Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Late January afternoon, 2016 culture creatures

Japanese Mexican. 

Japanese artist Kenta Torii, currently based in Mexico.
Painting by Kenta Torii
Painting by Kenta Torii

Painting by Kenta Torii

Painting by Kenta Torii


Painting by Kenta Torii

Painting by Kenta Torii
Painting by Kenta Torii 
Painting by Kenta Torii

Painting by Kenta Torii
Some wonderful collages by artist bbbeto, right click each image, open in new tab for full size.
The Great Panel of Western Art by bbbeto
The Quarrel of Superman and Wonder Woman by bbbeto
Fresco by bbbeto. BIGGEST SIZE IMAGE here.
Oriental perfume by Tyra Kleen (1874-1951), Encens.
JF Bertuch's Kinderbuch– Mythological creatures
JF Bertuch's Kinderbuch– Mythological creatures
Vintage tin Matryoshka wind up toy
From The Temptation of StAnthony, 17th century engravingJacques Callot, (1592-1635) 

Thursday, August 6, 2015

A happy assortment, Thursday, August 6th 2015

A real treat, a large archive of Old Time Radio.
There are shows, advertisements, songs, talks, comedy, talks, historic speeches, all free.

Wonderful for doing housework, company while one does chores or goes to sleep. Fun listening. A few examples:























Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (Australian illustrator, 1888-1960) ~ 'Anne Rides on a Nautlis Shell'
A Fairy and a Bird Embracing- Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (Australian illustrator, 1888-1960)






































If you like butterflies, this is important to know.

Butterfly Bushes Aren’t Good for Butterflies













The ecologically correct thing to do, to help butterflies thrive, is to find plants native to your area and plant them. Here is a website to find plants native to your area in the USA.
Find Native Plants

Useful to know.

The language of lying


Zip Lookup. What your zip code says about you.


Crazy about this Colombian salsa dancing. Wow, his body is electric! Knees on fire!
SALSA CALEÑA


And Colombian salsa as it looks danced with couples in a club, sizzling
Colombian Style Salsa at a Club in Cali, Colombia


Love this vintage Indian filmi song in Telegu, her joyous plumpness, the passion
AADAVE MAYURI, the famous old rare master piece song of K Viswanath's creation


Another old Telegu romantic song that makes my heart flutter with tenderness

Nannu Dochu Kunduvate


Japanese doll making. Gentle and beautiful.
鳴子系こけし/こけしの岡仁 from dmp on Vimeo.


Online police auctions. Interesting browsing.

Gifts from Mexico: corn, potatoes, beans, tobacco, chocolate, cotton, tomatoes, peanuts, avocados, chilies, pineapples, prickly pear, limes, soursop, sweet potatoes, chiclet (gum), papayas, chilies, chokecherries, tomatillos, chayote and jicama. 


Saul Steinberg's Country Noises
NASA's planned missions through 2030
Via CookSmarts.com

Sunday, July 5, 2015

A selection of street foods around the world

Street food












peeling a pineapple clean and easy


Indian fast chapati maker


The king of cotton candy. Dancing and working at the same time.  His name is David Shtorm. Can't get enough of this fun street food/art performer


Traditional Korean Candy Cutter


naan thrower in Tamil Nadu


Best Food Carts in New York City


Korean honey strings


Amazing Indian Chef


Turkish ice cream vendor trickster


Instant Ice Cream Rolls By Street Vendor In Phuket Thailand


Chinese Sugar painting, Dragon


Paris Street Food - French Crepe


Thai Street Vendor Crab Fried Rice, "Khao Pad Bu"


Indian dosa king


Japanese baby cakes. Hikawa Shrine baby sponge cake Mishima-ya craftsmanship

Great mango cutting style


Hualian Taiwan Food making


Indian man cuts onion faster than a blender


The Amazing Street Food of India


Thai Street Food: Extreme Chai Yen


Jianbing (烙饼) - China Eats series 2009


Chai in Calcutta: Street Food Kolkata: Part 1


Ice cream making in India


Thai Street Food - Chiang Mai Night Market,Thailand


Palermo: streetfood


Street Food Thrives in Marrakech


The Halal Guys ♥ NYC Street Food ♥ Review Lamb & Chicken Platter


The Original Soupman Demo Video (The Soup Nazi guy, Al Yaganeh in NYC)


Insider Trick: How To Open A Coconut Professionally,  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Street Food, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 


Street Food Around The World - Amsterdam


Tamales In Oaxaca Mexico


Yummy street tacos in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico


Lobster roll, Maine


AN ULTIMATE GUIDE TO EUROPEAN STREET FOOD


JIANBING: A GUIDE TO CHINA’S FAVORITE STREET FOOD

Sunday, November 25, 2012

A peaceful Sunday night November 25th 2012



Ever had the urge to listen to Polynesian pop music? I think Paul Gauguin would have liked it, when he was in a cheerful mood. Pacific Islands Radio.

Paul Gaugauin, Self Portrait 1889

Abraham Lincoln looking windblown

I strongly recommend watching this PBS video, Boogie Man. It was life changing for me in understanding a lot of today's politics in america. Until recently, I had no idea the incredibly important impact one man had on american politics of the last 40 years, a man named Lee Atwater. He used a concept, created by a political strategist, called Harry Dent, called "the Southern Strategy", which is to frighten white voters, rich and working class into voting for Republicans because of the imagined fear that black Americans are gaining undue power or advantages. This strategy uses coded language to incite racism and fear, words or phrases like "Welfare queens" or, as Romney did, to repetitively mention the idea of Obama "giving things away for free", "free gifts".

Brilliantly said: He used his own cynicism to anesthetize people to what was going on. At the 4:12 point. "Lee" Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist to the Republican Party. He was an advisor of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee.


A gaspingly scary ride on a cliff hanging trail. But worth looking at. Get ready to sweat.
One mistake and it's a free fall to your death. Motology's Adam Riemann rides one of the scariest Himalayan trails you'll ever see.



Some weird international group exhibitionism going on here: No Pants Subway Ride 2012




Christmas is coming down the pike. 



Henri Cartier Bresson, INDIA. Maharashtra. Bombay. 1947. An astrologer's shop in the mill workers' quarter of Parel. 


Amazing jumping skills of this cat in Japan. Sheer determination. 



Language speech cadence learned in utero: At 30:33


/// Street stone /// by Alexis Persani, via Behance





Pancake the kitten loves his Doberman

*wipes tears of laughter. Touching the electric fence

Chinese guy blowing 7 balls in and out of mouth



Fascinating the inability to get out of the rigid mindset of magical thinking.

Jesus wept … oh, it's bad plumbing. Indian rationalist targets 'miracles'

Sanal Edamaruku faces jail for revealing 'tears' trickling down a Mumbai church statue came from clogged drainage pipes
A Japanese craftsperson, Makaon, makes fun sculptures out of tin cans
We Make Carpets. Carpets made of unexpected things.
Fork carpet

Fun birdhouses by Ethan Allen Smith

::: Ditology :::




Our Exquisite Corpse works with the Huichol people of Western Mexico to create these beaded skulls

Marvelous movies stills, many of them, and the actual places where they were filmed at Filmography

Marathon Man
The French Connection
The Professional
Klute

Things painted white at Brand Spirit