the Fertile Cranium

Monday, July 10, 2006

Nature's Awesome Wrath

Readers.

There are many amazing things in this world. Many great experiences to accumulate- to test our constitutions and weather our souls.

But there's NOTHING quite like the RABID EXCLAMATION points one finds in SAILOR TALK!!!

PLEASE read BELOW! Be SURE to read the ENTIRE piece- to get a sense of the person who is SHARING this STORY WITH you!
You may get a few laughs- and then you just may shut up for a bit...

http://www.geocities.com/kp_diver/index111TheStorm.html

Then, when you're done- give yourself a treat and visit the End of the World- (What the Gates to Valhalla probably look like...)

http://www.geocities.com/kp_diver/index111Magellan1.html

Cheers to All!
Djo

posted by Djoser3 at 5:59 PM

11 Comments:

  • Pretty amazing and scenic stuff. Do you know the sailor?

    By Blogger Harold Olejarz, at 6:41 PM  

  • In Today's NYT there is an article about great waves - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/science/11wave.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

    Below is a sample

    NYT
    July 11, 2006
    Rogue Giants at Sea

    By WILLIAM J. BROAD
    The storm was nothing special. Its waves rocked the Norwegian Dawn just enough so that bartenders on the cruise ship turned to the usual palliative — free drinks.

    Then, off the coast of Georgia, early on Saturday, April 16, 2005, a giant, seven-story wave appeared out of nowhere. It crashed into the bow, sent deck chairs flying, smashed windows, raced as high as the 10th deck, flooded 62 cabins, injured 4 passengers and sowed widespread fear and panic.

    “The ship was like a cork in a bathtub,” recalled Celestine Mcelhatton, a passenger who, along with 2,000 others, eventually made it back to Pier 88 on the Hudson River in Manhattan. Some vowed never to sail again.

    Enormous waves that sweep the ocean are traditionally called rogue waves, implying that they have a kind of freakish rarity. Over the decades, skeptical oceanographers have doubted their existence and tended to lump them together with sightings of mermaids and sea monsters.

    By Blogger Harold Olejarz, at 7:29 AM  

  • I wonder if you're getting alerts by email when I reply to your comments within this blog(?)

    If so- no I don't know the sailor,
    and b) I actually sought out his blog after reading that same article!
    (the times didn't have large blow-ups of the waves, so I sought it out)

    I have, however, been doing some sailing whenever a co-worker of mine invites us out on the chesapeake, and in pretty rough weather nonetheless. I've definitely been bitten by the bug
    (but honestly I think it takes a little more than that to really devote yourself to the sailor's life. I think I'll stop just short of being a merchant marine and just say I'd like to have a boat someday- even if it's a timeshare kinda thing I def. got into life on the water...)
    TOO MANY WORDS!
    Note: This blog has nothing to do with art and thus strays from the actual intent of the blog.

    To Relate the Two:

    "I posted this because I firmly believe that part of an Artist's mission is to comunicate their experiences to others, in a way that can translate or strike a chord of familiarity, even in those who've never experienced the types of things we Artists do.

    This Sailor's little photo blog is put here as an example of just how MUCH can be communicated through an image and perhaps a few words.

    At the same time- these images reminded me that in spite of all the sense of accomplishment we have, sitting at the 'pinnacle' of the modern era; there's still a WHOLE LOT out there, in the very world we live in, which - until experienced - is beyond belief...

    (how's that for a cliff-hanger!)

    Affectionately to All,
    Djoser
    the Architect of Tomorrow's Dreams

    By Blogger Djoser3, at 1:24 PM  

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    By Blogger Djoser3, at 1:24 PM  

  • I wonder if you're getting alerts by email when I reply to your comments within this blog(?)

    If so- no I don't know the sailor,
    and b) I actually sought out his blog after reading that same article!
    (the times didn't have large blow-ups of the waves, so I sought it out)

    I have, however, been doing some sailing whenever a co-worker of mine invites us out on the chesapeake, and in pretty rough weather nonetheless. I've definitely been bitten by the bug
    (but honestly I think it takes a little more than that to really devote yourself to the sailor's life. I think I'll stop just short of being a merchant marine and just say I'd like to have a boat someday- even if it's a timeshare kinda thing I def. got into life on the water...)
    TOO MANY WORDS!
    Note: This blog has nothing to do with art and thus strays from the actual intent of the blog.

    To Relate the Two:

    "I posted this because I firmly believe that part of an Artist's mission is to comunicate their experiences to others, in a way that can translate or strike a chord of familiarity, even in those who've never experienced the types of things we Artists do.

    As an Artist, I think it apt to say that we 'experience' the world just a little bit differently than others do. Even as a simple matter of perception- for example I am constantly in awe of the structures in both nature and architecture. I may not concern myself with precise details, but in order to compose a drawing or painting, I will concern myself with a varying degree of accurate measurement. My tweaking or adhering to these measurements, to whichever degree of exaggeration I choose- aids or even becomes my expression of how I 'experience' the subject.
    In the end, of course- these details will be secondary to most audience's impression of any piece. They are esotoric to the naked eye.
    But for the sake of maintaining some cohesion in my vision- I still hold that these visualization and design techniques- which do fall in the realm of "tradition"- serve to enrich our experience of the world in ways that enable us to appreciate it more fully. Admittedly, I concern myself more with the visible, tactile world than many of my contemporaries- but perhaps this blog will be a forum for me to discuss why and how that affects my work. We'll wait and see, I suppose."

    This Sailor's little photo blog is put here as an example of just how MUCH can be communicated through an image and perhaps a few words.

    At the same time- these images reminded me that in spite of all the sense of accomplishment we have, sitting at the 'pinnacle' of the modern era; there's still a WHOLE LOT out there, in the very world we live in, which - until experienced - is beyond belief...

    (how's that for a cliff-hanger!)

    Affectionately to All,
    Djoser
    the Architect of Tomorrow's Dreams

    By Blogger Djoser3, at 1:50 PM  

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