Negative space
is the space within, between, and around objects. For example, negative space is the area
between a cup and its handle; and it is the space between the petals of a
flower. It is also the space between an object and the edges of the
canvas, i.e. the space around an object. The opposite of negative space is positive
space. In drawing and painting,
negative spaces are actual shapes that share edges with the positive shape--the
object or objects you are drawing or painting--thereby creating the outline of
your subject. It is important when
composing your drawing or painting to look at both the positive and the
negative shapes and then to look back and forth between them to accurately
assess proportions and relationships. Learning
to draw negative shapes demands a whole new way of seeing. Regardless of what you are drawing or
painting, the positive and negative shapes within the composition can be
regarded as abstract shapes. You need to forget the "name" of
objects, and what you think you "know" about them, and simply see
them as shapes among a group of interlocking abstract
shapes, like a jigsaw puzzle. Some of those shapes are defined by
the edge of the paper or canvas. We
are accustomed to seeing the positive shape as dark and the negative shape of
light because the sky is lighter than the ground and objects appear dark
against the sky. However, that is not
always the case. Sometimes the positive
and negative shapes can switch roles. When
this is done deliberately so that a shape could be seen as either figure or
ground it is called a figure/ground reversal. See this concept
illustrated at https://www.thoughtco.com/negative-space-in-painting-2578774 In this diagram, you can see either two faces
staring at each other, or a vase in the middle. Marion Boddy-Evans https://www.thoughtco.com/negative-space-definition-2573838
nontroversy noun (plural nontroversies) A debate in the press or the blogosphere
where one side has been repeatedly demonstrated to be clearly wrong but vocally
advocates for their position.
Dawson City:
Frozen Time, a two-hour documentary on lost film,
frozen, forgotten and rediscovered This meditation on cinema’s past from Decasia director
Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost
collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. Located just south of the Arctic Circle,
Dawson City was settled in 1896 and became the center of the Canadian Gold Rush
that brought 100,000 prospectors to the area. It was also the final stop for a distribution
chain that sent prints and newsreels to the Yukon. The films were seldom, if ever, returned. The now-famous Dawson City Collection was
uncovered in 1978 when a bulldozer working its way through a parking lot dug up
a horde of film cans. Morrison draws on
these permafrost-protected, rare silent films and newsreels, pairing them with
archival footage, interviews, historical photographs, and an enigmatic score by
Sigur Rós collaborator and composer Alex Somers. Dawson City: Frozen Time depicts the unique
history of this Canadian Gold Rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a
singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and
salvation. https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/2630 In large part, Morrison's film itself is a
silent movie, illustrating the changing times of Dawson City with clips from
films that were unearthed there. As the
documentary shows, Dawson City became a prime destination for fortune hunters
when prospectors found gold there in 1897.
That part of the Yukon could only be reached via the 45-degree incline
of the Chilkoot Pass, and authorities trying to impose order on the gold rush
required every "stampeder" to bring along a full ton of
provisions.
Triple XXX Root Beer is serious business. From the early
days of its inception, to the loyal soft drink lovers who keep coming back for
more, a Triple XXX Root Beer isn’t just any root beer. In the 1920’s, close to 100 Triple XXX Thirst
Stations dotted the landscape along the United States and Canada, with over 150
bottlers producing the frothy product.
It wasn’t just road warriors consuming Triple XXX Root Beer—you would’ve
also found the soft drink for sale on Mississippi steamers. Wondering where the Triple XXX moniker came
from? It all boils down to
distinguishing a product’s excellence; a grading system. Back in the day, sugar, gunpowder, and even
kegs of beer were stamped with a certain number of X’s related to the quality,
or grade, of the product. One X on the
package symbolized it was good. Two XX
meant it was even better. Three XXX was
tops—the best of the best. Triple XXX
Root Beer has its roots in the brewing industry and can be traced all the way
back to Anheuser-Busch. When prohibition
came to Texas in 1916, the company reorganized its soft-drink production in
their Galveston breweries to keep their doors from closing. In 2008, the Ehresmans purchased the Triple
XXX Root Beer brand, rights, and formula.
Bottled exclusively in Chicago, Triple XXX Root Beer is stocked by
retailers across Indiana and available for purchase at both restaurant
locations. See pictures at https://www.triplexxxfamilyrestaurant.com/root-beer/
NYC's
8 New Libraries: City Finds Creative Ways to Revamp Facilities and Build
Housing by Michelle
Sinclair Colman June 18, 2018 Libraries are not what they used
to be. At a luncheon hosted by the New
York Building Congress, the Presidents and CEOs of the Brooklyn, Queens, and
New York Public Library agreed that they have become a place for communities
rather than the solitude and quiet isolation stereotypically associated with
them. As locals of all ages use the library
to attend story hours, do homework, study for citizenship tests, learn to code,
attend workshops, watch the World Cup, and work together in addition to
checking out books, the design must be rethought to reflect the changes. Throughout the city, libraries are moving or
renovating into more modern, more appropriate spaces through partnerships with
the city, the public library system, and residential developers. Some of
the projects seek to provide affordable housing and community spaces, others
are luxury residential projects that provide new spaces in the building for
local libraries. Whether or not these
projects create more affordable housing, the building of new libraries benefits
all communities. “Libraries are the last
truly open democratic institution.” - Dennis Wolcott, President and CEO, Queens
Public Library Find extensive
descriptions and pictures of the planned libraries: The
Inwood Library, Sunset
Park Library, Brooklyn Heights Library, Elmhurst Public Library,
Greenpoint Library, 53rd Street Library, The Queens Library at Hunters Point,
and Mid-Manhattan Branch Library at
Current exhibits at the Toledo Museum of Art Celebrating Libbey Glass, 1818-2018 through Nov.
25, 2018 Rebecca
Louise Law: Community through
Jan. 13, 2019 Sights & Sounds: Art, Nature, and the
Senses through Feb. 24, 2019
Upcoming exhibits Mel Chin: Two
Me Sep. 22, 2018 — Nov. 11, 2018 Frans Hals Portraits: A Family Reunion Oct. 13,
2018 — Jan. 6, 2019 View details at https://www.toledomuseum.org/art/exhibitions
Researchers say they
have found the world's oldest brewery, with residue of 13,000-year-old beer, in a
prehistoric cave near Haifa in Israel. The researchers say they cannot tell which came first,
and in October 2018 issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, they suggest the beer was brewed for
ritual feasts to honour the dead.
"This accounts for the oldest record of man-made alcohol in the
world," Li Liu, a Stanford University professor
who led the research team, told Stanford News. Ms Liu said
they were looking for clues into what plant foods the Natufian people--who
lived between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods--were eating, and during
the search they discovered the traces of a wheat-and-barley-based alcohol. The findings also suggest beer was not
necessarily a surplus of making bread as previously thought. The ancient brew, which was more porridge or
gruel-like, is thought to have looked quite unlike what we know as beer
today. The research team has managed to
recreate the ancient brew to compare it with the residue they found. This involved first germinating the grain to
produce malt, then heating the mash and fermenting it with wild yeast, the
study said. The ancient booze was
fermented but probably weaker than modern beer.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45534133
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and The
University of Toledo present: Creative Writing and Book Making (F) Sept. 21 | 3:30 p.m. King Road Branch Haiku
Poetry Writing (F) Oct. 12 | 3:30 p.m.
Reynolds Corners Branch
Writing Your First Novel (T) Nov. 6 | 3:30 p.m. University of Toledo's Carlson Library (Dorothy Price Room
2024)
The World's Most Beautiful Libraries https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/jul/31/libraries-world-most-beautiful-in-pictures Thank you, Muse reader! Find pictures of the largest library in
Ireland that is home to the Book of Kells, and a library that houses bats to
fight off insects. See also 62 of the
World's Most Beautiful Libraries at http://mentalfloss.com/article/51788/62-worlds-most-beautiful-libraries
The Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin MS 58) contains the four Gospels in Latin
based on the Vulgate text which St Jerome completed in 384AD, intermixed with
readings from the earlier Old Latin translation. The Gospel texts are prefaced by other texts,
including "canon tables", or concordances of Gospel passages common
to two or more of the evangelists; summaries of the gospel narratives (Breves
causae); and prefaces characterizing the evangelists (Argumenta).
The book is written on
vellum (prepared calfskin) in a bold and expert version of the script known as
"insular majuscule". It
contains 340 folios, now measuring approximately 330 x 255 mm; they were
severely trimmed, and their edges gilded, in the course of rebinding in the
19th century. https://www.tcd.ie/library/manuscripts/book-of-kells.php
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1954
September 18, 2018 Thought for Today To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of
the business of life. - Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (18 Sep 1709-1784)
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