Majnun Layla: 1001 Dreams

Wedding Colors

nobody@vox.com(Master of 500 Hats) — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:01:26 -0800

a few pictures from Chris & Ponzi's wedding (more pictures here).

the metallic "stones" are actually Jordan Almonds, common confections at many italian weddings. the colored straws are incense.

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Fire on the Water (red, blue)

nobody@vox.com(Master of 500 Hats) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:59:59 -0800

(candles at a party in downtown san francisco)

Circles of Light (red)

the candles above and below caught my eye... the pattern above seemed almost holy

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Fast Train Slow World

nobody@vox.com(Master of 500 Hats) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:30:49 -0700

I'm in Japan visiting my wife's family right now... took some pictures last week on the train into Tokyo from Narita, and altho blurry they came out rather interesting. the motion appears fast, but feels slow, almost dreamlike.

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i always feel relaxed when i come to japan... probably these days because i'm with family, away from work (mostly), and fed well :)

i'm sure other folks don't feel that way but for me it's a place that lets me think, catchup with life. usually it feels like it all goes by way too fast.

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Dinner in Jordan

nobody@vox.com(Master of 500 Hats) — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:29:33 -0700

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Tales from the 1001 Nights (Antonio Lopez)

nobody@vox.com(Master of 500 Hats) — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:08:49 -0700

This is one of my favorite pieces of artwork. I've had the poster below since i was much younger, perhaps over twenty years, and had it framed about ten years ago. An enhanced version of this photo is here.

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It's from a book by Antonio Lopez called Antonio's Tales from the 1001 Nights. The book is a modified & illustrated version of Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of The Arabian Nights, also known as The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Alf Layla wa Layla), related by the famous fictional storyteller Scheherezade.

I recently purchased the book used. It seems that Antonio Lopez was a relatively well-known artist in the fashion world during the 60's & 70's, but passed away in the late 1980's. An in-depth review of his work is here. I haven't been able to locate an online version of the image, altho i believe these images are also his work.

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such stuff as dreams are made on

nobody@vox.com(Master of 500 Hats) — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:45:18 -0700

hello, world.

i'm going to use this blog for posts about hopes & dreams.

it should be full of color and music... i'll need to work on that.

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