the bees are dying---by gardega

The bees are dying and I have researched this matter and alex believes that genetically altered crops have been their undoing. They have lived through too many years of pesticides to blame simple chemicals on their demise. We have opened Pandora's Box with our genetic altered foods and stuck our grubby hands into god's picnic basket one too many times---he is not happy. If the bees die, the crops die and then "Houston, we have a problem." I am sure this ridiculous spraying for a non-threatening west Nile has not helped either but I like to look to mythology to understand reality in the tradition of the great genius that was carl jung.

update by gardega

I spent 8 hours today working on the frames for my glass pieces and making sure they were lit correctly---LED lighting must be directly on the edge of a glass carving to fill it with light (not unlike fiber optics) I should spend two more days perfecting the framing and lighting then I will share the photos.

deadlines

I missed a deadline which has thrown me into a funk that is the color I cannot explain.

pop up

I have nothing to do with the ring tone pop up--- at least it is peter gabriel.

my foyer

I found these books in the foyer of my building today. I still find it strange to walk into a building and see my covers piled up. It is a good feeling but one that has a certain oddness to it. It is like getting food that you cooked yopurself delivered to your door. Do you tip?

photo

I found this photo online and I like it.

art by gardega----archimedes spiral

I am going to introduce to my readers today what is known as the Archimede's Spiral. It is a thing to behold and her importance ranks right up there with oxygen, the wheel, and the Dallas Cowboys. Also known as an arithmetic spiral, Her distance grows from a fixed point at a steady rate. We can find this spiral in those black things people used to buy called "records" or in the common screw but also our DNA is formed with an Archimedes Spiral. Barbers poles would be nothing without it and you would not know where to get your hair cut so we would all run around looking like hippies. One could do worse than to research the namesake of this spiral as his genius surpasses many of the frogs who have inhabited this strange and wondrous pond called humanity.