Art History

I enjoyed watching the PBS program Civilizations.  The drawings and paintings of the many generations of humans is truly a history of how we lived thru the ages.  From the cave drawings to contemporary paintings we see how humans created societies that led to a greater understanding of the world around us.

We take so many things for granted that we forget that these discoveries happened when someone had a moment of curiosity and the insight to a new understanding.  We all marvel at the discoveries, many of which are built on previous ones, which in turn, lead to new ones.  

Whenever I look at a picture of the cave drawing of a hand, I'm struck by the fact that its the very first time a human made an effort to represent something in a drawing.  Of course hand prints and foot prints were familiar sights, but the impetus to trace one's hand and fingers, then to see the tracing on the cave wall, must have been a mind boggling moment!

Fine Time Art 60 by KimB 2018

Fine Time Art 60 by KimB 2018
Whale Rock

Blog Stats for Fun by KimB

[Editor's Post]

With every website and every webpage and every web interaction a host load of data is collected. This data is separate from the intimate details Facebook and Social Media collect but it's part and parcel of the kind of data Google specializes in. Not all data collected is harmful and sometimes it's interesting, in a curious sort of way, to see what the data shows.

Sort of like looking at cheese under a microscope.

Data is data and statistics are statistics and occasionally they may be correct but then maybe they aren't. Because rarely does anyone other than academics reveal how they Got The Answer. So the answers here are for fun and curiosity. ¹

• There are 233 locations on the globe that have been marked as visiting the blog.
• More than 1,400 pages viewed monthly.

Top 10 Countries visiting the blog

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Canada
4. Germany
5. Brazil
6. Australia
7. France
8. Italy
9. Mexico
10. Russian Federation

The blog is most popular in

• California
• Washington State
• Utah
• Arizona
• Texas
• Louisiana
• Illinois
• Georgia
• Ohio
• New York

The blog is least popular in

• Nevada
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Nebraska
• Arkansas
• Mississippi
• Illinois
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• New Hampshire

What meta-data says about people is way more than what people say about themselves. This is why meta-data is so powerful.

You might be telling "white lies" to yourself, your family or your boss, but the meta-data says different. And "there's the rub" ² because meta-data DOES LIE. It just lies differently than people do.

There is no meta-data that is 100% truthful or foolproof.

Why?

You might very well ask...

Because, every programmer knows: Fools are extremely inventive.

And then there are those who are Not Fools but only plan to Fool You.

And now, go open your favorite Social Media App ....


References

1. Information dated 03/29/2018
2. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
   Act III
   To sleep, perchance to dream: — ay, there's the rub;
   For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
   
   https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hamlet

The Far Horizon

[Editor's Post]

This month's posting is a great posting by Loretta. A reminder that families are what they are, and our most prize possessions are often those that get left behind. Originally published Friday, October 15, 2010.

You can re-read and enjoy this article again here:

Flying Saucers by Loretta
[Editor's Note: This story was written by Loretta]
Friday, October 15, 2010

Fine Time Art 59 by Marion 2018

Fine Time Art 59 by Marion 2018

Fine Time Art 58 by Marion 2018

Fine Time Art 58 by Marion 2018