We slip into Tientai caves,
Home is a hole,
And a hole’s where nothing is.
We visit people unseen —
Chewing magic mushrooms,
Underneath tall pines.
We talk about the past and present,
And sigh at the world gone mad.
Shih Te (9th century)
Tag: forest
350 – Sum1 (2017)
spacetime coordinates: Germany. 57 years after aliens took over Planet Earth
Invasion: S.U.M.1 is a 2017 English-language German science fiction film starring Iwan Rheon and André Hennicke, written and directed by Christian Pasquariello. The film follows Private S.U.M.1, a soldier living in a post-apocalyptic Earth. He is serving on a hundred-day mission outside Exilium, the highly fortified compound housing the human survivors of an alien invasion. S.U.M.1 is assigned to an outpost to monitor and secure a remote bunker which is part of a defense circle surrounding the compound.
348 – Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
“attentiveness alone can rival the most powerful magnifying lens.”
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Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. “Gathering Moss” is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.
In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us.
Drawing on her experiences as a scientist, a mother, and a Native American, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87040.Gathering_Moss
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“the tiny pool of water held in a spoon-shaped leaf is the perfect resting place for a waterbear, as plump and gelatinous as a candy gummy bear. the moisture in a moss mat is as vital to the moss as it is to the waterbear. but, since mosses are non-vascular, their water content fluctuates with the amount of water in the environment. the moss leaves shrivel and contort as water evaporates, leaving them crisp and dry. the waterbears too, simply shrink when desiccated to as little as one-eight of their size forming barrel- shaped miniatures of themselves called tuns. metabolism is reduced to near zero and the tun can survive in this state for years. the tuns blow around in the dry winds like specks of dust, landing on new clumps of moss and dispersing farther than their short waterbear legs could ever carry them.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body
Timeline – Bog Bodies on youtube
4000 Year Old Cold Case – The Body in the Bog
Carved idol from the Urals shatters expert views on birth of ritual art – “Only the freak conditions of the peat bog of Yekaterinburg permitted the idol’s survival.” read more
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0344 – Monsters (2010)
Monsters (IMDB) is a 2010 British science fiction monster film written and directed by Gareth Edwards in his feature film directorial debut. Edwards also served as the cinematographer, production designer, and visual effects artist. Monsters takes place years after a NASA probe crash in Mexico which led to the sudden appearance of giant tentacled monsters. It follows Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy), an American photojournalist tasked with escorting his employer’s daughter Samantha Wynden (Whitney Able) back to the US by crossing through Mexico’s “Infected Zone” where the creatures reside.
Monsters: Dark Continent, a sequel, was released in the UK on 1 May 2015.
323 – Until the Light Takes Us (2008)
Interviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014809/
John Cage – 4′ 33” Death Metal Cover by Dead Territory [ORIGINAL VIDEO]
0305 – Ori and the Blind Forest (2015 video game)
Ori and the Blind Forest is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on March 2015. In the game, players assume control of Ori, a white guardian spirit, and Sein, the “light and eyes” of the Forest’s Spirit Tree. To progress in the game, players are tasked to move between platforms and solve puzzles. The game features a system called “soul links”, which allows players to save at will, and an upgrade system that gives players the ability to strengthen Ori’s skills.
A sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, was announced during Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017. A Definitive Edition was released in 2016.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows 7 / Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz / Memory: 4 GB RAM / Graphics: GeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig) / DirectX: Version 9.0c / Storage: 8 GB available space
296 – Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power (2015)
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a 2015 action role-playing platform and puzzle video game developed by Frozenbyte, released on August 20, 2015 for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Trine 2 and features a return of the series’ three protagonists and medieval fantasy location.
system requirements (minimum) – CPU: Intel Core i3/i5/i7 2.0 GHz CPU dual-core or 3.0 GHz AMD CPU. // OS: Windows 8 / 7 / Vista. // VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 260 / Radeon HD 4000 Series.
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