transformation of a scientist into an artist by Janice Nigro I am not coming up with much to write about this week except the sunset. It is the only thing I travel to see lately, and it is only a block and a half from my apartment to watch the sun go down over the... Continue Reading →
Unexpected results
no traffic
The place where there is no traffic in Los Angeles...
what scientists don’t know about themselves
Everywhere we are in remote control mode. TV offers hundreds of channels which we gladly click through until we reach the end only to start over again. On the internet, we move from one story to the next before completing the first, and we are told to write only a few sentences to a paragraph... Continue Reading →
iPhone meets nature in Los Angeles
On my walk home tonight which conveniently was across the beach, I started taking photos like this: Dramatic skies but in a Norwegian winter day dramatic sky: And then it turned into an Indonesian sky: Or maybe the opposite of the Northern Lights: but in fact it was a Los Angeles sky!
sky painting over beach community
Ok, I am stuck on cloud formations over the beach. These struck me last evening because the clouds were so gray and so white next to each other. No storm came though.
What do you do when you have been there before?
What do you do when you have been there before? by Janice Nigro There are certain cities in the world that you can never return to too many times. San Francisco is one of those places. But what do you do if you have been there before? Or even lived there before? On my weekend... Continue Reading →
copper engraving by the sunset
I became obsessed last night again at sunset but this time with the way the light reflected off of the sand and sea. I only had my iPhone with me but the effect is like a copper engraving.
Lemonade stand on Gilligan’s Island
Lemonade stand on Gilligan’s Island by Janice Nigro I always thought my obsession with tropical places and underwater developed in response to the beautiful underwater films made by Jacques Cousteau. It used to be the best winter TV in the Midwest. But there was another TV show that made the tropics feel like... Continue Reading →
sunset parfait
Another day another sunset gratefully. Something I can not seem to get enough of. A bit of iPhone magic (perhaps). It looks like a parfait to me, layers of color, layers of different media (sun, clouds/marine layer, sea).
sky painting from my window
I don't know why, but I am completely obsessed with the colors of the sky rather than the actual sunset itself. I love these colors, and as humans apparently we are only able see a fraction of the spectrum emitted by the sun.