TOM CLARK: round about the cauldron go (scanning for viruses)

Thursday, 28 July 2016

round about the cauldron go (scanning for viruses)

World in focus – best photos for July 27, 2016

Heavy fog over Gyeongpo Lake, South Korea: photo by Yonhap / EPA, 27 July 2016

A woman passes next to a tile wall at Eyup Sultan Mosque in Istanbul: photo by Ozan Kose / AFP, 27 July 2016

The Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia via video link: photo by Andrew Gombert / EPA, 27 July 2016

A refugee, who is on hunger strike in a bid to get the Hungarian government to open its border with Serbia, rests with border guards in background: photo by Zoltan Balogh / MTI via AP, 27 July 2016

BREAKING: Hillary #Clinton makes surprise appearance with President #Obama at #DemConvention; embrace on stage. #WBZ: image via Liam Martin @LiamWBZ, 27 July 2016

A Charm

Ragamuffin wants to know why Blackie disappeared after their first shy, tentative nose kiss. Chased off into the night by a timid opossum no more menacing than himself -- when I staggered out the possum instantly scared startled lurched lumbering over the edge of the broken porch down into the yawning maw of the faultline crack'd alleyway, poor Blackie meanwhile had scared himself and ran off down the broken steps into the night never to reappear so we do worry for him in this horrible speedway zone but, what good did worrying ever do, if worries were money every helpless ancient crippled person on Earth would be as rich as the eight kings.

Though perhaps still not rich enough to be able to afford dinner with Her, at the current quoted prices. Not that dinner with the extremely conflicted, restless and increasingly unpredictable Him would come without cost of a different kind. We see less of Him these days than in any other days, and it's a good thing, but we see enough to show us how, by this time, he has wholly given Himself over to whatever it is that's made Him so irritating to be around for quite some time now. We're past trying to cheer Him up with a simple bit of song and dance. Him is a lost cause. Look at Him stumbling about in the dark trying to find a lost cat. That cat will never be found.

The difference between the Him whom you may have encountered earlier and the Him who is here now has already been pointed out. Even more terrible is the difference between the Him who was here yesterday and the Him who may be here tomorrow. Yesterday Him sipped of the milk of human kindness but that was only to strengthen Himself. This only made Him weaker. Tonight his restless sleeplessness makes him lie awake in the dark counting the eight kings, one by one, as they drift in and out of the cave. The idea that this weird chant he keeps hearing is intended to cheer anybody up is too absurd to merit discussion.

This just showed up at #demsinphilly -- yup!!!!! #wikileaks: image via Matt Jarbo @mundanematt, 27 July 2016

Waiting at Kliptown train station after violent service delivery protest #AFP by @mlongari @AFPAfrica: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 27 July 2016

Residents of #Kliptown during yet another pre election service delivery protest in #SouthAfrica #AFPphoto @mlongari: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 27 July 2016

#drcongo opposition figure #EtienneTshisekedi returns in Kinshasa @AFPphoto @edusoteras: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 27 July 2016

#Syria IS claims deadly bombing in Qamishli #AFP Photo by @Delilsouleman: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 27 July 2016

History: image via Hillary Clinton #HillaryClinton, 26 July 2016

@YoNithaa is weeping in this photo bc Sanders lost. Clinton used her to make it look like she has Muslim support: image via Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek, 26 July 2016

Bernie Sanders delegates told me DNC reps keep tearing down their "I support Palestinian human rights" signs bc they're not DNC approved: tweet via Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek, 26 July 2016

[Untitled / art via @LatuffCartoons]: image via Mondoweiss @Mondoweiss, 27 July 2016

Just talked to a Clinton delegate from California who justified her threat to obliterate Iran, then handed me this: image via Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek, 27 July 2016

Nuns of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate take part in a procession petitioning for peace in Kiev

Nuns of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate take part in a procession petitioning for peace marking the Christianisation of the country, which was known as Kievan Rus’, by its grand prince, Vladimir I (Vladimir the Great) in 988AD, in Kiev, Ukraine: photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters, 27 July 2016

Workers check on the flag placement on the stage as they prepares for the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia: photo by John Locher/AP, 27 July 2016

A framed picture of kittens lies amidst rubble at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday: photo by Bassam Khabieh/Reuters 27 July 2016

epa05443458 An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during curfew in downtown area of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 27 July 2016. According to local news reports, authorities have re-imposed curfew in some parts of Srinagar followed by clashes that erupted on 26 July after the curfew was lifted. The curfew, however, continues in south Kashmir. So far 50 civilians have been killed and over 3000 injured following the protests over the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander, Burhan Muzaffar Wani and his two associates in a gunfight on 08 July. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during curfew in downtown area of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir: photo by Farooq Khan/EPA 27 July 2016

epa05443258 Thick smoke spreads over a burning Styrofoam site while firefighters attempt to put it out in Wittenberge, Germany, 27 July 2016. According to initial information, no one was injured in the factory from Austrian insulation company Austrotherm. Lightning set the giant Styrofoam site on fire and caused millions of euros worth of damage. EPA/JENS WEGNER

Thick smoke spreads over a burning Styrofoam site while firefighters attempt to put it out in Wittenberge, Germany. According to initial information, no one was injured in the factory from Austrian insulation company Austrotherm: photo by Jens Wegner/EPA, 27 July 2016

epa05443055 Palestinians check a damaged building after the Israeli army carried out an operation hunting down a wanted Palestinian man, in the village of Soref, near Hebron, the West Bank, 27 July 2016. The Israeli army purportedly killed Mohammad Faqeeh and arrested three others after a fire fight. Faqeeh allegedly shot and killed an Israeli settler south of Hebron on 01 July 2016, members of the Israeli army said. EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN

Palestinians check a damaged building after the Israeli army carried out an operation hunting down a wanted Palestinian man, in the village of Soref, near Hebron in the West Bank: photo by Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA, 27 July 2016

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - JULY 27: A construction worker moves a traffic cone in front of artwork by Odeith and is part of the 2016 Upfest on July 27, 2016 in Bristol, England. The annual event, which this year helped celebrate 45 years of the Mr Men and Little Miss book series, started in 2008 and is said to be the largest free street art and graffiti festival in Europe. The festival now attracts more than 300 artists including Inkie, Jody, Pichi & Avo and Leon Keer from 25 countries to paint live on walls and surfaces around Bedminster and Southville areas of the city of Bristol, the hometown of guerrilla artist Banksy. Some of the graffiti art work is painted on moveable boards and temporary hoardings, but murals on some venues and buildings remain all year until the next festival. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

A construction worker moves a traffic cone in front of artwork by Odeith and is part of the 2016 Upfest in Bristol, England. The annual event, which this year helped celebrate 45 years of the Mr Men and Little Miss book series, started in 2008 and is said to be the largest free street art and graffiti festival in Europe.: photo by Matt Cardy, 27 July 2016

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Staudammkrone dam at Lüner Lake, Austria: photo by Friedrich Böhringer, 2010

scanning for viruses

dock at dusk (Hikone, Lake Biwa): photo by Stephen Cairns, 16 September 2013

Speaker, Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 5 February 2014

the day the Emperor came (Annpachi-cho, Gifu prefecture, Japan): photo by Stephen Cairns, 30 September 2012

searching for Sugimoto. Hiroshi Sugimoto has a fantastic series of images featuring the interiors of American theatres. The series is born from a simple idea: what would happen if a camera were brought into a movie theatre and the shutter kept open for the length of the film. The answer is equally simple but brilliant. After two hours of entertainment nothing remains -- nothing but the light. This is a huge pachinko LED sign. Pachinko is a Japanese gambling pastime. I leave you to draw your own conclusions: photo by Stephen Cairns, 26 October 2013