Wednesday, May 20, 2009

when a picture's worth 31 words...

pump organ classroom circa 1890

pump organ classroom circa 1890 detail

caution: steps

work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

walter benjamin, from 'one way street'

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

before cage and cunningham...

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two RPPCs circa 1900 of little kids having music and dance lessons.

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Monday, March 19, 2007

a notebook on the subject of astronomy...

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a chart of mars laid down on the stereographic projection.

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zones

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phases of the moon

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an eclipse of the moon

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the seasons

a few hand drawn notes, diagrams, and maps from a kid's notebook dated 1910. the cover states: these notes are taken from taken from young folk's astronomy. i hope little rudolph pelunis got a good grade on his book report, because these drawings are pretty darn wonderful...

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