Notes on life, art, photography and technology, by a Danish dropout bohemian.
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Friday, September 07, 2007
Mokume-gane
Mokume-gane is an interesting phenomenon I had not heard of. Two different soft metals are heated and folded together, but not quite melted, so they form a marbling effect. Very pretty. Wiki article. Pictures.
14 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Meh. Looks like something that might have been popular in the 70s.
What's this? Somebody's posing as me? For the record, I don't use the word "meh" like some Conehead, and I don't diss stuff for no reason like this. You should've done your homework better, doppleganger.
That's it! I'm getting a Blogger account! Beware of cheap China-made imitations, people. Their paint might contain high levels of lead. Or some other sneaky poison. Like mis-lead-ing trolls.
The Question:"Important phrase. May know it: Just because I'm paranoid..." Superman:"...doesn't mean they're not out to GET me, right?" The Question:"No. Wrong. Incorrect motto. Just because I'm paranoid..." [Turns around]"...doesn't mean I'm STUPID!" [Shoots "Superman" at point blank, revealing shape-shifting alien impersonator.] The Question:"Obvious, with hindsight." [Other heroes jump at the exposed group of impersonators and general battle ensues.] (Justice League Unlimited #36)
Of course, according to ACIM, we are all One. But this avatar of the collective Mind wasn't the one you/we have come to know over the months as your ever-friendly Pascal chatterbox. May Vishnu smash the false idols!
Conehead? What is this, 1985? Come out of the 80s, Pascal. While you're at it, try to acquire that thing called Taste. Btw, you diss things all the time - you just use 5000 words where 50 would do. You are, after all, long-winded but brainless (a bad combination).
There, all done. But I'm not sure I'll find time for rattling up TWO blogs, not with my, you know, long-winded droning verbosity. Hey, doesn't look like it, but it takes much effort to be a pompous windbag! (An efficient one, at least.)
Besides, the articles here stimulate me. Much more pleasant than listening to myself thinking. (Or deluding myself that I'm thinking. "Same difference". ;-) We'll see about blogging under my own label. Shazbat!
Eolake said... "Of course, one has heard of other people being named Pascal."
Aw, shucks! Have some regard for my modesty, will ya? I'm not even related to that other fella anyway. Plus, I'm more handsome. As you can now see. :-))) Dang, even in a caricature I still look good! Thank you, Mother Nature! (Ka-ching, baby.)
Incidentally, I couldn't come out of the 80s, because I was made in the 70s. Call me Vintage Boy, and fear my Collector's Super-Vision! Aloha, baby! I'm the dude who makes "a bad combination" rhyme with the rude "abomination", yo! Freestahyle.
Oh, back on topic, this mokume-gane is way cool. Funk-a-delic, man! Cudos to the artist of raw matter who invented it. Like fossilized wood "alchemized" into metal. (Heavy metal? Shaped like a disco, maybe?)
P.S.: "I never want to be confused", ever heard of a Freudian slip? 'Nuff said. :o)
Your friendly neighborhood Pascal. Hanging upside-down from the ceiling since 1971. Positive vibes, peace and love, and peach flower petals.
Tsk, tsk. Young Anonymous, speaking out of place like that. You should respect a private discussion between a person's fragmented personalities, junior. Unless you are a licensed psycho-analyst, which I do not believe you are.
Miss Gladys Beaurington, headmistress of the London School for Proper Manners.
Brother Anonymous, Why torment yourself so with vain conflict? It's not worth it. It never is. These people are nothing to you, you need not even think about them. Tread your own path in peace, nobody'll chase you there. Talk to me, please. What is the source of all this anger? What is hurting you inside? I know the real you, but you can only be relieved if it is you who speak it out. Pretend I'm just a stranger you've met and I know nothing, and communicate with me to get it out of your chest. Your heart will immediately feel lighter. Sending you pure brotherly love, J.
What anger? What are you talking about. Face it, even someone qualified would not attempt to diagnose or analyze another person from a distance, without having met them. Get a grip on reality. Like almost everyone else here, you've got your head stuck up your ass.
Angry dude might feel interested in this blog, but it needn't be reciprocal. Ignore the potty-mouth, and eventually he'll go away. That motormouth is just a waste of valuable time. 'Coz, let's face it, the time of educated people is valuable. Quit throwing pearls to the boar, everybody.
"'Coz, let's face it, the time of educated people is valuable. Quit throwing pearls to the boar, everybody."
You definitely fall into the anyone-who-disagrees-with-me-or-voices-any-kind-of-criticism-of-anything-is-a-troll camp. It's too bad. I'm not sure that you can be all that educated.
I am not responsible for every Anonymous post. It is funny that any time you, whoever you really are, have something like this - which is nasty and trollish - to say, you hide behind that cloak of anonymity yourself. You might use your name for your polite postings, but not when you morph into a troll.
"Well, it seems the blog must be interesting to you on some level, since you stick around."
Well sure. Remember that I am not every Anonymous on this thing. Even if I was, it would be unfair and more importantly untrue to say that I have not made positive contributions to discussions.
14 comments:
Meh. Looks like something that might have been popular in the 70s.
What's this? Somebody's posing as me? For the record, I don't use the word "meh" like some Conehead, and I don't diss stuff for no reason like this. You should've done your homework better, doppleganger.
That's it! I'm getting a Blogger account! Beware of cheap China-made imitations, people. Their paint might contain high levels of lead. Or some other sneaky poison. Like mis-lead-ing trolls.
The Question: "Important phrase. May know it: Just because I'm paranoid..."
Superman: "...doesn't mean they're not out to GET me, right?"
The Question: "No. Wrong. Incorrect motto. Just because I'm paranoid..."
[Turns around]"...doesn't mean I'm STUPID!" [Shoots "Superman" at point blank, revealing shape-shifting alien impersonator.]
The Question: "Obvious, with hindsight." [Other heroes jump at the exposed group of impersonators and general battle ensues.]
(Justice League Unlimited #36)
Of course, according to ACIM, we are all One. But this avatar of the collective Mind wasn't the one you/we have come to know over the months as your ever-friendly Pascal chatterbox. May Vishnu smash the false idols!
It did seem out of character for you.
Of course, one has heard of other people being named Pascal.
But by all means, make an account, maybe even a blog.
Conehead? What is this, 1985? Come out of the 80s, Pascal. While you're at it, try to acquire that thing called Taste. Btw, you diss things all the time - you just use 5000 words where 50 would do. You are, after all, long-winded but brainless (a bad combination).
There, all done.
But I'm not sure I'll find time for rattling up TWO blogs, not with my, you know, long-winded droning verbosity. Hey, doesn't look like it, but it takes much effort to be a pompous windbag! (An efficient one, at least.)
Besides, the articles here stimulate me. Much more pleasant than listening to myself thinking. (Or deluding myself that I'm thinking. "Same difference". ;-)
We'll see about blogging under my own label. Shazbat!
Eolake said...
"Of course, one has heard of other people being named Pascal."
Aw, shucks! Have some regard for my modesty, will ya? I'm not even related to that other fella anyway.
Plus, I'm more handsome. As you can now see. :-)))
Dang, even in a caricature I still look good! Thank you, Mother Nature! (Ka-ching, baby.)
Incidentally, I couldn't come out of the 80s, because I was made in the 70s. Call me Vintage Boy, and fear my Collector's Super-Vision! Aloha, baby!
I'm the dude who makes "a bad combination"
rhyme with the rude "abomination",
yo! Freestahyle.
Oh, back on topic, this mokume-gane is way cool. Funk-a-delic, man! Cudos to the artist of raw matter who invented it. Like fossilized wood "alchemized" into metal. (Heavy metal? Shaped like a disco, maybe?)
P.S.: "I never want to be confused", ever heard of a Freudian slip? 'Nuff said. :o)
Your friendly neighborhood Pascal.
Hanging upside-down from the ceiling since 1971.
Positive vibes, peace and love, and peach flower petals.
How many times do people have to tell you you're not funny before you will believe it?
Tsk, tsk.
Young Anonymous, speaking out of place like that. You should respect a private discussion between a person's fragmented personalities, junior. Unless you are a licensed psycho-analyst, which I do not believe you are.
Miss Gladys Beaurington, headmistress of the London School for Proper Manners.
Brother Anonymous,
Why torment yourself so with vain conflict? It's not worth it. It never is. These people are nothing to you, you need not even think about them. Tread your own path in peace, nobody'll chase you there.
Talk to me, please. What is the source of all this anger? What is hurting you inside? I know the real you, but you can only be relieved if it is you who speak it out. Pretend I'm just a stranger you've met and I know nothing, and communicate with me to get it out of your chest. Your heart will immediately feel lighter.
Sending you pure brotherly love,
J.
What anger? What are you talking about. Face it, even someone qualified would not attempt to diagnose or analyze another person from a distance, without having met them. Get a grip on reality. Like almost everyone else here, you've got your head stuck up your ass.
Well, it seems the blog must be interesting to you on some level, since you stick around.
Angry dude might feel interested in this blog, but it needn't be reciprocal. Ignore the potty-mouth, and eventually he'll go away. That motormouth is just a waste of valuable time.
'Coz, let's face it, the time of educated people is valuable. Quit throwing pearls to the boar, everybody.
Don't feed the troll said:
"'Coz, let's face it, the time of educated people is valuable. Quit throwing pearls to the boar, everybody."
You definitely fall into the anyone-who-disagrees-with-me-or-voices-any-kind-of-criticism-of-anything-is-a-troll camp. It's too bad. I'm not sure that you can be all that educated.
I am not responsible for every Anonymous post. It is funny that any time you, whoever you really are, have something like this - which is nasty and trollish - to say, you hide behind that cloak of anonymity yourself. You might use your name for your polite postings, but not when you morph into a troll.
"Well, it seems the blog must be interesting to you on some level, since you stick around."
Well sure. Remember that I am not every Anonymous on this thing. Even if I was, it would be unfair and more importantly untrue to say that I have not made positive contributions to discussions.
Yes, I hear you.
And a name will make me aware of that. Joe Twelvepack will do fine. Thanks.
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