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Real genius.

Stephen Colbert by Todd Lockwood.

Let freedom ring!

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I’ve always liked the Seal of the State of Colorado, but felt the color scheme was… well… cartoonish. Then I saw this stamped-metal embellishment on the staircase at the northern entrance of the capitol building in Denver.

Wow.

Now there’s a symbol of power. Dark, brooding, axes,hammers and the all-seeing eye.

Yeah, they knew how to do Government back in the day.

Bow down you peons, this the shrine of governance. Cower and be afraid.

*grin*

Posted by macguiguru as Art, Photos at 10:39 PM MDT No Comments 

From Silly Buddies…

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First, I’d like to say, this is just wrong. Everyone knows you shave them first.

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I loved the architechture at the University of PA in Philadelphia! The University buildings themselves were covered with great gargoyles (all commissioned sculptures!) and plaques commemorating Ivy Day. I’m slowly digging through a huge collection of slides from my days there (I was a lab technician in the Biology Dept. in Leidy Labs and worked for Drs. Lee Peachey, Clara Franzini-Armstrong, Louis G. Tilney among others).

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Lovely sculpture from the Univ of PA Museum in Philadelphia.

The wave itself was cast silver and the sphere polished crystal - mesmerizing to look at!

It was inside a plexiglass case that was none-too-clean and the lighting was very poor, thus I had to use a flash - took several shots to get a proper exposure.

Posted by macguiguru as Art, Photos at 7:30 PM MST No Comments 

An Easter Lily in a greenhouse at the University of PA, Philadelphia (Leidy Labs). Every year they’d grow hundreds of these for biology students to dissect when studying plant reproduction. The greenhouse would be heavy with the fragrance.

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Cupid watching his arrows burn on the altar of friendship.

Close-up of a statue I saw at the Philadelphia Art Museum. It was part of a travelling show - the Campbells Collection (as in soup, yes, that Campbells - it’s actually pretty neat - all those paste porcelain tureens and bowls led to some insane paste porcelain sculpture. Luscious stuff. Serious eye candy.) Can’t find any other references to these on the web. If I can find the full shot of the statue, I’ll post it too.

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I think this is a Nian - for a long time I thought it was a Chimera. Yeee! No matter what you call it, it’d scare the crap out of ya!

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