“a beaten dog beneath the hail” Surrealism Readings Art Photography Sound My work:FOL MinistriesTumblr (3.0; @8thlamp)http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcbotlgj3c1qzjz8uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My thoughts on Billy Graham’s ad, by way of Hieronymus Bosch.</p>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/34138041604http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/34138041604Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:44:09 -0700billy grahamboschmitt romney<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9dogtveVj1qzjz8uo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9dogtveVj1qzjz8uo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Happy Birthday to Julio Cortazar, who would have been 98 today. To celebrate, here’s a couple of shots I took of his grave in Montparnasse several years ago.</p> <p>There’s also a nice post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Massachusetts-Review/40580092594">Massachusetts Review Facebook page</a>, which I recommend you “like.”</p>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/30260920887http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/30260920887Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:50:51 -0700Julio CortazarFOL Ministriesphotography“Nostalgia! I feel it even for someone who meant nothing to me, out of anxiety for the flight...http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/29146398123http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/29146398123Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:16:58 -0700fernando pessoareadingsliterature<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86q90wVMu1qced37o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86q90wVMu1qced37o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86q90wVMu1qced37o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86q90wVMu1qced37o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86q90wVMu1qced37o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theparisreview.tumblr.com/post/28630484329/for-here-we-see-a-designer-for-whom-surrealism">theparisreview</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>For here we see a designer for whom Surrealism, the fantastic and the ludic are never far away … and for whom the letterform is just one vital element (or set of elements) and not necessarily always the most important, in a field of communicative resources that includes every kind of made, found or photographic pictorial device.</p> </blockquote> <p>An appreciation of the work of influential French book designer <a href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/pierre-faucheux-and-le-livre-de-poche/35318/">Pierre Faucheux</a>.</p> <p>(Source: Design Observer)</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/28641043851http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/28641043851Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:35:04 -0700Surrealismdesign<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T8yk1Z1224o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Wassily Kandinsky filmed by Hans Curlis in 1926, while Kandinsky was teaching at the Bauhaus. </p>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/26162949509http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/26162949509Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:48:51 -0700Wassily KandinskyArtbauhaus<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xz00bf5l1r05phwo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Bas Jan Ader<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xz00bf5l1r05phwo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Bas Jan Ader<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xz00bf5l1r05phwo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Bas Jan Ader<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xz00bf5l1r05phwo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Bas Jan Ader<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bartleby-company.tumblr.com/post/26065832617">bartleby-company</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Bas Jan Ader <a href="http://goo.gl/gM3p">*</a></p> <p><em>I’m too sad to tell you</em>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUzBCl6iVoc">video</a> performance (3’ 34”)</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/26076181516http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/26076181516Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:18:00 -0700Bas Jan Aderart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mrwgNfxg1qjzqdlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sfmoma.tumblr.com/post/25815487563/thebirthofart-buckminster-fuller-in-his-black">sfmoma</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thebirthofart.tumblr.com/post/25121862901">thebirthofart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Buckminster Fuller in his Black Mountain College studio.</p> </blockquote> <p>Creative genius at work!</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/25880456327http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/25880456327Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:02:43 -0700black mountain collegebuckminster fullerA week hasn’t gone by over the last eight years that I haven’t thought about the dreaded day when my...http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/25078304545http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/25078304545Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:28:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpf0yeMvOY1qeids7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mattsartblog.tumblr.com/post/8477730085">mattsartblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ray Johnson</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24729278695http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24729278695Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:04:46 -0700ray johnsonart<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F33678234&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>What a treat!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theparisreview.tumblr.com/post/24407008429/flannery-oconnor-reads-the-title-story-of-a-good">theparisreview</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Flannery O’Connor <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/06/04/flannery-oconnor-reads-1959/" title="Flannery OConnor Reads, 1959 | The Paris Review">reads the title story</a> of<em> A Good Man Is Hard to Find</em>. A treat for a gray day (via <a href="http://openculture.tumblr.com/" title="Open Culture Tumblr">Open Culture</a>).</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24428391853http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24428391853Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:24:58 -0700flannery o'connorreadingsliteraturea good man is hard to find<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4x828DylJ1qe0nlvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://archiveofaffinities.tumblr.com/post/24177924171/kurt-schwitters-the-critic-rubber-stamp">archiveofaffinities</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kurt Schwitters, The Critic (Rubber Stamp Drawing), 1921</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24269403515http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24269403515Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:52:21 -0700kurt schwittersart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hz7ohaoS1qa1ddio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://punk-aversion.tumblr.com/post/24204808230/claude-cahun-assemblage-surrealiste-1936">punk-aversion</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Claude Cahun</p> <p>Assemblage Surrealiste, 1936</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24214283086http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24214283086Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:04:25 -0700claude cahunart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hzfmJDK61qa1ddio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://punk-aversion.tumblr.com/post/24208699373/claude-cahun-self-portrait">punk-aversion</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Claude Cahun</p> <p>self portrait</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24214021492http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24214021492Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:00:23 -0700Claude CahunherophotographyartI recently resumed In Search of Lost Time: Vol. III The Guermantes Way, and find myself once again...http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24152282599http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/24152282599Thu, 31 May 2012 15:04:00 -0700ProustIn Search of Lost TimeThe Guermantes Wayreadings<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3e1qk6uHo1qfet8co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>wow.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bartleby-company.tumblr.com/post/22710729145">bartleby-company</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mark Twain <span class="description">in the lab of Nikola Tesla, spring of 1894.</span></p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/22726653443http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/22726653443Wed, 09 May 2012 12:03:32 -0700Mark Twainnikolai teslaphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1h00sfpqA1qgbofdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lopsidesign.tumblr.com/post/19933894678/kenmeier">lopsidesign</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://kenmeier.info">kenmeier</a></p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/22138861280http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/22138861280Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:06:48 -0700artist filmsart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3693fvc8i1qac37io1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Permission to disappear.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mythologyofblue.tumblr.com/post/21959004576/bas-jan-aders-boyhood-sailing-permit-resurfaced">mythologyofblue</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Bas Jan Ader’s boyhood sailing permit resurfaced, issued July of 1959.</strong></p> <p>Inside it is a note written by his mother, “Mrs. J.A. Ader Appels gives her son, Bastiaan Johan Christiaan Ader permission to go to sea.”</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/21985940661http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/21985940661Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:56:22 -0700artbas jan ader<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20qp672Jl1qzjz8uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Desert Hot Springs Resort, 2011.</p>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/20536473974http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/20536473974Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:15:05 -0700FOL Ministriesphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1f6vruzf11qac37io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mythologyofblue.tumblr.com/post/19956446469/bernd-and-hilla-becher-robert-smithson">mythologyofblue</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div class="caption"> <p>Bernd and Hilla Becher & Robert Smithson, <em>Partially Buried Wood Shed, </em>1970</p> <p>[mountains]</p> </div> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/19971194177http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/19971194177Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:38:33 -0700Bernd and Hilla Becherrobert smithsonartphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u46qSoTt1r064gzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sfmoma.tumblr.com/post/19241875318/buckminster-fuller-non-symetrical">sfmoma</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><span>Buckminster Fuller, “Non-Symetrical Tension-Integrity Structures, United States Patent Office no. 3,866,366,” from the portfolio “Inventions: Twelve Around One,” 1981 (detail)</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span></span>(via <a href="http://artinfo.com/news/story/762855/bucky-goes-west-the-curator-of-sfmomas-the-utopian-impulse-charts-buckminster-fullers-impact-on-bay-area-design">Artinfo</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/19241947622http://8thlamp.tumblr.com/post/19241947622Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:51:33 -0700buckminster fullerbuckyarchitecture