FYI

Those mercury filled fluorescent lights you sit under at work are bathing you in UV radiation. The government and industry will tell you it is low level and safe but so was saccharin. I would be vocal against forced mandates of use of fluorescents on any level. (unless you enjoy a nice cubicle tan, of course)

ultraviolet effects on skin and DNA

without going into much detail this is the effect of too much UV radiation on DNA. Notice the breakup of the DNA "ladder." That cant be a good thing, methinks. What you cant see can hurt you.

an event

I am planning an event for may 17th as it is the one year anniversary of this website/ blogfest. It is also very close to Dali's birthday (may 11th) I will update soon.

word of the day----bellwether

bellwether \BEL-weth-uhr\, noun:

A leader of a movement or activity; also, a leading indicator of future trends.

as in:

Gardega, the creator of the New Renaissance in art promises to save modernism from the slop-trough of falsity and poor craftsmanship. He is the bellwether of his artistic generation.

Bronx Covers

I am working on two Bronx covers for the yellow pages. one is a painting of Yankee stadium and the other is the Bronx botanical gardens. Same book--two covers....finish soon...

table top---by gardega

I figured out the exact weight of my previously mentioned table top. It was only 107 lbs. It only seemed to weigh 250 lbs.

visible spectrum

I woke up at three AM this morning as I was thinking (in my dream) about the visible spectrum. the visible spectrum is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see with our eyes. A typical human eye can respond to 380nm to 750 nm in air. Beyond the visible lies the infrared and the long wavelength which humans cannot "see." Insects and bees can see ultraviolet light which even gardega cannot see. ultra violet light is kind of like a turbo charged regular "violet" light (which yours truly and my humble readers can plainly see.) The reason I bring this -up is to illustrate that we are standing in a large room that is the called the "full spectrum of reality" and the only reality we believe is the tiny corner window that is our "optical" or "visible" reality---We believe it when we see it...We are foolish enough to believe "if it aint out that window, it aint out there..." which brings me to these words at 3:48 AM..so early before the dawn while even NYC seems to sleep.

I woke up and the world outside was dark
All so quiet before the dawn
Opened up the door and walked outside
The ground was cold

I walked until I couldnt walk anymore
To a place Id never been
There was something stirring in the air
In front of me, I could see

More than this
More than this
So much more than this
There is something else there
When all that you had has all gone
And more than this
I stand
Feeling so connected
And Im all there
Right next to you

It started when I saw the ship go down
I saw them struggle in the sea
And suddenly the picture disappears
In front of me

Now were busy making all our busy plans
On foundations built to last
But nothing fades as fast as the future
And nothing clings like the past, until we can see

More than this
More than this
So much more than this
There is something out there
More than this
Its coming through
And more than this
I stand alone and so connected
And Im all there
Right next to you

Oh then its alright
When with every day another bit falls away
Oh but its still alright, alright, alright
And like words together we can make some sense

Much more than this
Way beyond imagination
Much more than this
Beyond the stars
With my head so full
So full of fractured pictures
And Im all there
Right next to you
So much more than this
There is something else there
When all that you had has all gone
And more than this
Im alone
Feeling so connected
And Im all there right next to you

More than this
More than this
More than this