This is a partial view of a large mural (110 feet wide, 16 feet high) completed in 1947 by art student Rudolph Zallinger for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. A few years later, it appeared in LIFE Magazine as a part of the “The World We Live In” series which was later published in book form in 1955. For kids growing up in the 1950s, this was our “go-to” reference on what life might have looked like when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Obviously, thinking about this subject has evolved over the last 60 years, but this retro depiction still charms me. I dream that some day, someone will make a science fiction film where people travel back in time to the age of dinosaurs, and find a world not unlike Zallinger’s “Age of Reptiles”.
Category Archives: personal reflection
Be the Shark of the Ocean!
Need a pep talk? Check out the AMAZING Demarjay Smith, age 8, personal trainer & motivational speaker from Jamaica.
Swirly abstract water loop
High speed water shot with a Sony RX100 IV, enhanced via After Effects. Here’s a common weird effect: if you stare at this loop until the end, when it stops, it will seem to rotate or twist in the opposite direction (even though the image is frozen). Weird, huh?
Mother’s Day
Here’s a nostalgic photo from 1922: my Mom, my GrandMom & my Great-GrandMom navigate this river known as life (actually, it’s the Little Miami River in Ohio). What more can I say? I owe my very existence to them.
Going The Wrong Way
This made me laugh when I first saw the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles and it still makes me smile today, almost 30 years later. There’s something deep going on here.
InnerGalactic
Outerspace themed doodles & graffiti with hints of a story, as imagined by a young boy. This was created as a gallery installation, to be run continuously as a seamless loop.
The Labyrinth at Land’s End
Sounds kind of sexy, no ? I was looking at a photo essay in the San Francisco Chronicle, something like “…the most photographed sites in San Francisco…”, and the Labyrinth (at Eagle Point, Land’s End, next to Mile Rock Beach) was the only place I had not been. Worthwhile.
A trap for malevolent spirits? A symbol of the hard path to God? A metaphor for life’s journey? A pantheistic meditation on nature? A frivolous diversion? Worthwhile.
Seasonal Greetings 2015
Cheers from Lapsed Time Images !
Teremtés by Márta Sebestyén
Some years ago, I stumbled upon an audio CD: The Best of Márta Sebestyén, a Hungarian singer. Her soothing vocals and folk instrumentations are a thing of beauty. Of course, not speaking Hungarian, I had no idea what the lyrics or titles meant, that is, until now! Here is the translation for the song Teremtés, which was written by Sebestyén:
Creation (Teremtés)
Let’s the man knead God from clay,
Who will create world for him,
Where the man could fold paperboat for himself
and can get away with it the Flood.
Always look for new shores
to become dry.
Always look for new shores,
Until the last tide will wash him away.
Always look for new shores
to become dry.
Always look for new shores,
Until the last tide will wash him away.
Here’s a cool thing: Google the word Teremtés, and click on “Images”.
September 15, 2015: scenes from Yosemite
Ok, here’s the ubiquitous “Tunnel View” scene. Early morning (actually sunrise). Didn’t pan out, but then it never does (why have expectations?), but it’s still beautiful, no?:
Later, same day, here’s a view of Half Dome taken from atop the Sentinel Dome (near Glacier Point):
A reverse angle of the previous scene:
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