A little plate tectonics humor
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Today in History: March 6 1836 The Almo Fell
This is the earliest photo of the Alamo taking in 1849. 13 years after the famous siege.
The roofline had not been rebuilt into the famous outline
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Deep Time Thought
The Age of the Dinosaurs was a very very long time.
When the asteroid that struck the Earth and wiped them out the T-Rex was one of the top preditors stalking what is now North America. This happened about 65 million years ago.
The iconic Stegosaurus, one of my favorites with its mysterious life leaf structures on its back and its spikey tail lived over 150 million years ago. Simply put, the T-Rex lived closer to our own time than it did to the Stegasours. Dinosaurs ruled the earth for over 180 million years. All that history came to an end one day 65 million years ago.
The earlist human like primates exist about 7 million years ago. Our own species has only been around about 300,000 years.
Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings
Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings:
“Bypass”
“Adaptive Reuse”
“Vestige (Golden Arches)”
“Black Monday”
“Highwater”
“Glade”
“Economic Decline”
“Siren Song”
“Shadowplay”
“Oasis”
After ending another year of record-breaking climate statistics, we stand at the precipice of 2025, which has already revealed its own devastating challenges. As the window for meaningful change continues to narrow during the next several years, we’re left to wonder what the world might look like if we stay on this path. Through the lens of hyper-consumerism, San Francisco-based artist Michael Kerbow (previously) envisions the future in his wry and imaginative landscape paintings.
Swarming decayed gas station roofs, perching atop abandoned vehicles in forests, and sauntering past crumbling highways and fast food joints, the dinosaurs in Kerbow’s paintings govern a world overrun by the effects of late-stage capitalism. Hints of climate devastation reveal themselves through small details in the background, such as volcano eruptions, dense, hazy skies, and pools of floodwater.
Kerbow scatters familiar signage and advertisements from recognizable chains within his scenes to introduce humor and make his work more approachable. However, the artist emphasizes the gravity of the issue at hand:
We like to believe everything we currently have will always be there for us, but I suspect it could just as easily fall apart and slip away. I try to stay optimistic about the future, but the truth is I am troubled by where I see things appear to be headed, specifically with the health of our ecosystem. Each passing year seems to bring more alarming statistics, and this comfortable place we call home seems to grow more precarious. It is sobering to consider my artwork as foreshadowing a future reality.
As Kerbow continues to make new paintings, you can follow along on Instagram and see his website for more.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Today in History: March 4, 1865 -- Booth at Lincoln's Second Inauguration Address
John Wilkes Booth was present at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration on March 4, 1865.
While it's not widely known, Booth's presence at the inauguration is documented. He even made a comment to a fellow actor about how it would have been a "splendid chance" to kill the President.
It's chilling to realize that just a few weeks later, Booth would carry out his assassination of Lincoln at Ford's Theatre.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
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