Sunday, September 01, 2024

Fathers Day - The Disciples

 At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way.

All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake, Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense. ~ Hermann Hesse


For his project The Disciples, photographer James Mollison took photo montages of fans outside of music concerts. See if you can guess which concerts these groups of fans attended


The emergence of monumental architecture in Atlantic Europe: a fortified fifth-millennium BC enclosure in western France Cambridge University Press


The Phantoms Haunting History Noema


Mosquitoes sense infrared from body heat to help track humans down, study shows


Weight loss drug’s heart benefits extend to people with heart failure, study finds

Can the Brain Help Heal a Broken Heart? The Scientist

Living in tree-filled neighborhoods may reduce risk of heart disease, study shows NBC


NEWS YOU CAN USE? Drink port and not beer to avoid gout, study suggests.


Lightning & Thunderstorms – World MapBlitzortung.org. Animated, near-real time


Too Many New Plays, Too Few Producers

The ratio of independent producers to new plays being written, and people wanting to make them, is completely out of kilter. And as subsidies dwindle and support for the arts in general wanes, the number of us – people willing to run a small business producing independent theatre – is decreasing too. - The Stage

The Company That Invented The Portable Pop-Up Theater And Locked Writers In A Room Until They Drafted A Play

"It began over a pint in a Bedford pub. Fifty years later, Paines Plough is a theatrical trailblazer. … To mark its half-century, the key players remember the company’s fights, firsts and furious creativity." - The Guardian