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#sagefotos #woorden #words #foundpoetry #Maasboulevard #Schiedam #desoriëntatie #tekst #borden # hekken

rette 25 kätzchen (etkbooks 081) https://etkbooks.com/rette/

Once: To be as famous as the red dog the hedges dream of. "Shall we take a photo shot?" Why not?

"I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.... I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends."

Darwin, quoted in Roberts, p. 305

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Introduce a couple of line breaks and this could stand on its own as a #FoundPoem!

The full letter is here.

https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-729.xml

#CharlesDarwin #Poetry #FoundPoetry

#foundpoetry just a letter from tv licensing "official notice: investigation opened."

Friendly Sparkling Alien Spaceships

I know, I am again using this metaphor! But once I saw the friendly alien spaceships in these images, I could not unsee them! There is more background information about these sparkling ellipsoid and spheres in my previous post. Today I only want to show you number 2 and 3 in this series of four ... add create overdue poetry! In a private browser window, I am searching for "Friendly Sparkling Alien Spaceships" in DuckDuckGo. Visiting each search result one after the other, I pick a short […]

https://elkement.art/2025/12/11/friendly-sparkling-alien-spaceships/

Digital collage of code-generated artworks, by elkement 2025: A blue ellipsoid intersects a green sphere. Either surface is shown as covered with dots in varying colors. Ethereal, sparkling effect. Background: Physics of the force-free gyroscope. The intersection of ellipsoid and sphere represents the path the angular momentum vector traces out, seen from the spinning gyroscope. Equations for constant energy (ellipsoid) and magnitude of constant angular momentum (sphere) are added as LaTex characters, floating over the surface of the ellipsoid.

Digital collage of code-generated artworks, by elkement 2025: A purple ellipsoid intersects a blue sphere. Either surface is shown as covered with dots in varying colors. Ethereal, sparkling effect. Background: Physics of the force-free gyroscope. The intersection of ellipsoid and sphere represents the path the angular momentum vector traces out, seen from the spinning gyroscope. Equations for constant energy (ellipsoid) and magnitude of constant angular momentum (sphere) are added as LaTex characters, floating over the surface of the ellipsoid.

Circles to Circles #2. A Friendly Death Star.

My art should speak for itself, as an abstract geometric drawing. But if you are so inclined, you can decode the math. Mathematics shows up twice: In the thing I am depicting, and in the techniques I am using to draw it geometrically. The series Circles of Circles is about stereographic projection of circles onto circles, and I am using orthographic projection as a tool. In a sense this is "orthographic projection of stereographic projection" Circles to Circles #2 by elkement 2025, […]

https://elkement.art/2025/05/22/circles-to-circles-2-a-friendly-death-star/

Geometric watercolor pencil drawing: Orthographic projection of stereographic projection - a circle on the sphere is projected onto a circle in the equatorial plane. The projection rays form an elliptical cone having its tip at the North Pole. Part of a series of 6six drawings - six differently positioned circles, six different viewpoints. Created and copyright by elkement 2025.

Mockup of a canvas print with mirrored sides, created with threejs, based on a print template created with a python script from the scan of the drawing. Artwork used: Circles to Circles #2 - stereographic projection.

"The neighbors have hung up mist noodles . . . "

#FoundPoetry #LibreTranslate

LinkedIn Timeline Poetry: Are You Prepared to Own?

Today, I am finding poetry in the posts in my LinkedIn feed! I check out the first post in my feed and pick a short snippet of text without editing it. This becomes the first line of the poem! Only after the first line is cast in stone, I visit the next search result and pick the next line. And on and on, until the poem feels done. Re-ordering is not allowed. Finally, I promote one of the lines to the title! Illustrated with: Two mathematical artworks I called Lissajous Subversion - feels […]

https://elkement.art/2025/11/19/linkedin-timeline-poetry-are-you-prepared-to-own/

Lissajous Subversion by elkement 2024. Lissajous figures in 3D, pop-art-style. Digital artwork, created with custom code (javascript/threejs), no AI. Two sets of self-similar 3D Lissajous figures dancing with each other, one in black and one in red, displayed on red background.

#foundpoetry #muse #freewriting #creativity

https://dandeliondoorways.com/2024/05/18/the-dangers-of-contemplation/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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rest

You’ve done enough

Go on

rest

so that you may

go on

#FoundPoetry #Pacing
#Fatigue #ChronicFatigue
#iamhere #iSeeYou
#StillCoviding
#MarathonNotSprint
#RadicalRest
#LongCovidAwareness
#LiveToSeeAnotherDay

Evil Ellipsoids and Spheres (Poinsot’s Paper Spaceship #4)

Do you remember how photo negatives looked like? The inverted versions of the most common colors looked so unreal. Hues of orange, violet, or cyan that you never saw in the real world. Happy smiling human people looked like turquoise zombies with an evil grin. When creating this geometric drawing, I haven't been thinking about old photos initially. I wanted to complete a series of four artworks, called Poinsot's Paper Spaceship. Each drawing on 21cmx21cm (8inx8in) watercolor paper […]

https://elkement.art/2025/09/30/evil-ellipsoids-and-spheres-poinsots-paper-spaceship-4/

Geometric drawing of an ellipsoid intersecting a sphere, inspired by Louis Poinsot's geometric theory of the rotation of rigid bodies. Orthographic projection showing all three straight-on views. Lines used to create a tesselation of the drawing surface, colored in the style of stained glass. Watercolor pencils on 21cmx21cm watercolor paper. By elkement 2025.

Mockup of a coffee mug printed with scans of two different watercolor pencil drawings by elkement. Traditional geometrical constructions showing the intersection of an ellipsoid and a sphere using orthographic projection. Colored to achieve a stained-glass-like style. The mockup shows the side featuring #4 of the series.

I am Flying Through the City of Math!

... and you can, too: https://videopress.com/v/OjfN3OQY?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Felkement.art%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2F2025-09-07-video-city-still-1.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Animation of a "flight" through code-generated structures looking like towers. Each tower is based on a single mathematical function. Created by elkement 2025, using Javascript code based on the 3D framework threejs. ~ This video deserves accompanying […]

https://elkement.art/2025/09/07/i-am-flying-through-the-city-of-math/

#StreetPhotography #HumanConnection #UrbanStories #EverydayLife #PhotoEssay #BWStreetPhotography #EmotiveVisuals #UnseenMoments #CompanionPortrait
#UrbanWanderer #DogAndMan #SliceOfLife #MonochromeMoment #EmotionalStreetPhoto #VisualNarrative #StoryInAShot #WalkingTogether #PetBond
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"In the forest, eyes are tired and pinched. A photo of bouquets born on wet soil.

I made a soft green group. The scallops are formed like the tail of the bird."

#LibreTranslate #FoundPoetry

"We were visited by the city. Of course, they came without rubbers or flashlights. For their safety, they had to be kept on a string."

--LibreTranslate #FoundPoetry

exhaustion

it hits us hard with

exhaustion

A constant state of exhaustion

the long-term damage

reduced quality of life

So much loss

I see you

#FoundPoetry #CovidPoetry
#Fatigue #ChronicFatigue
#iamhere #iSeeYou
#StillCoviding
#CreativeOutlet
#EveryLittleBitHelps
#LongCovidAwareness
#ProcessingGrief

This is a piece of found poetry that reads:

exhaustion.
it hits us hard with
exhaustion.
A constant state of exhaustion,
the long-term damage
reduced quality of life
So much loss
I see you

Book spine poem #52: Swearing Is Good for You

A new book spine poem, on a linguistic (and mildly sweary) theme, with some notes on its contents below the photograph.

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Swearing Is Good for You

The F-word – spell it out:
Swearing is good for you.
Um . . . holy shit. Says who?

The man who lost his language swearing
*gestures* because internet
(What the F);
The woman who talked to herself
in praise of profanity
(Just my type).

Shady characters,
Role models.

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Thank you to the authors: Jesse Sheidlower, David Crystal, Emma Byrne, Michael Erard, Melissa Mohr, Anne Curzan, Sheila Hale, Geoffrey Hughes, Desmond Morris, Gretchen McCulloch, Benjamin Bergen, A. L. Barker, Michael Adams, Simon Garfield, Keith Houston, and John Waters.

I did some work on the mighty 4th edition of The F-Word last year, copy-editing and contributing to its substantial Introduction. Strong Language, a group blog about the culture and linguistics of swearing that I co-founded with James Harbeck, reviewed the book and interviewed Sheidlower.

David Crystal has featured here several times, including in previous language-themed book spine poems ‘Broken Words’ and ‘Language, Language!’. Anne Curzan was the subject of a post about types of linguistic prescriptivism. Geoffrey Hughes’s book inspired a brief post about the surprising etymology of answer.

Desmond Morris’s book featured in a previous book spine poem, ‘Ambient Gestures’. Here on Sentence first I reviewed Gretchen McCulloch’s book, and on Strong Language I reviewed Benjamin Bergen’s and Michael Adams’s books. (Adams now also contributes to Strong Language.)

A. L. Barker’s books have shown up in a couple of previous book spine poems and in a post about an unusual use of without. Keith Houston’s book I reviewed here. The spine’s fading red suggests I should have kept its characters in the shade.

This is book spine poem no. 52. They’re not usually this long, but I guess they’re as long as they need to be. Let me know if you join in the game.

#ALBarker #AnneCurzan #BenjaminBergen #bookSpinePoem #bookSpinePoetry #bookmash #books #DavidCrystal #DesmondMorris #EmmaByrne #foundPoetry #GeoffreyHughes #GretchenMcCulloch #humour #JesseSheidlower #JohnWaters #KeithHouston #language #MelissaMohr #MichaelAdams #MichaelErard #photography #poetry #profanity #SheilaHale #SimonGarfield #swearing #visualPoetry #wordplay