#desertglass

[alan-1714]

⋆°。⋆ ୨ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐬 ୧⋆°。⋆

☆ 𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝: 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠

- 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒕

- 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆: 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔

- 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂: 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔

- 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑮𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝒅𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓

- 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒕: 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓

- 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒚: 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔

- 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒁𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒏: 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

- 𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒚 𝑨𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒛: 𝑮𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅

- 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆: 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒓 𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅

- 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒚 "𝑺𝒉𝒚" 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑬𝒚𝒆/ "𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒏" 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑬𝒚𝒆/ 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 "𝑯𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒆" 𝑻𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑬𝒚𝒆: 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔, 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆

- 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆: 𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒆𝒓

- 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝒔𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔

- 𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆: 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔

[topazquartzs]

Heres Desert glass♥️💚 honestly I really like her design so much!

Please give credit if reposted❤️

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[topazquartzs]

Hey so this is Honey Calcite🍯 The Fusión of Orange spodumene🦑 and Desert Glass💚one of Rebecca sugars concept art gems kind a wanted to give them a little bit of the spotlight😊❤️ . Please give credit if reposted ❤️

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[janylusifer]

Libyan Desert Glass, A stone that does not belong to this planet and is a result of meteoric impact.

[jillpmottphotography]

Who knew a hockey tournament would lead me to such a fun cultural find. Isn’t it amazing how sometimes the best things to happen are the ones that aren’t planned? We jumped in the car drove 15 minutes to the museum and arrived just in time for perfect light, a warm evening and paths through a forest of different cacti. Colored glass, light and woven into a stunning landscape- always in love! . . . . . #Chihuly #Arizona, #desert #desertglass #artandnaturek #favoriteartist #education #designeducation #Artists #photographer #Wanderlust #jillpmottphotography #arteducation #light (at Desert Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7cKSXLxb3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[parallel-awhite]

#desertglass

The mineral tome Love Is In The Earth is a compendium of crystal typologies accompanied by descriptions and data on the properties and esoteric functions of manifold crystalline forms. On occasion, there is a succinct but notable reference to “the breastplate of the king” - identifying the particular stones that served a very specific purpose - unknown to me but nevertheless of sufficient significance as to merit mention in the massive book. Pictured above - a breastplate found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb. I discern lapis lazuli, turquoise, carnelian, freshwater pearls, and gold. Salient for this post is the scarab centerpiece - ah yes, remembering this turn-of-phrase - “ . . . this stone served as the centerpiece of the king’s breastplate . . . “  In this case, the scarab is made of Libyan desert glass.

Libyan desert glass is not of this earth - at least not originally. It was produced when a meteor hit the vast sands, and the massive heat - at least momentarily - became a crucible that transfigurated inert sand into roiling molten glass. 

Of passing interest: The structural confluence of the breastplate and the coat of arms of the United States - the heraldic assertion of the nation’s symbolic and formal meanings. None of the “Wiki” sources identify a link between Egypt and the design - despite the fact that a pyramid adorns its reverse. The pyramid is described as “unfinished” - which to me strikes a chord - the profound truth of the unfinished - the unfolding nature of all things. One might surmise that Libyan desert glass might resonate with such meaning, an apparently static material born of spectacular cosmic dynamism.

Nam Jun Paik @ Ackland Art Museum 

Navajo eagle

Mel Chin, “The Eye of the Beholder, 1 dollar denomination” (1995), erased US currency, 2 9/16 x 6 1/8 inches

Consider this aerial photo of the capital of Brazil (Brasilia), which is purported to represent “an airplane.” Here, the landmass is carved out by stunning turquoise waters. Given the forcefulness of the construct addressed here, it is difficult to perceive the shape as anything other than the bird of prey / eagle figuration - up to and including the radial eye at the side of the great bird’s head [as shown in detail below] that reverberates the same deep turquoise of the region’s waters. Consider how this aerial image can also be understood as representing a “birds-eye view,” as if the soaring eagle sees its own form reflected back to him [the warring and militia associations feel subjectively patriarchal to me] as it passes across the sky’s depths. 

Link to article that mentions the configuration of Brazil’s capital: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/is-washington-a-square 

Having discovered the above bit regarding the configuration of Brazil’s capital city - and more specifically having noticed the way in which the rivers of that area carved out that particular shape - it is particularly coincidental, uncanny and - to my nervous system - a substantial rush to have this same day 1) perused the announced list of McArthur Fellowship recipients, 2) had my attention captured by the MIT “geomorphologist” J. Taylor Perron and 3) learned that his focus is on “...how rivers shape landscapes on Earth...”

Sidebar note from a day of uncanniness [perhaps one day an astrologically inclined person will explain why today is opening up like a portal onto the knowledge of the world and allowing for expansive and complex associations]. Earlier today, in search of Egyptian imagery I had encountered that reflects the metallurgic imprint on the “king’s breastplate” (above), I did a search for the word “Egypt” on my photos, and the following image appeared:.

My first association was that the birds shaped themselves into hieroglylphics against the sky [asemic writing] - but a bit later it occurred to me that they also parallel the scarabic / bird-of-prey configuration - particularly the bird on the left: 

The next day...having settled into reading the experimental Derrida text Glas translated as Clang (1974) for an upcoming [virtual] seminar at the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University Antigone’s Worldings, which circulates around that text, I was shocked to encounter references to “eagle.” Very first thing. Derrida invokes the fact that Hegel was decorated by the Order of the Red Eagle - recipients of which receive the following medal:

Cut/paste from the text of Derrida’s Glas/Clang (referring to Hegel): 

Eagle figuration detail: Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı ☾☆ Beyşehîr Eflâtunpınar (1884} [Sourced from Mastodon.social Ottoman Archives (@ArchivesOttoman)]

[passen-gers]

Disinformation, ‘Spellbound’, video installation, 3 minutes, 2001

The full set of installation images can be viewed here: http://www.passen-gers.co.uk/offsite

[finder0928]

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