February 22, 2007
Posted by xavier watson
This Canadian-born creator is master and maker of worlds where normalcy recurses into phantasy. Reality and the realms of imagination flow seamlessly into each other, usually through the imagination of a child.
His work depicts that time between sleep and wakefulness, creating a breathtaking, visual exploration of imagination and possibility that encourages us to think past [...]
February 17, 2007
Posted by xavier watson
The artists over at Psygarden released a panoramic Flickr-like mosaic composed of 10,600 photographs taken from their partypic database. Three resolutions are available for download. Printed at full size – five feet by two feet – you can actually see the individual images in each tile.
February 7, 2007
Posted by xavier watson
We first heard Lemon Jelly in rotation on di.fm chillout, with their first-ever track, In the Bath. Its the sort of song that makes you smile when you think about it (especially if you are taking a shower at the time), and it is one of the few nontrance tracks on our Must Hear At A Trance Party Someday wish list.
February 2, 2007
Posted by xavier watson
Imbolc (pronounced im’olk) from the Old Irish meaning “in the belly” (i mbolg), referring to the pregnancy of ewes, and is the Celtic reconing for the first stirrings of spring. The holiday is a festival of the hearth and home, and a celebration of fire, the lengthening days, and the return of life. It is the yin to the yang of Samhain.
Bits and pieces of the ancient feast day survive in contemporary Western culture. Most secularized is the ritual of the New Years resolution. As a time of the year associated with beginning growth, Imbolc was the time to prepare for the activities of summer. Fishermen would begin preparing their gear to go out, farmers would make sure their plows and other tools were in good working order; warriors, likewise, their weapons. This was a time of preparation for one’s summer activities, what ever they may be. It was also a time to check one’s food stores, to see if they would last the rest of the season for there was still little fresh food for some time.
