tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post8038195395893894859..comments2024-01-06T10:31:34.575-08:00Comments on Across Difficult Country: Science & artsC. Van Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-91651738624466883692009-11-18T16:08:05.877-08:002009-11-18T16:08:05.877-08:00The Bernini of Borneo?The Bernini of Borneo?Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-90440448539177208392009-11-18T11:02:28.391-08:002009-11-18T11:02:28.391-08:00Michelangelo of Mars is an apt characterization. O...Michelangelo of Mars is an apt characterization. Or the Art Deco Aztec. He would have been the perfect set designer for a John Carter of Mars movie.<br /><br />I find the craziness reflected in his work unpleasant. I dislike most "outsider" art (Aztec and Mayan, too, for that matter) for the same reason.<br /><br />Szukalski's book on Zermatism has the great title of Behold!!! the Protong.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-78806764613087278242009-11-18T00:35:53.865-08:002009-11-18T00:35:53.865-08:00I've finally looked at pictures of Szukalski&#...I've finally looked at pictures of Szukalski's scupltures, and they're ... well, words fail me. The Michelangelo of Mars? <br /><br />His model for the "Rooster of Gaul" monumental statue he wanted the U.S. to give France in return for the Statue of Liberty looks like ... say the Aztec Empire had survived into modern times. That's what the greatest Aztec sculptor would be doing.<br /><br />http://szukalski.com/gallery.htmlSteve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-9059566075367592322009-11-18T00:17:53.145-08:002009-11-18T00:17:53.145-08:00Ben Hecht, the Chicago reporter and screenwriter, ...Ben Hecht, the Chicago reporter and screenwriter, writes about the Szukalski he knew at length in his autobiography "A Child of the Century," but there is no mention of Yetiism. It's sad to see that the Russo-Yeti power bloc is censoring even our literature.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-13444540400472861532009-11-16T10:20:22.522-08:002009-11-16T10:20:22.522-08:00Dr. J. Allan Hobson, A sleep researcher at at Harv...<i>Dr. J. Allan Hobson, A sleep researcher at at Harvard, thinks “Dreaming is a parallel state of consciousness that is continually running but normally suppressed during waking.” </i><br /><br />I believe this ties in to my current research on "Drunkeness being a parallel state of consciousness that is continually running but normally suppressed during sobriety".Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.com