Cave Cube

Here is one of the earliest examples of what could be called "Art".  In this example, found on the stone wall in a cave near Lascaux, France.  This shows that early man saw what he covetted and painted it in all its glory.  Shortly after inventing the wheel, he obviously invented the car.  But this painting shows that merely inventing the car was not good enough, early cave-dwellers wanted a vehicle that was utilitarian, sporty, and above all, STYILIN'!!!

Sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte with a Cube

Sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte with a Cube, by George-Pierre Seurat, is one of those lingering, melancholly pieces that wraps around you and can totally envelop one's thoughts.  The detail becomes the art, the art is the detail.  Done entirely with dots of paint, this eventually blurs into a relaxing look into a time of tranquillity... And then, there... almost hidden in the center... is a juxtaposition of modernity and function.  The Nissan Cube has been interspersed as if to state that its functional beauty should also be enjoying the gently groomed gardens.  A brilliant painting which will undoubtably become a timeless classic.

Gambling and Cubes

Gambling has been part of human nature for millennia.  Games of chance have been played on every continent, with many different devices.  One of the most popular methods is “dice”.  Here we see many different forms of dice.

Leonardo da Vinci and the Cube

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the renaissance man, a man whose unquenchable curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention.  Here, we can see some of his most famous pieces, complete with his most favourite model, The CUBE.

Japan Holiday

During our last holiday to Japan, we visited Kyoto, which by all accounts has to be one of the prettiest cities in Japan.  It is unique, rich in tradition and history, with countless sights and things to do.

The Emperor's Palace in Kyoto is magnificent, and a wonderful piece of history.  The pride in which it is kept is obvious!

What a Day!

One day, while cleaning out my closet, I came across an old box. Since we were going to have a garage sale the next week I thought I'd better get rid of a few unused things. And what to my surprise! I found an old Gaming Console that I stopped using. It was my old Nissan Game Cube! I used to love playing that in my old bachelor days. It was still in great shape too. I wonder what I'll get for it?

I had some old High School chums round for coffee the other day. Things were going swimmingly, until I got out the sugar! I was sooo embarassed! The sugar I had all went to CUBE! Last Night I made the most delicious clam chowder. I started sauteeing seven rashers of thick sliced bacon, cut small. Then one and a half medium sized onions, CUBEd. Three peeled, CUBEd carrots. Four stalks of celery, CUBEd. And about two ounces of butter. I sauteed all these ingredients with a dash of Thyme, Nutmeg, Fennel seeds and one teaspoon of salt. When the onions were translucent, then I added about two ounces of flour, stirring off the heat. Adding about two cups of milk (I actually used water and skim-milk powder!), brought it up to simmer, then added two peeled, CUBEd potatoes. Then once the potatoes had simmered till they were tender, i poured in a ten ounce can of baby clams:juice and all! Finished with two Bay leaves and fresh chopped parsley! DEELISH! Remember to CUBE, not dice!

I just watched one of my favorite episodes: I guess I didn't remember how it went as well as I thought. There was this scene, just before the "Bad-Guy-Alien-Robots" attack. A strange voice comes over the communicator, "YOU WILL ASSIMILATE!" Not exactly as I remember.

Cubist Cubes

Cubist Cubes

A little known piece of history seldom told is this; turn of the century artists, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, and Pablo Picasso started designing automobiles early in the 20th century.  They collaborated with early European auto pioneers "Fábrica Hispano-Suiza de Automóviles" as well as others.  This design is one of their later design initiatives.  Known as the 1910 Cubist, we can see their use of Ochres, Umbers and "Natural" Colours as well as the sharp clean edges that spawned the later "DADA" movement.  Clearly this design can be seen to overlap boundaries of style and even compare to the modern auto: even 100 years later!

The most interesting phenomina concerning this early design may be the synchronous design that has occured in of all places, urban Japan!  This "new design" was recently spotted posing beneath the Tokyo Tower in front of an Edo period Ginga.  The similarities are striking- to say the least!  But we'll just have to chalk it up to happenstance.  Pure coincedence!