Spill
Daniel Beltrá: The oil-stained, blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico swirl in my mind’s eye like a grotesque painting. I worked off the coast of Louisiana during the spill, where approximately 4.9 million barrels of oil were released into the Gulf waters. The resulting photographs were taken from three thousand feet above, giving perspective to the environmental devastation below.
River House, Serbia by Irene Becker.
The house has remained atop the rock since 1968.
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When 13th-century Arab and Persian astronomers mapped the skies. Pair with this visual history of mapping the cosmos and 100 diagrams that changed the world.
We’re so excited that we can finally announce this - we have a book coming out! The galleys just came in today and look amazing.
Bigger announcement and Amazon link coming soon, but here are the Cliff Notes:
- It’s coming out September 3rd;
- There’s 50 stories told on our stage, transcribed and edited for your reading pleasure;
- Plus introductions by Adam Gopnik, George Dawes Green and The Moth’s artistic director, Catherine Burns.
More info coming soon, but we couldn’t keep it to ourselves any longer!
YAY! We heart The Moth.
On this day in 1941, Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in Duluth’s St. Mary’s Hospital to Abram and Beatrice “Beatty” (Stone) Zimmerman of 519 North Third Avenue East, Duluth. The Zimmermans left Duluth for Hibbing in 1947, and in 1959 Robert left Hibbing for Minneapolis to attend the University of Minnesota, where he began performing in coffee shops and billed himself as “Bob Dylan.” After dropping out of college, Robert moved to New York City in January, 1961, where he introduced himself to a dying Woody Guthrie and, subsequently, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. He began playing Greenwhich Village coffee shops and played a little background harmonica on a record for Carolyn Hester. Hester’s producer, John Hammond—who is credited for discovering Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, and Bruce Springsteen—took a shine to Dylan, signed him to a recording contract, and you know the rest of the story. Except maybe this part: John Hammond was the grandson of General John Henry Hammond, who along with Robert Belknap owned the Land & River Improvement Company, which was instrumental in the development of Superior, Wisconsin, and built many of its early buildings, including Hammond Avenue Presbyterian Church, the Superior Board of Trade, and the Superior Hotel.
General John Hammond, who developed Superior, Wisconsin, with John Belknap. His great grandson would “discover” Duluth’s Robert Zimmerman. (Image: X-comm)
Andy Ellison works at the BU medical school in Boston where he frequently works with a research-only MRI scanner. Over the past few months he’s been sharing some fantastic animated gifs of his calibration and quality control scans using assorted fruits, vegetables and other plants.
Just plain delightful.
Mieke Geenen: BODYSCOPES
digital mandalas of human tissue
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