Day 4911: Simplify/Dan sha ri & Kiwi Chicks Care is Provided.

 

"Curlers?": junk collage, tissue, ink, acrylic, digital.

                                                               

  

Want music?

    Click: Big Mountain, Baby, I Love the Way.

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Still at it!

Tuesday, June 4, 2013Still at it!

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Day: 312  Tuesday, June 4, 2013 

Do you know "dan-sha-ri?"

断捨離

Have you heard of dan-sha-ri?

It's a Japanese word, and a craze in Japan.

One description ... to live with less.

Three characters signify refusal, disposal and separation.

Last year I started on a mission ...

(before I knew of dan-sha-ri)

to simplify.

I plan to give, sell or donate almost everything before I die.

No, I am not sick or dying.

In fact, I plan on hanging around for many years.

But ...  I do have a lot of "stuff" so I need to get started.

Wish me luck.

my view as I write

Post note: Yes, thirteen years later I am still at it. It's a slower process at 84. It is amazing how much one person can accumulate. It will never be easier than today so, again, wish me luck. 

 

  

 

A 1+ minute video, Happy Fiona, here

 

 

Just because ...

Pomeranian Pouter

 Tuesday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

Day 4910: Self Image & Underground Desert River.

"Uncle Kenneth": junk collage, pastels, old photo, digital.

This is my Uncle Kenneth Kouns, a newly married, hard working young man before he went off to war, MIA and never came home. Aunt Vonda never gave up waiting for him.

                                                                  

  

Want music?

    Click: Soloman Ray, Find Your Rest.

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Self Image

Looking at the Cattle Egret below I wondered if she knows how pretty she is? Then it reminded me of a video I posted,  but I had forgotten, (here). I found it cute, then sweet, then touching. The lady who originally posted the video, labeled it "her love bird didn't like its short tail."

It seems most of us think we are either too much or not enough of various things. Maybe a waste of time, but our insecurities push us seek out helpers to make up for our supposed lack. There was a time, many eons ago when I added eyelashes. Also, for a while, fake acrylic nails. One time, a hairpiece. I guess I am not so different than the bird?

A river built where no river should exist. 

Around 700 BC, in ancient Persia, engineers constructed what is now called a qanat, a 20-mile subterranean channel carved beneath the desert to carry water from distant aquifers using gravity alone.

Vertical shafts punctured the surface at regular intervals, allowing construction, airflow, and maintenance while keeping the water protected from heat and evaporation. Many of these systems still function more than 2,700 years later. No pumps. No electricity. No visible river.

The full precision of how gradients were maintained across such distances remains limited by surviving evidence, yet the water still arrives, quietly, as it always has.

 

  

 

A 4+ minute video, Acorn season, here

 

 

Just because ...

Eastern Cattle Egret

 

Monday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

Day 4909: Ancient Step-by-Step & Finland's Wireless Power.

    

"Lillian": Junk collage, old photo, digital.

  

Want music?

    Click: Al Green, Love and Happiness

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How about an ancient 2016 step-by-step?

Back then I eked out a step-by-step postcard ...

step 1 & 2 (ink & watercolor)

As usual, the face is "wonky"!

step 3

But I just keep on playing ...

step 4

this time with security envelope linings ...

 

step 5

the hair is done, so another envelope lining and ...

 

step 6

done & fun.

Keeps me off the streets.

Scientists in Finland just pulled off something that once sounded impossible...sending electric power through the air. Using a mix of ultrasonic sound waves and laser beams, researchers managed to guide electricity without any physical wires. The test was done in controlled conditions, but it worked as planned. This moment is being seen as a serious step toward truly wireless power systems.

The research is being led by teams from the University of Helsinki and the University of Oulu. One method uses strong sound waves to shape the air itself, creating invisible paths that guide electric sparks. Scientists call this an acoustic wire. Another method uses lasers to help steer the energy safely and precisely across open space.

While this technology is still early and experimental, the future impact could be huge. Homes, factories, and smart devices could one day get power without plugs, cables, or contact points. That could change how cities are built and how devices are designed...but how ready do you think the world is for power without wires?

 

  

 

A 6+ minute video, Wild Pallas cat, here

  

 

Just because ...

Hooded Merganser

 

Sunday's Smiles ... 

 

   

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.