Saturday, 30 April 2011
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
tea links
Tea Horse Road
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/tea-horse-road/jenkins-text/1
The Forgotten Road
Chinese tea and Tibetan horses were long traded on a legendary trail. Today remnants of the passageway reveal grand vistas—and a surprising new commerce.
Photograph by Michael Yamashita
Deep in the mountains of western Sichuan I'm hacking through a bamboo jungle, trying to find a legendary trail. Just 60 years ago, when much of Asia still moved by foot or hoof, the Tea Horse Road was a thoroughfare of commerce, the main link between China and Tibet. But my search could be in vain. A few days earlier I met a man who used to carry backbreaking loads of tea along the path; he warned me that time, weather, and invasive plants may have wiped out the Tea Horse Road.
Then, with one wide sweep of my ax, the bamboo falls. Before me is a four-foot-wide cobblestone trail curving up through the forest, slick with green moss, almost overgrown. Some of the stones are pitted with water-filled divots, left by the metal-spiked crutches used by hundreds of thousands of porters who trod this trail for a millennium.
Then, with one wide sweep of my ax, the bamboo falls. Before me is a four-foot-wide cobblestone trail curving up through the forest, slick with green moss, almost overgrown. Some of the stones are pitted with water-filled divots, left by the metal-spiked crutches used by hundreds of thousands of porters who trod this trail for a millennium.
LOCWS- invigilating
so now we're in to invigilating time, and here some photos of what that means more me, i was also trying to do a little re-programming on rhys's piece to get the screens saying something that looked good.
but main part of invigilating is telling people about the art, being both helpful informative but above all polite, trying to get feedback forms filled in as well. but also listening to the public's idea and helping them get there head around the concepts the artist are trying to show
but main part of invigilating is telling people about the art, being both helpful informative but above all polite, trying to get feedback forms filled in as well. but also listening to the public's idea and helping them get there head around the concepts the artist are trying to show
Monday, 25 April 2011
Coleford Festival of Transport
round the scupture trail
through the bluebells
a sunny show day
basically really good weekend at home with fab friends
Monday, 18 April 2011
caught up
right so i've caught up with my LDC (lotus drivers club) membership work and i'm very excited for seeing everybody at the festival of transport in coleford which is a town close to my home village
we have a big weekend in work so fri/sat i'm going to be dressed as a ghypsy/fortune teller need to find a deck of tarot cards, n learn how to read them ish
catching up with old friend over my birthday which i'm excited abotu then, of to IRELAND woop woop!
now a little more cracking on with my sketch book n pull all the idea out of my head n on paper to be marks n evaluated, n we're sorted!?
tea stains do not quite work on slightly moldly un primed canvas, but i dont mind, its above the tv in our front room now, n i quite link it
we have a big weekend in work so fri/sat i'm going to be dressed as a ghypsy/fortune teller need to find a deck of tarot cards, n learn how to read them ish
catching up with old friend over my birthday which i'm excited abotu then, of to IRELAND woop woop!
now a little more cracking on with my sketch book n pull all the idea out of my head n on paper to be marks n evaluated, n we're sorted!?
tea stains do not quite work on slightly moldly un primed canvas, but i dont mind, its above the tv in our front room now, n i quite link it
Saturday, 16 April 2011
tea quotes
"Never trust a man, Who when left alone with a tea cosy doesn't try it on" - Billy Connolly
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. ~Henry Fielding, "Love in Several Masques"
Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. ~T'ien Yiheng
There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims
Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company. ~Author Unknown
Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage. ~Catherine Douzel
I always fear that creation will expire before teatime. ~Sydney Smith
There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. ~Bernard-Paul Heroux
Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea. ~Author Unknown
If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you. ~Gladstone, 1865
Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. ~T'ien Yiheng
There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims
Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company. ~Author Unknown
Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage. ~Catherine Douzel
I always fear that creation will expire before teatime. ~Sydney Smith
There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. ~Bernard-Paul Heroux
Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea. ~Author Unknown
If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you. ~Gladstone, 1865
LOCWS opening was tonight, and rhys piece was not fully running, but looks like all the wiring we spend ages doing for the sound was slightly pointless, but still this is exactly the experience i need for what i want to do in the future.
Friday, 15 April 2011
phew, n grrr
spotify you dissapoint me today, but limbiting us from may the 1st to 5 plays of a track and only 10 hours of music a month, sigh looks like i'll have to find another way to get my music for free, or sign up.
i'm a electrician, programmer, gofer, problem solver, non stopping, hard working, volunteer, phew
nohter really good day installing with ryhs and his brother and the fabilous martin who is a masterful electrician!
technically start invigilating tomro but i'll still be helping rhys, got all the screen and programming working and sounds out of the bottom half of the speak jsut need to program the sounds now, but visually it looks awesome, and a brilliant concept
might have to stay in touch with rhys as i might post him a tea crate as he's working in Qatar, shall ask tomro
i'm a electrician, programmer, gofer, problem solver, non stopping, hard working, volunteer, phew
nohter really good day installing with ryhs and his brother and the fabilous martin who is a masterful electrician!
technically start invigilating tomro but i'll still be helping rhys, got all the screen and programming working and sounds out of the bottom half of the speak jsut need to program the sounds now, but visually it looks awesome, and a brilliant concept
might have to stay in touch with rhys as i might post him a tea crate as he's working in Qatar, shall ask tomro
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Tea Bag Art by Armén Rotch
found by a fabulous friend just for me x loves u emily
Armén Rotch creates striking abstract works of art by collaging used tea bags. That’s a lot of Earl Grey, governor…
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