tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38912332011-04-22T03:38:22.247+02:00The PadaciaNotes from a pad in Oslopekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-19237680009883605522007-03-13T08:38:00.000+01:002007-03-13T08:49:26.132+01:00Currently Reading...The Secret Riverby Kate GrenvilleSynopsis: After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But among the convicts there is a whisper that pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-2707573449678118162007-03-12T03:27:00.000+01:002007-03-12T03:30:37.594+01:00UntitledIllustration | Lisandro Demarchipekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-72252400650375889782007-03-09T07:07:00.000+01:002007-03-09T07:17:36.775+01:00 Nepal, from the file Noir & BlancPhotography | Patrick Chatelierpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-40601960730927830612007-03-06T05:47:00.000+01:002007-03-09T07:14:05.483+01:00A Constant Swarming, felt-tip pen on paper, 2006Drawings & Paper Sculpture | Jen Starkpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-91764553525162019342007-03-05T06:18:00.000+01:002007-03-05T06:38:19.945+01:00Currently Reading...The Inheritance of Lossby Kiran DesaiSynopsis: Kiran Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where in a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered old judge who wants to retire in peace when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's chatty cook watches over her, but his thoughts are mostly with his son, Bijupekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-32323715505715352312007-03-02T06:16:00.000+01:002007-03-02T06:23:30.969+01:00Image 21 from ArmeniaPhotography | Winslow Martinpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-23898408967663160332007-02-28T10:58:00.000+01:002007-02-28T11:02:50.738+01:00Pinned, oil on woodPaintings | Jen Lobopekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-49104907494359822452007-02-25T05:33:00.000+01:002007-02-25T05:46:16.159+01:00Currently Reading...Bitter Fruitby Achmat DangorSynopsis: Early in Dangor's embittered second novel about his native South Africa, aloof, independent 19-year-old Mikey comes to the realisation that 'history has a remembering process of its own, one that gives life to its imaginary monsters.' This understanding of the past informs the thoughts and actions of the characters, which the author of pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-33880716513560355492007-02-18T07:30:00.000+01:002007-03-02T06:23:55.636+01:00Image 01 from Alma, Nusa Panida, Indonesia, 1999Photography | Sacha Dean Biyanpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-72348130938168058182007-02-16T18:42:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:38:28.935+01:00StaircaseInterior + Product Design | TAFpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-82954762546074494162007-02-15T16:42:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:39:05.264+01:00Currently Reading...Never Let Me Goby Kazuo IshiguroSynopsis: From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human.Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its studentspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-25509896503964408562007-02-11T07:03:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:39:29.555+01:00The international jury of the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest selected a color image of the US photographer Spencer Platt of Getty Images as World Press Photo of the Year 2006. The picture shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-33588957927716624062007-02-08T14:48:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:40:36.409+01:00Plendelhof Stables Treehouse, Bremen, GermanyArchitecture | baumraumpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-8186607310983985512007-02-07T06:24:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:41:05.166+01:00Currently Reading...Snowby Orhan PamukSynopsis: Long exiled from his native Turkey, Ka travels to the far-flung Anatolian city of Kars on the eve of its municipal elections to investigate the wave of female suicides that has struck the town for an Istanbul newspaper. He arrives in a blizzard of such proportions that it will cut Kars off from the outside world for three momentous days. A coup is pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-14619831458713040822007-02-06T07:32:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:41:35.662+01:00Mood Lifter, 2001Digital Art | Maggie Taylorpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-39213302709712479592007-02-05T04:55:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:41:53.610+01:00Aloe Dichotoma, The Kokerboom Forest near the town Keetmanshoop, Namibia, 2004Photography | Ladislav Kamaradpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1170387266733710802007-02-02T04:34:00.000+01:002007-02-18T07:42:12.806+01:00Impending Doom, oil on panel, 2006Paintings + Drawings | Jonathan Weiner (Viner)pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1169477065670458192007-01-22T15:40:00.000+01:002007-01-22T15:50:17.683+01:00Portrait of Commander Massoud [1953-2001]during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 1985Photography | Reza Deghatipekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1168924873892901602007-01-16T06:19:00.000+01:002007-01-16T06:28:02.926+01:00Currently Reading...The Hungry Tideby Amitav GhoshSynopsis: An Indian myth says that when the river Ganges first descended from the heavens, the force of the cascade was so great that the earth would have been destroyed if it had not been for the god Shiva, who tamed the torrent by catching it in his dreadlocks. It is only when the Ganges approaches the Bay of Bengal that it frees itself and pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1168839431269286552007-01-15T06:31:00.000+01:002007-01-15T06:44:39.113+01:00Grey Heron Mouthful, HungaryWildlife Photography | Bence Mátépekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1168671005048798902007-01-13T07:46:00.000+01:002007-02-02T04:35:53.526+01:00Big Fish, ink on paper, 2003Paintings & Drawings | Sergei Aparinpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1168353550499253662007-01-09T15:36:00.000+01:002007-01-09T15:40:58.490+01:00Untitled Fog Image #2, Albert Park, Victoria, AustraliaPhotography | Tom Puttpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1168266892712191812007-01-08T15:12:00.000+01:002007-01-08T15:35:40.993+01:00Currently Reading...Oh, Play That Thingby Roddy DoyleSynopsis: Henry Smart is on the run. Fleeing from his Republican paymasters, the men for whom he committed murder and mayhem, he has left behind his wife, Miss O'Shea, in a Dublin jail, and his infant daughter. When he lands in America, it's 1924, and New York is the center of the universe. Henry, ever resourceful, a pearl gray fedora parked onpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1168143798392356872007-01-07T05:16:00.000+01:002007-01-07T05:23:49.196+01:00On the southern outskirts of Beirut, a lone figure staggers through what remains of a neighbourhood that was devastated by Israeli raids. 20 July 2006, by Thomas DworzakPhotography | TIME: Best Photos of the Year 2006pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1167746383283154402007-01-02T14:55:00.000+01:002007-01-02T14:59:43.303+01:00CrowsIllustration | Nicoletta Ceccolipekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1167661446388375542007-01-01T15:13:00.000+01:002007-01-01T15:30:14.360+01:00Currently Reading...The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeby Mark HaddonSynopsis: Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant, this novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capital cities andpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1167540974160474372006-12-31T05:49:00.000+01:002007-01-07T05:24:18.566+01:00A would-be immigrant crawls after his arrival on a makeshift boat on the Gran Tarajal beach in Spain's Canary Island. 5 May 2006, by Juan MedinaPhotography | Reuters Pictures of the Year 2006pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1167284259431361812006-12-28T06:35:00.000+01:002006-12-28T06:37:39.460+01:00He is Who, oil on wood, 1996Paintings | Colette Calascionepekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1167137486661926052006-12-26T13:48:00.000+01:002006-12-26T13:51:26.683+01:00#1, from the series Breast Cancer, 2000Photography | Katharina Mouratidipekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1167053878613533862006-12-25T14:27:00.000+01:002006-12-25T14:37:58.633+01:00Image from Mexico TenochtitlanPhotography | Francisco Mata Rosaspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1166364748898305492006-12-17T15:01:00.000+01:002006-12-17T15:13:41.446+01:00Currently Reading...Pretty Good Years: A Biography of Tori Amosby Jay S. JacobsSynopsis: How did a shy and conflicted young daughter of a minister become one of the most important and unique female musical voices for more than a decade? Pretty Good Years is a love story between a woman and a piano, a romance between a musical prodigy and the rabid fan base that she never thought she'd have. It ispekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1166075532571647472006-12-14T06:49:00.000+01:002006-12-14T06:52:12.590+01:00Martianscape #1, acrylic on canvasPaintings | Dan Maypekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1165849318662775682006-12-11T15:59:00.000+01:002006-12-11T16:01:58.680+01:00Black Fly, pencil on matchbookIllustration | Jason D'Aquinopekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1165500350422753702006-12-07T15:02:00.000+01:002006-12-07T15:05:50.443+01:00Village Boys, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhotography | Nishant Lalwanipekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1165128763604868992006-12-03T07:49:00.000+01:002006-12-03T07:53:19.323+01:00Atrophy, ink, 2005Illustration | Farmer Bobpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1165054842023280242006-12-02T11:02:00.000+01:002006-12-02T11:22:10.796+01:00Currently Reading...A Star Called Henryby Roddy DoyleSynopsis: Born in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk he's out robbing and begging, often cold and always hungry, but a prince of the streets. By Easter Monday, 1916, he's fourteen years old and already six-foot-two, a soldier in thepekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1164977433378012272006-12-01T13:47:00.000+01:002006-12-01T14:02:44.653+01:00Issue #67 HIV/AIDSPeriodical | COLORSpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1163753997624356612006-11-17T09:56:00.000+01:002006-11-17T09:59:57.646+01:00Festival du Sahara, Doux, TunisiaPhotography | Jeremy Hunterpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1163658782810554112006-11-16T07:30:00.000+01:002006-11-16T07:33:28.880+01:00Miles’ Song, 2003Illustration | Loren Longpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1163584851421716072006-11-15T10:53:00.000+01:002006-11-15T11:07:47.843+01:00Iso Satakieli by Maija Louekari, 2005Fabric Design | Marimekkopekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1163501829742438932006-11-14T11:47:00.000+01:002006-11-14T11:58:23.773+01:00Currently Reading...Red Earth and Pouring Rainby Vikram ChandraSynopsis: The gods of Poetry and Death descend on a house in an Indian city to vie for the soul of a wounded monkey. A bargain is struck: the monkey must tell a story, and if he can keep his audience entertained, he shall live. The result is Red Earth and Pouring Rain, a tale of nineteenth-century India: of Sanjay, a poet, and pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1163175704230025982006-11-10T17:15:00.000+01:002006-11-10T17:21:44.256+01:00The Villa Extension, Bled, Slovenia, 2004Architecture | Ofispekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1163066160940583102006-11-09T10:54:00.000+01:002006-11-09T11:00:41.083+01:00Spring Cleaning in Paris, 2006Illustration | Chris Turnhampekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1162963437023708302006-11-08T06:21:00.000+01:002006-11-08T06:23:57.043+01:00Young Asaro Mudmen, Garoka, Papua New Guinea, 1998Photography | Jodi Cobbpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1162874469152676972006-11-07T05:20:00.000+01:002006-11-07T05:42:31.806+01:00Currently Reading...The Kite Runnerby Khaled HosseiniSynopsis: The Kite Runner follows a young boy, Amir, as he faces the challenges that confront him on the path to manhood—testing friendships, finding love, cheating death, accepting faults, and gaining understanding. Living in Afghanistan in the 1960s, Amir enjoys a life of privilege that is shaped by his brotherly friendship with Hassan, his pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1162793602181103852006-11-06T07:04:00.000+01:002006-11-06T07:13:22.203+01:00The Hedmark Cathedral Museum, Hamar, Norway, 1967-79Architecture | Sverre Fehnpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1162536625175297882006-11-03T07:46:00.000+01:002006-11-03T07:50:25.196+01:00Fireball tealight holders by Pernille VeaProduct Design | Menupekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1162462791050287422006-11-02T10:42:00.000+01:002006-11-02T16:16:45.596+01:00Beast of the Sediment by Göran Ehlmé - Overall Winner 2006Photography | Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Yearpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1162138247231976522006-11-01T16:49:00.000+01:002006-11-01T10:43:04.226+01:00Currently Reading...The Namesakeby Jhumpa LahiriSynopsis: "When her grandmother learned of Ashima's pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family's first sahib. And so Ashima and Ashoke have agreed to put off the decision of what to name the baby until a letter comes..."For now, the label on his hospital cot reads simply BABY BOY GANGULI. But as time passes and pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1161445122774087252006-10-21T17:35:00.000+02:002006-10-21T17:50:37.016+02:00Bat CanyonIllustration | Jaime Zollarspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1161348015192921012006-10-20T14:20:00.000+02:002006-10-20T14:42:54.546+02:00Currently Reading...Cloud Atlasby David MitchellSynopsis: In a bold and unconventionally structured work, David Mitchell combines the stories of six individuals to create a masterful whole, which is both thought provoking and incredibly exhilarating.The morality and ambitions of a reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1160919869150730922006-10-15T15:27:00.000+02:002006-10-15T16:02:22.633+02:00Roseaux en automnePhotography | Michel Louppekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1160803985487788032006-10-14T07:11:00.000+02:002006-10-14T07:40:41.650+02:00Currently Reading...Far From the Madding Crowdby Thomas HardySynopsis: Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettlespekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1160668614571768392006-10-12T17:54:00.000+02:002006-10-12T17:56:54.590+02:00from Paint - Crispy Mandalas, 2002-2006Graphic Design | MWM Graphicspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1160544830681802582006-10-11T07:31:00.000+02:002006-10-11T15:55:38.630+02:00The Man Booker Prize 2006India's Desai is youngest woman Booker Prize winnerLONDON (Reuters) - Indian novelist Kiran Desai succeeded on Tuesday where her mother failed and won the Booker Prize, the youngest woman ever to capture one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.Desai, whose mother and fellow writer Anita was three times shortlisted for the Booker, won the 50,000 pound prize at pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1160412672603230622006-10-09T18:47:00.000+02:002006-10-09T18:52:38.000+02:00Jane and Jou Jou, Brazzaville Zoo, Congo, 1990Photography | Michael 'Nick' Nicholspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1160109429219350812006-10-06T06:19:00.000+02:002006-10-06T07:16:49.166+02:00Currently Reading...Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor DostoevskySynopsis: Through the story of the brilliant but conflicted young Raskolnikov and the murder he commits, Fyodor Dostoevsky explores the theme of redemption through suffering. Crime and Punishment put Dostoevsky at the forefront of Russian writers when it appeared in 1866 and is now one of the most famous and influential novels in world pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1159947082970700702006-10-04T09:25:00.000+02:002006-10-04T09:36:56.786+02:00Hovership Hall, from the Finished Sketches albumDigital Art | Craig Mullinspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1159878856302511382006-10-03T14:31:00.000+02:002006-10-03T14:34:16.323+02:00Puppy Between Feet, from Outland, 1999Photography | Roger Ballenpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1159796633647393132006-10-02T15:33:00.000+02:002006-10-02T15:52:51.586+02:00Immergrün, 1993, oil on canvasPaintings | Siegfried Zademackpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1159685220825974532006-10-01T08:19:00.000+02:002006-10-06T07:17:44.610+02:00Currently Reading...Norwegian Woodby Haruki MurakamiSynopsis: Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1158327414050862652006-09-15T15:28:00.000+02:002006-11-01T10:48:53.360+01:00The Man Booker Prize 2006 ShortlistThe Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in an isolated and crumbling house, there lives an embittered old judge, who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and the son of his chatty cook trying to stay a step ahead of US immigration pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1158121933441364442006-09-13T06:28:00.000+02:002006-09-13T06:32:13.453+02:00Medellín, ColombiaPhotography | Diego Levypekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1157972026737927942006-09-11T12:50:00.000+02:002006-09-11T12:54:15.720+02:00Rugged Cliff, 2001, oil on panelPaintings | Eyvind Earlepekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1157867545250157722006-09-10T07:48:00.000+02:002006-09-10T07:52:25.263+02:00Kashmir Earthquake, 2005Photography | Jan Graruppekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1157603764395662322006-09-07T06:30:00.000+02:002006-09-07T06:36:06.010+02:00Pro-democracy protester, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2006Photography | Tomas van Houtryvepekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1157543808415321122006-09-06T13:56:00.000+02:002006-09-07T15:26:04.573+02:00Icosahedron II, 2006Paper Sculpture | Richard Sweeneypekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1157172926358900162006-09-02T06:29:00.000+02:002006-09-02T07:00:51.173+02:00Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1994Architecture | Zaha Hadidpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1157086486256923782006-09-01T06:47:00.000+02:002006-09-01T07:00:34.260+02:00Badain Jaran Lake, Alashan Plateau, MongoliaPhotography | George Steinmetzpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1156933989774976802006-08-30T12:30:00.000+02:002006-08-30T12:34:00.756+02:00Beck, oil on panelPaintings | Ana Bagayanpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1156847182791466082006-08-29T12:24:00.000+02:002006-08-29T13:43:57.686+02:00Let's Go to the Café (Earl D. series), acrylic on wood boardPaintings | Yoko Tanakapekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1156395528882693192006-08-24T06:55:00.000+02:002006-08-24T06:58:48.896+02:00Ghost Ship, 2002, oil on canvasPaintings | Carson Ellispekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1156343385082478582006-08-23T16:26:00.001+02:002006-08-23T16:32:12.370+02:00You're Constantly on My Mind, 2000, charcoal and pencil on paperDrawings | Laurie Liptonpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1156086069618547922006-08-20T16:55:00.000+02:002006-08-20T17:01:09.630+02:00Image 6 from MexicaltzingoPhotography | Giorgio Vierapekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1155960239796910542006-08-19T06:02:00.000+02:002006-08-19T06:03:59.806+02:00Image 19 from ArtIllustration | Jeremy Pruittpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1155880291539652892006-08-18T07:47:00.000+02:002006-08-18T07:51:31.560+02:00AdamsPhotography | Marc Da Cunha Lopespekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1155226969901812612006-08-10T18:17:00.000+02:002006-08-10T18:22:49.960+02:00The Burning of Tokyo, engraving with chin colleIllustration | Alex Grosspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1154712703802912502006-08-04T19:23:00.000+02:002006-08-05T16:53:55.970+02:00Getty ImagesVisual Studies | 10 Wayspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1153468079535840642006-07-21T09:43:00.000+02:002006-07-21T09:48:45.406+02:00Extension du Parc des expositions, Paris-Nord Villepinte, France, 1999Architecture | Architecture-Studiopekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1153381185572181492006-07-20T09:36:00.000+02:002006-07-20T09:39:45.583+02:00The Day The Frogs Rain Down, 2005, oil on boardPaintings | David Stoupakispekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1153292181139546102006-07-19T08:54:00.000+02:002006-07-19T08:56:21.153+02:00Mobile HomePaintings | Brendan Monroepekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1152545455156176312006-07-10T17:23:00.000+02:002006-07-10T17:50:26.966+02:00It's Soon Easter AgainIllustration | Mattias Adolfssonpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1152463998300493842006-07-09T18:50:00.000+02:002006-07-09T18:53:18.323+02:00Abandoned, Namib Desert #4, 1997Photography | Elaine Lingpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1152025539706322882006-07-04T17:02:00.000+02:002006-07-04T17:05:39.720+02:00The Spit, AlaskaPhotography | Tod Seeliepekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1151947415774985202006-07-03T19:22:00.000+02:002006-07-03T19:23:35.790+02:00Flash Games | Samorost 2pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1150968248025407622006-06-22T11:17:00.000+02:002006-06-22T11:25:42.846+02:00Photo 12 from I Want to Tell You: Reflections About Cerebral PalsyPhotography | Enrique Villaseñorpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1149917304070383282006-06-10T07:22:00.000+02:002006-06-10T07:28:24.080+02:00A woman crosses the street in Baghdad's Karada neighbourhood as a sandstorm fills the air with fine powdery dust.Photography | Christoph Bangertpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1149860347250181532006-06-09T15:30:00.000+02:002006-06-09T19:46:47.233+02:00Allianz Arena, Munich, GermanyArchitecture | World Stadiumspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1149832169514439452006-06-08T07:45:00.000+02:002006-06-09T15:30:19.116+02:00Skate Wheel, photo 16 from KidsPhotography | Jean Marc Caimipekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1149441068962409422006-06-04T19:06:00.000+02:002006-06-04T19:11:08.973+02:00Results of the Historical Unknown, 2006acrylic, pen, pencil, sumi, paper, stickers & graphic tapeGraphics | Gregory Euclidepekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1149353156157811022006-06-03T18:35:00.000+02:002006-06-03T18:49:50.946+02:00The Logic of War Crimes in a Criminal Warby Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Brian BeckerJune 2, 2006When U.S. marines carried out the savage and systematic execution of Iraqi families and small children in Haditha last November, it was initially reported as a "battle" with "insurgent casualties." A photo of a kneeling Iraqi civilian moments before he was murdered was taken by a Marine using his cell pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1149227768601914542006-06-02T07:41:00.000+02:002006-06-02T07:56:08.613+02:00Machu Pichu #3Photography | Kevin Bubriskipekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1148880366090158662006-05-29T07:21:00.000+02:002006-05-29T07:26:06.100+02:00El MalpensanteIllustration | Julian De Narvaezpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1148488574241874512006-05-24T18:28:00.000+02:002006-05-24T18:36:46.740+02:00Street Children in Odessa, David Gillanders, 1st Prize"13 year old Yana finds her way from Moldova to the Ukraine. Her father, an alcoholic, died early; her mother was sent to jail when Yana was eight years old. Since, she has been living on the street, recently in Odessa. By injecting drugs, she gets infected with the HI-Virus. During Christmas 2004, she feels very sick, crawls into a hole and pekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1147884058923719162006-05-17T18:37:00.000+02:002006-05-17T18:40:58.936+02:00Washing cattle, Madras Beach, India, 1972Photography | John Isaacpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1147769701954507542006-05-16T10:33:00.000+02:002006-10-06T07:18:33.460+02:00Currently Reading...The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi)by Hermann HesseSynopsis: Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aestheticspekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1147772964072598632006-05-15T11:40:00.000+02:002006-05-16T11:57:30.226+02:00Morning near Makhmudia, video still by James LongleyPhotojournalism | Unembedded: Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraqpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1146644112120438752006-05-03T10:12:00.000+02:002006-05-03T10:15:12.136+02:00Castle of Pencils, photo 04 from GrayPhotography | Nelson Oliverapekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1146465044023747962006-04-30T08:28:00.000+02:002006-05-01T08:30:44.040+02:00Duet, acrylic and ink on woodPaintings | Susie Ohpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891233.post-1146403398170611282006-04-29T15:20:00.000+02:002006-05-24T18:40:54.566+02:00"The sense of self surpassing the bond between man and his surroundings."Photography | Milla Jungpekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789832859689289266noreply@blogger.com