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From The Devil´s Dictionary: an excerpt dedicated to architects
The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical "reference" book written by Ambrose Bierce. The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant and political doublespeak, as well...
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" Lie Down " Urban skyscape
'Lie Down' is a surrealist collection of pictures that create the feeling of being upright on a vertical surface. The objects on each image talk to the viewer and tell them about a distort reality from...
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Interview with Dr Krzysztof Nawratek, author of Holes in the Whole....
Dr. Krzysztof Nawratek. Photo by Joanna ErbelI am pleased to interview Dr Krzysztof Nawratek who is lecturer in architecture, Master of Architecture programme leader at the Plymouth University, UK, who...
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From Secret Chambers and Hiding Places
ENTRANCE TO "PRIEST'S HOLE," HARVINGTON HALLI came across with this interesting old book by Allan Flea, SECRET CHAMBERS AND HIDING-PLACES. HISTORIC, ROMANTIC, & LEGENDARY STORIES & TRADITIONS...
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¿Debe la universidad ser arancelada? Una reflexión sobre dos posturas opuestas
El día 24 de mayo de 2013, el diario La Nación on line ha publicado un artículo sobre el Dr. Umberto Eco (F1) desde Burgos, España, quien hiciera una declaración que ha desatado una fuerte controversia...
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Kids´ books swap in the streets of Long Beach
I took these pictures in 2nd ST, Long Beach, CA, last weekend.I´m happy to personally see this book swap, it´s my first time. I´ve read about the books interchange in bus stops, in Israel, Spain and...
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The solar panels in the parking of Huntington Beach Central Park. The Central...
I took this picture today of one of the parking structures with solar panels. This is the last one and see how interesting, there must be a quantity of solar panels per calculation, but at the very...
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Old street lamp posts in Southern California
Crowd on a city street (near 5th Street and Coast Federal Savings building) Joseph Fadler 1970I´ve always said that Southern California, having a young history of a little more than 100 years,...
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My digital art on archaeology
Ancient sculpture of an angelA pyramid and a treeA settlement in the desertCatacombs with human bonesPetroglyphs under the sunEagle rock paintingRuins in the cliffMy version of Stonehenge,...
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The architecture of Battleship Potemkin
Yesterday I was watching the silent film Battleship Potemkin (1925) and thought the most famous image is the last one, the impressive shot of the ship that seems to be out of the screen.I´ve enjoyed...
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City of Shadows. By Alexey Titarenko
I was reading in Internet that many movies have a recreation of people falling from the Odessa steps in the movie Battleship Potemkin.Some artists have also felt inspiration by the movie scenes, like...
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Various designs of landscape benches
A few days ago, Lisa Foderaro posted at The New York Times an article about creative benches design in the parks of New York. "There are wooden chaises roomy enough for two. Bar-stool-style perches...
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Discussions on Huntington Beach AES Generating Station
I have some different feelings about the Huntington Beach AES Generating Station, and it seems I am not the only one. This building is very close to Downtown Huntington Beach, with all its new...
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Dark Days, an urban-social documentary
Some months ago I´ve read The Manhattan Hunt Club (2001), a novel by American writer John Saul. The plot is really entertaining but most of all, I liked his description of the homeless living in the...
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Some Pictures of the World’s Largest Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge
This great pictures are shared from wired.com.Here an excerpt and the link to keep on reading:After 25 years as a boilermaker, shipfitter and welder, photographer Joseph Blum knows his way around...
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Thoughts on the land of willows
Those who also read my blog of literature, must realize that I love horror and Gothic stories, specially the classic ones.This summer I´ve read a compilation by Dorothy Scarborough et al, Famous Modern...
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Graffiti in sidewalk of Huntington Beach
Believe it or not, not all the sidewalks in Huntington Beach are impeccable. I took this picture in the sidewalk of Gothard st, near Warner Ave. There´s another picture from this sidewalk, a dead...
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From Vanishing London. 1894
Plates shared from Vanishing London: a series of drawings illustrating some of the old houses, etc., in London and Westminster (1894) A book by Paul Roland Wilmot. Here the link to read it in...
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Light effect in an old barn
An old barn as an antique shop. Photo by Myriam B. Mahiques, April 2013 I took these pictures in San Juan Capistrano, it´s an old barn converted into an antique shop. See the effect of light through...
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Different concepts of maps
Map of the River Nile Estuary by Piri Reis, a 16th century Ottoman Admiral famous for his maps and charts collected in his Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation)Medieval Hereford Mapa MundiWhen I was...
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