… El fuego es superior en belleza a todos los demás cuerpos; es que desempeña respecto de los demás elementos, el papel de forma; ocupa las regiones más elevadas es el más útil de los cuerpos, porque es el que más se aproxima a los seres incorpóreos; es aún el único ser, que sin dejarse penetrar por los demás cuerpos los penetra a todos; les comunica calor sin enfriarse; posee el color por su misma esencia y lo comunica a los demás; brilla y resplandece porque es una forma.

De lo bello - Plotino

VIDEO CIRCUITS: Étienne-Jules Marey & Georges Demeny

Maputo Spring 2013

Stater from Abdera, Thrace, C. 346-336 BC

The obverse: A griffin crouching and raising its forepaw; EΠI above, ΠAYΣANI[Ω] (for Pausanias, the magistrate) in exergue. The reverse: ABΔHPI-TEΩN around the laureate head of Apollo, all within shallow incuse square.

Abdera (map) was located the Thracian mainland, opposite the island of Thasos, and derived great wealth from the nearby silver mines and trade between the Greeks and Odrysian Kingdom. Its symbol, the legendary griffin, was known as a guardian of great treasures. This magnificent silver stater depicts a powerful and majestic griffin in superb detail, including features derived from other animals – the beak, wings, and talons of an eagle, ears and neck of a horse, and the body of a lion. The young Apollo depicted on the reverse in similarly fine style recalls the gold coins of the nearby Macedonian Kingdom, which brought Abdera under its yoke in 350 BC.

You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone, and then no one outside learns of you.

Rainer Maria Rilke (via fernsandmoss)

A German star shell bursting at night somewhere near Polegsteert, March 1916

Cimabue - Apocalypse fresco at the Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi, detail. After 1279

Bill Brandt British, born Germany, 1904-1983

Bombed Regency Staircase, Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, c. 1942

Gelatin silver print 9 x 7⅝ in. (22.8 x 19.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art New York, New York, USA

© 2014 Estate of Bill Brandt

Flowers in Central Park. July, 2014. NY, NY.

Flowers in Central Park. July, 2014. NY, NY.

Ansiktet (The Face) - Ingmar Bergman - 1958

Pablo Picasso ,1921 baigneuses