Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli 2008. Leading Matriarch Killed By Poachers, 2009. Continue reading
Category Archives: Art
Photo Of The Day: Mongolian Eagle Hunter
I’m reading this book right now and I’ll be getting into a fair amount of detail on the people of this region of the world in upcoming posts. So, what better time to publish this photo of the day? The below is a Mongolian eagle hunter in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia: ***** Continue reading
Poem Of The Day: William Butler Yeats
Yeats wrote The Second Coming in 1919 at the end of World War I. The poem uses Christian imagery, but it is about the Europe that existed at the end of World War I and what was to follow rather than about religion… It is just as apt in describing Syria or other such bloody … Continue reading
Painting Of The Day: The Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog
Caspar David Friedrich Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818 In German: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer It currently resides in the Kunsthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany. ***** Does anyone else find the mysterious wilderness of fog-bound crags tantalizing? Continue reading
Painting of the Day: The Lament for Icarus
Herbert James Draper The Lament for Icarus, 1898 Currently housed in London’s Tate Britain… Continue reading
Sculpture Of The Day: The Conquered Victor
Sculpture by Hennie Potcieter… Taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: The Motorcycle Carabinieri
Taken in Rome… Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 