On Vashon Island (near Seattle, Washington), a tree grows carrying a rather unusual passenger – an old bike. A boy left his bike up against the tree when he went away to War in 1914 and he never came back, leaving the tree no choice but to grow around the bike. Now, the bike has lifted 7 feet off the ground.
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Frozen lighthouse muppet on Lake Michigan, captured by Tom Gill.
Just attended the excellent show Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Very surreal to see a curated exhibition on graffiti, punk, and b-boy culture at such esteemed institution but what was once seen as the malfesant behavior of the fringe is now high art. Terrific artifacts from the rap, go-go, and hard core scene as well a heartbreaking portrait of a city struggling with addiction, including this amazing board game ‘Just Say No!”
The Gowanus at sunset. Scene of some of my most cherished childhood Ponzi schemes.
One of the perks of reading at 2A is that they project your 50ft visage across the cityscape.
Very injured mannequin on display in the window of a medical supply store. (Lower East Side)
Cutaway diagram of a 1960 VW Beetle. From Michael Stoll’s incredible collection of infographics in Bavaria, to which I will one day make a pilgrimage.
Today I bought a piece of art sculpted from tree roots: Brothers by Joe Wheelwright at the Boston Sculptors Gallery.
Scenes from my father’s print studio. A beautiful little example of exaptation: who knew golf tees were perfect for sealing ink tubes? For more on exaptation in the intellectual marketplace, I recommend Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From.
Wooden jungle gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands
It is a Well Known Fact that Dutch People—on average one of the tallest populations in the world—used to be much taller. In the 18th century it was not uncommon to encounter a Hollandaise man 3.2m (10’6”) in height. You can still find some of the old doorways designed to accommodate these Unfortunate Dutch Giants. Here I went on De Grote Deuropening Stadswandeling ”The Large Doorway Walking Tour” and discovered some of the gems of the genre.
43rd Annual Symposia of Paddle Boarders convene in the canals of Amsterdam.
Best birthday ever: tooling around the canals in Amsterdam with twin brothers on a 1967 Italian speedboat named “Octopussy.” (Photo: Heather Jones)
THE FRENCH METHOD: HOW TO SKI (1947) from Prof. Michael Stoll’s personal collection. This stuff was pure infographic pornography.
Prof. Michael Stoll of Augsburg University has put together an incredible collection of posters from his personal library of historical infographics. These gems are from ELEKTROSCHUTZ, a German safety guide from 1931 about how to avoid electrocution doing household activities.
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