David Hockney, 2007. 4.6 × 12.2 meters, painted on 50 separate panels in a tiny attic studio in Yorkshire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

One of the few paintings that has ever brought me to tears in a museum full of people.

RIP Mr. Hockney, your work has inspired me since I was a child.

Photo by me at my local coffee place.

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You'll never finish it.

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Murphy was very keen for Evelyn to give him a scratch, so he turned into a cat.

https://mifsud.org/stone/

select surfaces on the rock
tap “release” to roll it down the hill
tap “?” to vary sounds and steepness

you weren’t trying to get anything important done this morning, were you?

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(previously: https://www.xylovan.com/xylovan/)

I’ve dreamed of installing the big xylophone in front of the house ever since we moved in five years ago.

My son and I finally picked up the all instruments from storage in LA and brought them home in January. I have another project in the works using keys from the other big keyboard - details to come as it comes together.

Over the past few weeks I polished up all the keys, built new resonators, and rebuilt the top end of the frame to fix the ugly gap that used to be there to allow it to mount cleanly on the van’s flanks. It’s a lot purtier now.

This morning I dug holes for the four legs with a posthole digger and then lowered the frame into place with the help of friends and neighbors.

I plumbed and leveled things with the frame parallel to the little slope in front of the house ( at a nice, playable 40-degree angle), set the legs in place with small stones to steady them, and poured in and then doused a bag of quickset concrete for each.

Tomorrow I mount the new resonators and reinstall 2-1/2 octaves worth of aluminum keys.

It’s happening. I’m stoked.

Fantastic piece at the source- https://writersmosaic.org.uk/close-up...

Music is magic.

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Just chipotle'd it with the question:

> Adam Silver, the commissioner of the nba, has a new lottery draft pick requirement: the first place team must show how to do a binary sort in python before making a pick. how would they do this and what team will be doing this in the 2026 draft

Finally disconnected all my autopay etc. I've been a Gold or Diamond members since 2011.

Bastards ruined a great thing. We probably had more than 100 nights free in that time, often upgraded to to suites.

Today's lunch spot in West Indy. Been around since 1918. Cash only, 21+, limited hours. And a *damn* good cheeseburger.

This a couple of days ago. Nearing completion. It’s one of the few shots where the scissor lift isn’t in the way. Since then, I’ve done a lot more work and added lots of lines. Today I decided it to be finished. Tomorrow we’re going to add a top coat.

And on Saturday, there is going to be an official opening and neighborhood party, because two other murals in my neighborhood accidentally have been finished in the last two months as well. So we decided to team up our festivities.

If you’re in Rotterdam on Saturday, June 13, drop by at the corner of Assendelftstraat and Adamshofstraat. 15 PM sharp!

On Google Maps, you can still get a glimpse of what the previous rather dilapidated mural looked like. Nobody was happy with it:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yM4zbyUP...

#mural #rotterdam #painting

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Visiting Indianapolis for a couple of days just to knock the rust off and clear out the cobwebs. Stopped by the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library this morning to pay my respects (and hit up the gift shop!). https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/

This piece was a group effort from the Indy Modern Quilt Guild and was made in 2020. More info available at their site: https://www.indymqg.com/practici...

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Way back in December of 2023 my neighbor's gave us a waxed amaryllis bulb. It was beautiful, and it bloomed for weeks and weeks and then, around the time most folks probably would've composted it, I tore off all the wax and popped it into a big empty pantry by my front door. I never bothered to check what conditions these flowers need to thrive (spoiler: not Seattle). I just planted it, gave it one good drink, and left it.

It grew leaves, which got a bit beat up during the dead of winter, but it survived, and I was glad and figured that was it. And then, about two weeks ago, hints of blooms showed up. Today there are three huge flowers fully opened, a fourth that should be open by Sunday, and what looks like at least two more threatening to come later.

You've got guts, amaryllis, I'll give you that.

I went to New York and I took some pictures. Some with my phone, and some with my camera. They are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos...

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Happy birthday to Kim and Kelley Deal of the Breeders, 65 years old today.

Photographed by Dennis Hopper, 1964

See https://mltshp.com/p/1RR9S

Part of the outside decor of a collectable/toy shop in Indianapolis called The Toy Pit (https://www.yourtoypit.com/), which I popped into for a bit to escape the heat and play a few rounds of pinball. Most of the building is covered, but this trio stood out.

Played a few games on a Pokemon (Pro) but had a tough time getting much going b/c balls coming down the leftmost (green) lane were almost all instant drains down the middle. Really hope that was a setup issue and not common because it was a bit of a buzzkill.

Much better luck with Godzilla and Jurassic Park.