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THIN FILM INTERFERENCE in parasitic wasp CLOSTEROCERUS COFFEELLAE
©Ekaterina Shevtsova and Jostein Kjærandsen
Pictured are color patterns, called wing interference patterns, on the transparent wings of the parasitic wasp Closterocerus coffeellae. Ekaterina Shevtsova et al. report that the insects’ diaphanous wings display vivid color patterns produced by a phenomenon called thin film interference. The manner in which the insects display their wings against various backgrounds determines the visibility of the patterns, suggesting that the patterns play an important role in visual signaling among insects. See the article by Shevtsova et al. on pages 668–673.
Fact Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2.cover-expansion
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A female Closterocerus coffeellae, a fly collected in Colombia, looks drab against a white background and shines against black. (via: Live Science)
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people would often inquire as to an alignment with religion, to which Jung replied “Don’t ask me such questions. I am just an old African, who finds [his]/[he is] god in his dreams.
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Today humanity, as never before, is split into two apparently irreconcilable halves. The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate. That is to say, she the individual remains undivided and does not become conscious of his inner contradictions, the world must perforce act out the conflict and be torn into opposite halves.
— Carl Jung, 1959.
ever wondered what a fugly loaf of bread looks like painted matte black? i guess i could have burnt it…anyway, i am calling this sculpture “Burnt Bread” you see, it is a commentary on food resources, and how food is used as a currency then as commodity, then as a weapon. i took an inedible piece of rubbery bread and painted it black, to ‘highlight’ the tension between hungry and food made inaccessible even when it is abundant…i love post-rationalization.
now that i finally have a real kitchen, and i am always hungry, i am cooking a lot again…i just baked my first-ever loaf of bread!!! and as an indication as to how good my first loaf is…i just put my second-ever loaf into the oven! lets hope the second loaf is edible!!
from my old hood, like across the street
This is Not the End of the World
Comune’s Drop City group show in LA
By Mark Buche
Drop City is the artist community formed by clothing company COMUNE to attract like-minded artists to come together and collaborate on special projects. With an impressive group of new and returning artists Drop City launched their second group exhibition “Ce n’est pas la fin du Monde” or “This is Not The End of The World” at R&R Gallery in Los Angeles.
“We just wanted to have a lighthearted optimistic title for the show. Because it is a group show we wanted it to be a celebration of all of our friendship, creative freedom, and a positive outlook for the future,” said COMUNE Art Director, Corey Smith. This sentiment was evident through the range of art, the crowd and the energy that crammed the space and spilled into the street.”
New work from Adam Harteau based on pages of books and large maps inspired exploration and travel. Work from twin sisters Ashlie and Amber Chavez encouraged hope for the future of traditional photography through the power of the their images and the medium.
The distorted photographs from Alexis Gross represent times when she was feeling like she was on another planet. The sheer size of Bryan Schnelle’s diptych demanded attention but it was his signature shrouding of faces that was keeping the audience static as they tried to fill in their own meaning.
In addition to various exhibits, Drop City serves as an incubator for artist collaborations into the COMUNE clothing line. Past seasons have seen three to four works from the family of artists incorporated into special signature tees from artists Devendra Banhart, Noel Sinclair Boyt and Corey. However, with the recent addition of more artists, expect to see 10-20 collaborations for coming seasons. After any piece of art makes its way to a tee, the brand and artists stay engaged, evolving and feeding off the shared creativity like a true family.
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hello? this is an experiment in change. or more specifically an experiment of the affect of limitless memory (external memory).
we have evolved beyond the need to track our way home to our mate. we have evolved beyond to need to tame a beast for transport, work, or food. we have even evolved beyond the instincts of survival and reproduction. and we have evolved beyond the need to remember. technology has forever changed our understanding of the world, and our place in it. thats where interweb comes in. it is really quite frustrating to discover with increasing consistency, how the triumphs and follies of human kind are hard fought, and kept close. in 2001: Space Odyssey, the apes stopped being apes when they started remembering, and started using tools.
every society and every civilization has grappled with the lesson of life and death. humans have been on this planet as biological regeneration, a cycle of life and death, iterations on a tiny planet in a minor galaxy. one of millions...oh, caught you sleeping? actually nasa estimates as many as 500 billion galaxies in this universe. my point being that we are not as invincible as we think we are. we are not as righteous as we think we are. we are just humans, "each of us, every one." so lets get over the mythologies borrowed from someone else's ancestors, and figure out what it means to be human!
...jonathan..m.isbell
