Thursday, November 29, 2012

Nature in black and white

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.  
~ Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977



















Young, free and energy efficient

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Prime Minister of India, 1947-1964


Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.
~ Jay Inslee
Congressman and new Governor of Washington State












Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Naked beauty


"Art can never exist without Naked Beauty display’d."
William Blake, English poet and painter, 1757-1827

Michael Reedy

"In a Moment"


"Eros" by Giulio Durini

Paul Cadmus


Lithograph, Unknown Artist

"Canicule" by Daniel Barkley, 2003

"Thin Ice" by Daniel Barkley


"Two Male Models" by Fedor Bruni, c. 1813


"Parable No. 2" by Oldrich Kulhanek, 2000

"Crowded Solitude" by Alberto Panchorbo