#orbis

[vera-trine]

Obsession is never a choice. It's a pattern. No one ever tells you that. Your thoughts loop over and over, returning to the same subject, the same feeling, again and again. A compulsive need you cannot satiate. You can trace it all the way back to its origin and still you cannot escape. You cannot stop the motion once it's already begun. People think obsession is something you choose. It isn't. It's a cycle. The same thought arriving uninvited, wearing a different outfit every time.

I want to be that thought for you. You will return to me again and again, not because you haven't tried to stop, but because the loop has no escape route.

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[nocternalrandomness]

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital MD-10 spotted flying out of Tokyo Narita Airport

[art-mirrors-art]

Title page of the series Creation of the World, designed by Hendrick Goltzius and executed by the young, talented engraver Jan Harmensz. Muller in the 1590s.

Not exactly a mirror, but it is very interesting that Goltzius chose to depict the emerging world as a mirror-like sphere (orbis) reflecting the process of its own creation (!)

Orbis is also explicitly mentioned in the Latin epigram, by Franciscus Estius, in the cartouche: Principio Omnipotens immensi conditor orbis Esse polum iussit terraeque immobile pondus, Hinc lucem tenebris removet, noctemque diemque Nuncupat; et longis spatiis mox segregat undas, Aequora secernit terris; vos Lunaeque Solique Praefectos dedit; hinc animalia cuncta creavit. Post haec natus homo est caelesti afflatus ab aura, Divinae consors mentis, dominusque priorum. That roughly goes as At the beginning the almighty maker of the vast world ordained that the sky should exist, and the earth’s unmoving mass. Then he parted light from darkness, and named night and day; soon after, across wide spaces, he divided the waters, and separated the seas from the lands; and he appointed you, Moon and Sun, as rulers. Then he created all living creatures. After these things man was born, breathed on by heavenly air, sharer in the divine mind, and lord of all created before.

Notice that the vast world is described as immensi orbis (a metaphor we also find in orbis terrarum, for example).

Goltzius carried this circular theme through the remaining six plates of the series, filled with his famously twisted bodies:

[heimeldat]

A headcanon: the atmosphere on Orbis contain compounds that have both sedative and amnesiac effects on Gallifreyan biology. This accounts for Eight being content to live there indefitely in a sort of daze and for his difficulty remembering his past life. Without those effects, he would be absolutely stir crazy, building a spaceship out of garbage and/or hurting himself. Even with those effects, I fully believe he spent most of his time traveling around Orbis looking for problems to solve.

[tobeahundred]

Amazing resource for calculating travel and travel cost

Obsessed over this tool made by the amazing people at Stanford. It's called Orbis, and you can literally calculate distance using various forms of Medieval transport. The travel time in my fics are about to get even more accurate!

It seems like it's centered mainly around Roman or Byzantine areas, but works around the Levant as well.

[cataoshi]

I'm excited to announce that I'll be participating in the first @streetsofzine physical Artbook called Orbis

200 artists will be painting landscapes from all around the globe. There are only 4 days left to back its Kickstarter campaign, don't miss this chance!

[paperwick]

I'm joining the StreetsofZine's Orbis Artbook!

Orbis: Art Book of the World

A 200-page art book where every page is a different country illustrated by a different artist.

I'll be painting the illustration for Afghanistan. I'm very excited for this; there's so many incredible artists on board! The book is going to be amazing. If you're interested, check out the kickstarter. ♥