Burning Man…
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by Akbar Lightning on Sep 11, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, anxiety, blast visuals, Contemporary Culture, Curent Events, Headline, Idiots, Performance Art, Philosophy, politics, Religion, shameless self promo, Spirituality
I pulled some fragments from the fire….
Building a Mystery…
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by Akbar Lightning on Sep 3, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, anxiety, blast visuals, Conspiracy Theory
oh, what is the nature of destruction?…what is the nature of secrecy?…what is the nature of political right to knowledge?…this is why these things are interesting…i watch, not because i believe i will crack the code, but because i am interested…because i was there that day…because it was biblical…and because the memory will be a ...
It’s a Small World
Let us just take a post and marvel at these…these are all insect eggs, mostly butterfly eggs like the one below…
Wish You Were Here….
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by Akbar Lightning on Aug 27, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, brilliance, Curent Events, God paints, information visualization, photography, pinch me, Science, Space
I tried to do a short rap related to this picture, but i got nowhere….and after seeing Universaltron’s post, i realized we were resonating in a similar place…this image is amazing to me…taken by the Nasa Messenger Mission, a satellite that is orbiting Mercury…so this is a picture of how our Earth and Moon would ...
Think Katrina
Oil Slick
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by Akbar Lightning on May 28, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, Art Blogs, blast visuals, Contemporary Culture, Globalwarming
this is an image of artist Ron English’s new painting…he is known for his pop-satire works, more can be seen at http://www.popaganda.com
The Core Truth
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by Akbar Lightning on May 15, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Curent Events, Film Clips, Globalwarming, Poetimage
tectonic debates, crunching blue blankets of crusted unearthed motivations the core of molten values, the existential magnetic center seeps out new ground surrounds us, territory for unvegetated investigation the great consumption, driven by madmen to suspend the entropic constant the great presumptions left like dying soldiers to cry out into the night sky…Why me? the ...
The Face of Akbar Lightning
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by Akbar Lightning on May 6, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, brilliance, Curent Events, God paints, Science
A lot of our readers have asked to see the face of Akbar Lightning….well, if you want to know what he looks like, check out these photos of him in action. Remember not to make the genetic fallacy, associating his presence with the cause of a disaster. What you are seeing in these photos is ...
Contemplation of the Son…
Amazing images from Nasa’s new Solar Dynamics Observatory…mind blowing man….
The Armory Show and Fountain…NYC 2010
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by Akbar Lightning on Mar 8, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, Art Coverage, blast visuals, Contemporary Culture, Curent Events, Events, Painting, Shows
yo globatron citizens, i am reporting from last weekend’s New York City art weekend. i am tired, so i’m going to keep it short and sweet, and keep my commentary to the photos…I was more impressed with this year’s armory show than I have ever been. This is the first year I have been and ...
Akbar’s Meditations #3 – does not compute….
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by Akbar Lightning on Mar 3, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Futurism, information visualization, Philosophy, Science, TheMachine
in my recent meditation on objects of culture, and their evolution, i present a few images of computers, the Csirac computer, austrialian first generation computer, room sized…i’ve included a graph so you can compare storage power, the numbers are too large for me to adequately translate into language. the point of these posts is to ...
Akbar’s Meditations #2 – The plane boss!
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by Akbar Lightning on Mar 3, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Futurism, Philosophy, Science, TheMachine
i was driving down the west-side highway today, on my way to drop off some artwork at one of the many superfluous art shows of the upcoming art weekend in New York City, all besides the point, when i saw the Intrepid aircraft carrier to my right and a stealth plane sitting on the edge, ...
The Topic – New Painting and Essay by Vallario
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by Akbar Lightning on Feb 26, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Conspiracy Theory, Contemporary Culture, Economics, Featured, information visualization, Philosophy, Science, TheMachine, TheTopic, Transhumanism, UFO
The Topic – Acrylic on Canvas – 22″ x 28″ If you would like to know more about this painting read the essay: The Topic : Meditation on the Identification of Legitimacy
It is Alive!!!!!
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by Akbar Lightning on Jan 8, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Contemporary Culture, Curent Events, Futurism, information visualization, Philosophy, Scared Rabbits, Science, TED Talks, TheMachine, TheTopic, To Save Your Kind, Transhumanism
Hey Peeps, well, it’s happening folks, that’s right! The singularity is now on the calendar mofos…This scientist Henry Markram recently announced he will create a fully conscious electronic brain by 2018…And I know, you are used to these numbers sounding futuristic, but that’s 8 years from now…HAL – lelujah…let me break it down a bit, ...
2010 The Year We Make Contact
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by Akbar Lightning on Jan 1, 2010 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Film Clips, TheMachine, Truth, UFO
Happy New Years Globatron Citizens
The Infertility of Capitalism
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by Akbar Lightning on Jan 1, 2010 in blast visuals, brilliance, Contemporary Culture, Economics, Expectations, Fear, Fiction, Film Review, Philosophy, psychology
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At last….
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by Akbar Lightning on Dec 17, 2009 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Contemporary Culture, Expectations, psychology, Universals
This is the End
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by Akbar Lightning on Nov 6, 2009 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Contemporary Culture, Curent Events, Film Clips, politics, Scared Rabbits, WAR
This is the End Army psychologists shooting up the soldiers. Bodies found in pedophiles house. Office shoot em up, days apart. Society is coming undone. When a government practices systematized indifference to people’s suffering, inevitably already unstable people will utilize the abundant weaponry to inflict pain on others. This is the End (Read the Lyrics) ...
Akbar’s Confession
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by Akbar Lightning on Oct 20, 2009 in Akbar Lightning, blast visuals, Contemporary Culture, Futurism, TheMachine, Transhumanism, WAR
I love first-person shooters! That’s right! If you read this blog regularly you probably know that I am a radical pacifist, believing that war is never an option for solving a problem. In fact, I don’t believe that countries ought to have standing armies, or that soldiering should be a career option. These are all ...
Vallario’s Latest Painting and Manifesto – The Heart of Markets
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by Akbar Lightning on Sep 21, 2009 in Akbar Lightning, Art Coverage, blast visuals, New Work, Painting, Philosophy, revelation, shameless self promo, Truth
Dearest Globatron Citizens, I am happy to present to you the latest work of Ken Vallario, The Heart of Markets. Ken Vallario also wrote the following essay as a companion work to this painting, called Heart Transplant. It is an art manifesto of sorts, a vulnerable exploration of artistic practice in the 21st century. I ...
