Moby’s Globe Collection

9 responses to “Moby’s Globe Collection”

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   jurvetson

   Dec 15, 2013 at 5:58 am

   Moby likes cartoons. He pointed out that the MG initials for Matt Groening are clearly rendered in the hair-ear combo:
   

   Such a cool perspective. He shot this with the same camera I use, the 5D Mark II
   
   He told me it is awkward to review shots and make ISO adjustments when the crowd just wants you to get on with it. I shared my trick – just point to someone and say that they blinked, so you have to take another shot.

   It was part of a Science Salon, and I made some opening remarks.
   (Those two photos with me in them are by Elizabeth Van Dekleer)

   Moby’s castle by Tesla light; Madonna’s was down the street
   

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   scleroplex

   Dec 15, 2013 at 8:31 pm

   multidimensional people are always good to see 🙂

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   jgury

   Dec 15, 2013 at 9:44 pm

   He would like this place. A cathedral of globes
   

   
   I really like this as the world’s most interesting art globe from the Vermeer neighborhood with this incredible use of aspect ratio, spherical symmetry and perspective
   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgury/10832077986/]

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   jgury

   Dec 17, 2013 at 11:23 am

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex] They do have a tendency for highly syncretic philosophy if you have ever read any of Moby’s album inserts. Somewhat like an apostle Paul inventing Christianity on the road to Damascus with alot of recording gear.

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   scleroplex

   Dec 17, 2013 at 2:29 pm

   :-))

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   jgury

   Dec 17, 2013 at 3:21 pm

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex] Up or down the street is Madonna who is alternately into the Kabbalah, Yoga, Sufi poets, practices and more – in addition to upside down crusifixes and coordinated lingere as an ongoing show tradition. I asked my sister who lives out there familiar with these locales, immune to any logic and facts on my part, what gives? Atheist yoga in the morning, sacred Kabbala of the mystic Sufi masters in the evening?? I can’t fully elaborate it but the core argument seems to be tied to all beliefs, spirituality and practice is essentially entertainment so this is what you should expect from creative people. The all art is subjective argument along with a few other things which lead to the bigger framing problem of nihilism.

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   jurvetson

   Dec 17, 2013 at 4:07 pm

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgury] — I am impressed. With your new icon, it’s like a whole new you! I will pass your link along to moby if you don’t mind.

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   jgury

   Dec 18, 2013 at 8:41 am

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson] Thanks, that icon shot is Brazil in the mountains outside of Rio. Overwhelming nature even by Brazil standards – and a river runs through it. I just put up a video that I forgot about since those plants put out spectacular blooms last spring/fall. 20++ feet tall and symmetric paired inflorescence.
   For Moby links, great. All this stuff is an open book on my end and there is always more where that came from. I would be surprised if a globe aficionado and euro traveller had not spent some quality time at the Scheepvaartmuseum. A few of those projection displays are really mesmerizing. Some guys really had a thing for globes in that Vermeer neighborhood. Even now, a good celestial globe would be really helpful especially in South America / Southern hemisphere. I’m always disoriented by the night sky there, even more so up in the mountains.
   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgury/11431918514/]

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   jurvetson

   Dec 8, 2015 at 7:40 pm

   Yes, the cross on top matches the one tattooed on the back of his neck:

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