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Life in a Green Commune

March 3, 2021March 6, 2021 BlakeArt, Nature, Plants, Projects, Uncategorized

Photo credit: Wikimedia Volvox are gorgeous organisms. They live somewhere between the individual, a group, and are a beautiful manifestation of physically efficient geometry. They are often abundant in deep, […]

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Joy in Painting

February 6, 2021February 8, 2021 BlakeArt, Nature, Projects

When young, I gravitated to clay in school and the muddy hole that I had dug in the back yard for fun. At university, I studied portrait sculpture and soil […]

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Keeping the Routine in Check

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 BlakeArt, Projects, Ramble, Routine, Secular Monasticism

Good morning! Today I might just be able to focus on and appreciate my solitude. I’m finding that maintaining my weekly routine is frequently disrupted, and though I can maintain […]

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The Mitochondria Problem

January 14, 2021February 12, 2021 BlakeArt, Favorites, Latin, Nature, Projects

It’s an odd project- developing an iconographic language for science. Science already has its languages; maths, taxonomies, chemistry, geometries, and so on. The issue is that these languages have proven […]

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Reused pane of glass

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 BlakeArt, Projects

My business had a couple large boarded-up windows. We finally had the resources and time to have them opened up and replaced. In one of the openings were the remnants […]

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Small

January 9, 2021January 10, 2021 BlakeArt, Filters, Ramble

Nothing that I could write is of an order of magnitude large enough to be visible in the shadows of the grand and foul machinations of our government. Perhaps that […]

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Resolutions 2021

December 28, 2020December 29, 2020 BlakeArt, Carbon, Music, Nature, Projects, Routine, Wildlife

New Years has always been a favorite time. It’s kind of like a birthday- a fresh start, a new cycle, but one where I’m willing to spoil the opportunity for […]

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New Eyes for the World

December 21, 2020December 26, 2020 BlakeArt, Nature, Projects

My eyes have been changing for about 5 years. I shift reader prescriptions every six months or so. The process of getting old eyes has made me more aware of […]

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