Thursday, July 2, 2020

Time-keepers

2020 has felt like a six month wall sit.
~Afshon Ostovar

Do you know what a wall sit is? It's this, and I think Afshon's quote is pretty much spot on. A little horology today:

Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
by Camille Grávis

Antiquitätenstillleben mit Kaminuhr
by Josef Schuster (1873–1945)

Hourglass in Austria
photo by Krokotraene

Resonance-tourbillon mechanical watch with nested epicyclical gearings with visualization of time by the center of satellites
photo by Sergiy Sheyko


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2 comments:

  1. HWYJuly 2, 2020 at 10:09 AM

    What a heckuva collection! One really beautiful painting, one fantasy painting, one bloody scary sculpture , and one watch I can't make heads nor tails of.

    Fascinating!

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  2. Bridget MageeJuly 3, 2020 at 5:45 AM

    Thanks for the introduction to these works of art, Tabatha. But I have to say I LOLed at the Afshon Ostovar quote. Yes, a 6 month wall sit with a 3 1/2 plank on the side! And we're just beginning July...Thanks for the smile today. :)

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