”Leaves of Grass” is series from Canadian artist Geoffrey Farmer of clippings and photographs from the American Life magazine, each turned into a functional puppet.
During the 1st century BC, there were pirate states along the Anatolian coast, threatening the commerce of the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean. On one voyage across the Aegean Sea in 75 BC,[7] Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Cilician pirates and held prisoner in the Dodecanese islet of Pharmacusa.[8] He maintained an attitude of superiority and good cheer throughout his captivity. When the pirates decided to demand a ransom of twenty talents of gold, Caesar is said to have insisted that he was worth at least fifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents. After the ransom was paid and Caesar was released, he raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them crucified.
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5 things I learned April 27, 2012 on Flickr.
5 things I learned April 4, 2012 on Flickr.
You and your renaissance face!!
5 things I learned Feb 19, 2012 on Flickr.
1. Hand-drawn movie posters from Russia: awesome sauce http://5thin.gs/qUBi15
2. Another homemade project reaching the edge of space http://5thin.gs/nzSsqC
3. This car jumps rope http://5thin.gs/qTUrQc
4. The Average Font…
1. Giving some Mongolian herdsmen photos of themselves for the first time http://5thin.gs/pBZ92c
2. Pin and thread paintings http://5thin.gs/oDiWWP
3. Close-ups of animal irises http://5thin.gs/pkndtz
4. Ghost cars of the world unite http://5thin.gs/pFI8aq
5. Color photos of London after WWII air raids http://5thin.gs/qCAQHg
