Things I've Seen Lately That I Really Dig.

[sechan19]

"Lonely," by Olga Gouskova, and other absolutely beautiful works by this Russian-born artist.
Official Site.
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Pure-white peacocks locked in battle.
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Futaristic, funkadelic Japanese credit card ads from the 1970s.
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And (no visuals, but still very damn cool):
The news that the Japanese have recently discovered a huge cache of mokkan (wooden tablets), numbering in the tens of thousands, in the ruins of the Heijô Palace. Heijôkyô, located roughly in the area of present-day Nara, was the capital of Japan from 710 to 740, and again from ca. 744 to 784. Previous finds of mokkan have served as valuable sources of documentation that have helped researchers in such pursuits as the reconstructing of the casting process for the Great Buddha at Tôdaiji. There's no telling what these tablets will reveal.
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Comments

[lordameth.livejournal.com]

Those peacock photos are incredible!

Here's a picture of the mokkan from the Mainichi article:



(if you want to keep it, save it quick before the page disappears.)

PS Thanks much for linking to my blog :)

[reteva.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this! And thanks for writing such kick-ass blog entries. I was way stoked to learn about the mokkan. Keep up the great work.

[lillith-knox.livejournal.com]

Awesome!