower portion of both figures remains in place in the Ramesses temple, where they are exposed to the elements. The reliefs shown here, however, have retained their vivid color. The deities bring offerings for the cult of Osiris in Ramesses’ name.
Their faces follow the portrait style of Ramesses II, with oval eyes, slightly hollowed eyelids, a small mouth, and a prominent, beaked nose. Note the remains of the hieroglyph above each figure’s head, indicating that he or she is the personification of a region. The raised area of these nome-signs retains red pigment. A portion of the abundant offerings the male deity bears is preserved. His blue skin associates him with the forces of creation. Original pigments also include yellow on the female deity’s face, blue on her wig, and light green on the plant stalks she holds in her right hand.
Ivan Mestrovic: Vestal Virgin (c. 1917) Cannes. Bronze,
Hastings’ hallmark as reporter was his refusal to cozy up to power. While other...
I can’t add much to what’s already been (and will be) written about Michael Hastings. I will just say that he had one of the most incredible...
Little raccoon I saved from euthanasia http://cute-overload.tumblr.com
She’s my little party animal.
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Gorgeous cat
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