dust on the ground

she reads Leviathan... • Vanity • Life • "Photography" • Music I Like • Music I've killed

[head-home]

I’m talking about

[didoofcarthage]

Head of Polyphemus. Greek or Roman, Hellenistic or Imperial Period, 150 B.C. or later. Dolomitic marble. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

From MFA Boston: 

This is the head of the one-eyed, man-eating Cyclops whom Odysseus finally outwitted and blinded. Here the monster is in a peaceful mood, either waiting to receive the cup of wine offered him by Odysseus, or, more likely, gazing love-struck at the indifferent sea nymph Galatea. The head comes from a sculptural group that might have adorned a public fountain or a luxurious seaside villa. The type originated in the second century B.C., yet the lively and direct style of this piece makes difficult to judge whether it is a contemporary variant or a Roman copy.

[itscolossal]

Rolling Images of San Francisco’s Fog Against Neon Skies Shot by Nick Steinberg

[fuckyeahancientclassics]

I was here.

[lionofchaeronea]

Kansau Shrine in Snow at Lake Tazawa, Hasui Kawase, 1927

[head-home]

2016... an update.

Take risks.

Take calculated risks.

I started 2016 by being rejected for a full-time job with a tech company, and had resigned myself to working for the foreseeable future in corporate banking. Not even corporate banking... Electronic corporate banking support. Hellish.

In February, I took a six month contract with a tech company to work on their support team.

In September, they offered me a permanent job, with ridiculous benefits and perks.

In November, they’ll be flying me to Athens to help open a new office.

In February, I celebrated my birthday in Lanzarote.

In July, I went to Berlin for my brother’s stag party.

In September, my brother got married - I got my band back together, and we played the music at his wedding.

In October, I went to my second NFL game in London.

Also in October, I absolutely smashed my Marathon time, when I ran the Dublin marathon for the second time, running 26.2 miles in 3:52:11. I’ll take another 8 minutes off it next year. And I probably won’t dab across the line next year.

I took a risk in February, moving from a pretty secure (albeit grim) job to a 6 month contract. Within weeks of making that move, I was already less stressed, and way happier in general. The whole idea was to set myself up for searching for a new job.

Everything in its right place.

[garfieldminusgarfield]

G-G on Facebook - G-G on Twitter

[head-home]

Garfield Minus Garfield sometimes reads like a snapshot of my life.

Perpetual midlife crisis.

I'm actually getting the band back together.

[humanoidhistory]

The Sun, as of October 8, 2016.

[itscolossal]

Treacherous Stair Steps by ‘Skurk’

[museum-of-artifacts]

“Helmet of Miltiades”. The helmet was given as an offering to the temple of Zeus at Olympia by Miltiades. Inscription on the helmet: MΙLTIAΔES. 4th century BC

[itscolossal]

Ominous Storms Photographed in Black and White by Mitch Dobrowner

[head-home]

2016

Take risks. Take (calculated) risks.

[marcelineintheskywithdiamonds]

Some Ghibli’s sceneries. How could they be more astonishing? *-*

[astronomicalwonders]

MARTIAN STORMS - Seen in 1977 by the Viking 2 Orbiter

“Like its predecessor, the Viking 2 mission consisted of a lander and an orbiter designed to take high-resolution images, and study the Martian surface and atmosphere. Both the Viking 1 and 2 landers benefited greatly from their orbiting counterparts, which snapped images that helped mission controllers navigate the landers to safe landing sites.”

This particular image was taken by the Viking 2 Orbiter and shows a massive dust storm on the red planet. This spectacular storm can be seen on a global scale. The Viking 2 mission would end 3 years later on April 11, 1980.

Credit: NASA/JPL

[itscolossal]

Technicolor Rainbow Tape Floor Installations by Jim Lambie

[energiaz]

Odyssey.

[citylandscapes]

Fremont Street, Las Vegas, USA.

Matheus Carvalho

[lionofchaeronea]

Evening Shower at Atake and the Great Bridge (no. 52 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857