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Dick Dale plays "Ghost Riders In The Sky"
Detail
“The Last Supper”
The figures were made by an artist named Albert Szukalski. He made them by shrouding live people with plaster of Paris. The molds were then weatherized.
The figures remind me of the plaster of Paris castings of the dead at Pompeii, but with a twist: The Pompeii casts are of dead bodies; these castings are of live bodies to make the dead.
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Did you have a nice time?
Spin class was really rough this morning!
Everything was great until the drive home on Sunday. Nightmare traffic on the 15 -- it must have been people returning to LA from a weekend in Vegas.
Photos are from a free outdoor exhibit at the Goldwell Open Air Museum which is east of Death Valley.
I like the bike frame - I can't identify it, precisely, but I suspect it is French with some high rise handle bars added later. The missing bottom bracket and pedals remind me of a great old French bike I used to ride, as does the sweeping curve of the fork.
As for sculptures made of draped plaster and cloth, I blame George Segal, not the actor, the sculptor of the same name.
Dick Dale - long may he rave.
Was your oak-infused drink a hit? Talk to us!
Spooky cool. what are your day time temps?
So, if we invented a drink called the plastered ghost, what would go in it?
Make mine water, thanks.
if we invented a drink
Ohhhhhhh! I love a we invite.
A slug of lime would be my contribution. With Sixty's grit and water, something of questionable substance might start to form. Adding the hair of the dog that bit you to it, would also give it some body.
So, if we invented a drink called the plastered ghost, what would go in it?
Why spirits of course
Good one, amp :)
Ohhhhhhhh. On the deflated end this time :(
There I was so excited about the opportunity to participate in a "we" moment here at Lem's, only to be frozen out one more time through the selective appreciation applied to amps and wittage.
Which causes me to wonder if an infusion of Nitrous Oxide might enliven the specter?
Or perhaps, some Jinn?
@My oak-infused spirit was deemed “gamey” by my BIL. That wrecked it for the ladies. I don’t think people get the whole barrel strength concept no matter how I try to explain it. Anyways, my 120 proof hooch served well as lighter fluid the next morning.
Anyone care to guess where the term “spirits” comes from?
Inspiration?
The term came from the olden days of alchemy when it was thought that distillation produced the essence of many substances.
Neat. I'm heavily into Jung right now.
Is that because of Peterson?
More or less. I started out at philosophy, then particle physics (heh). Everything seems to boil down to yin and yang, I have noticed.
Or Jinn and Tang in keeping with the Plaster, Ghosts and Lime Theme! :)
Or Jinn and Tang in keeping with the Plaster, Ghosts and Lime Theme! :)
Jinn and Ta-ng is a favorite drink of mine. It's even Limey.
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