putting work files and graphic assets onto my macbookpro because next week the work macpro is being hospitalised

paraphrase: romans 5:8

paraphrase: romans 5:8
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The first tripart arc descends to touch down upon the point which is the origin for the text. Then, the shadow line recedes from that point into the back of the picture plane to a black, barely visible, semicircle. This semicircle is the point from which the second tripart arc originates as it moves along its ascent.

paraphrase: 1 corinthians 2:9

paraphrase: 1 corinthians 2:9
Originally uploaded by isral duke

“Mind has not imagined / ear has not heard / eye has not seen
the things that God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9.

it’s hard to show something that hasn’t been seen. Yet, i have to attempt to visually ender what i think the concept of this verse. it’s a kind of enlightenment to come, an elucidation that hasn’t yet occured. Or, it’s equaly valid to think it something just plain new.

loving london. @bigbluefly, big comic store here, forbidden planet. going today.

No Lindow Man

Sadly, “Lindow Man” was temporarily removed for preserve work from the British Museum. Peat bodies are prevalent in this climate so hope to see one someday. Here’s the book on “Lindow Man” that i read.

the texan in our hostel room is a jackass.

saw assyrian relief wall carvings. the assyrians were harsh in battle. more impressive in person than history classes

saw the parthenon sculptures. impressive. took lots of pics as the british museum, oldest museum in world, allows photography

the tube was stopped yesterday along our main route bc someone fell on the track and was under the train

saw the rosetta stone yesterday... wow

if they're no fights at games, then the brits say usa is girlie compared to soccer. i think atrain should start a fight soon

we've been told we're nice americans. the brazilians are the nicest visitors from the brit pov

at buffalo bar last nite, 2 girls told me i look like kyle mclachlan & chris noth. chick in brit museum told me i look like a brit actor

going to see some new shoegazer bands tonight. but first going to the british museum.

we saw an usa guy who was drunk to try to kick some middle eastern women in the face. when he saw our shock he said "what? you want some?"

the moscovite living in australia said there are too many I.T. jobs being shipped to india. says she can't understand their english!

thinking that grungy "abstract" canvases don't qualify as real abstract paintings. they should be wallpaper patterns makers instead.

Kandinky’s “Lake Starnberg” at Tate Modern, London

i saw two Wassily Kandinsky paintings here at Tate Modern! The one i remember is “Lake Starnberg.” i also saw a couple of Moholy-Nagy and Miro works!

free drinks on the house @ OldCrownPub by diff Australian girl who moved to London. said she wants us to feel loved by other english rejects

Big Ben & The Houses of Parliament

Amazed by the Parliamentary Houses and Big Ben. i’ll have to agree with one of my Art History professors, “No one did gothic revival as well as the British.”

talking foreign policy with cute russian chicks living in australia

walked london bridge, millennium bridge. will see tate modern museum. pubbing some more. might look for cel phone. ipod badly needs charge.

the punctuations keys are in different positions on these UK keyboards.

appalled at the logic which posits that (obama = best candidate) because paris hilton doesn't know the identity of the other candidate.

Listening to Wolfsheim while mocking up a new site for an insurance company.

1 corinthians 2:9

1 corinthians 2:9
Originally uploaded by isral duke

mind has not imagined, ear has not heard, eye has not seen... (the things that God has prepared for those who love Him).
Please excuse the paraphrase.

1 corinthians 1:2:9

1 corinthians 1:2:9
Originally uploaded by isral duke

The font is “Petrol,” made by the foundry T26.com. How do you not show “show?” How do you not show “heard?” Ah, those were hard.

Mind has not imagined, ear has not heard, eye has not see, the things that God has made for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9. This is one of my favorite quotes from the New Testament. It says much of the unseen colors, the unheard of music. CS Lewis once wrote that we shouldn&rquo;t be surprised if nothing here can satisfy us, because we’ve been made for another world.

A List Apart Survey

i took the survey. So should you.

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reminding adobe illustrator that my defaults are points, not pixels, for this document. >:[

syncable notes manager, freeware. desktop apps and a web interface, evernote.com. sweet service / app

having a third latté and reading for a 3rd time Kandinsky’s Uber das Geistige in der Kunst, aber ins Englische sondern Deutsch!

Thankful that Visual Studio 2008 is not my daily work environment, but even more sympthetic to developers now.

Gay People are Treated Unfairly

i have to post this because i think gay people are not being treated with the care that we should respectfully not remove from them.

We hear that being gay, as a genetic trait is not “chosen,” meaning that such a person is one who is not inclined to contribute their genetic material to the human collective survival: survival of the fittest, passing on successful traits to offspring. Thus, it’s as if nature is reducing the human population on the planet by forcing some people into not “engaging in productive avenues” with their urges. Now, please understand, gay people are to be pitied, welcomed with open arms, not hated, yet they must ask themselves, “Who is the culprit? Nature’s assignment of arbitrary traits, essentially making them painfully bear the idea that they, as human rights possessors, don’t have the right to offspring? Or is it a complacent society which has chosen not to warn them of the injustice inflicted upon them?”

if a gay person ever has children, before or after discovering or deciding to be gay, then they would have already violated their own “nature.” i’d wager that ecological evidence shows that violating nature is harmful to all of us. but then, if the goal is not violating nature, then gays shouldn’t have children! (This has an unintended consequence: the rest of us can live on what’s left of our natural resources, or at least face less competition for natural resources — a selfish aim at gays’ expense.) The idea of human beings not being allowed to choose their own life paths makes people unhappy in some situations. Yet we choose that very idea here: Obey, don’t think, don’t fight, give up choice for peace.

Heroic gays are those who take the choice themselves rather than allow themselves to be “forced” into a lifestyle by nature. We speak, rightly so, of human rights, against child labor, sweatshop labor, yet we condemn certain members of humanity to a life of no choice? A woman’s rights of choice, voting, equal pay should be respected. But why are we tricking other humans into a blind obeisance of inhumane nature?

Where then should we stand?

There is no such thing as fate. There is only willful action. Gay people are human, in the divine image; thus they can choose to be fully human or else nature’s disposable subjects. Viva la choice!

philippians 4:8

philippians 4:8
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a paraphrase of Philippians 4:8, which reads, "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things." (New English Translation)

wistful metal man

wistful metal man
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i think of myself as an awkward android, my own allegory for being made in the image of my creator, yet, many shades of imperfection lower. here, i dealt with rejection.

john 3:16

john 3:16
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we've decided at my tiny church in baton rouge, louisiana that we're going to feature art on the walls made from bible verses. i don't like having to use clichéd images (crosses, roses, fish, cute puppies, white volvos, etc)(well, i don't and they've agreed to humour me) but this verse demands the cross. (i am earnestly searching for a symbol of the resurrection, an image i feel is more relevant to the christian faith while the cross is relevant to the idea of the old covenant being fulfilled). as for the purpose, our goal is for people to enter and realize that we are biblically-focused but not stuck on traditions. we want them to feel safe to ask hard questions and even disagree as we love discussion. thus, the verse art is predominantly evangelically-oriented, but for "attraction" value in a church sanctuary. you can see some of the other works here, but we're still working on this project:

watching my roommate put electronic circuit boards into the microwave

matt magnuson won't let his dog have a warm, home-made, delicious beignet... such a cruel owner

thinking superheroes and self-identity make for wonderful intertwining to make authentic self-representation

Thinking that the Constructivists' art was wonderful but that the Constructivists were just angry and empty

a weekend with my favourite historical figure

#isral.mad.confused .nesting.sharepoint TD, .crying.amused

immensely enjoying Joy Electric's new album "My Grandfather, The Cubist."

on a lazy monday

looking forward to a weekend of homemade latte's and staying home, vegging out

ladytron's new album, "Velocifero" is perfect and their best ever.

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evolutionary process

evolutionary process
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it's a three-step process wherein the first two have been completed. step three is the phase in which humanity's freewill contributes to the change of conformity to second human likeness. please excuse the paraphrases of the bible verses. the first number is the book, the second number is the chapter, while the third number is the verse.