An offering

THEME DAY: STATUES • In 1935, the fourth President of University of the Philippines, Rafael Palma, commissioned sculptor and professor Guillermo Tolentino to create a monument based on the second stanza of Philippine National Hero Jose Rizal's "Mi Ultimo Adios" (My Last Farewell) which would be the identifying landmark of the university. The result was the Oblation (noun, something offered in worship or devotion), a naked figure of a young man with face tilted heavenward, eyes closed, arms outstretched, hands open and chest forward—a grand pose of self-offering. The original statue, made of concrete painted to look like bronze, is now kept in the university's main library. The statue in front of Quezon Hall, the administration building, is a bronze replica recast from the original and unveiled in the Diliman campus in 1958.



See more statues in the virtual global museum that is City Daily Photo on this first day of May. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

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Friday Finds at the Bookstore: The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis

Pub. Date: May 2005

Format: Paperback, 528pp

Synopsis: (From the Publisher)

Vivacious Sancha of Aragon arrives in Rome newly wed to a member of the notorious Borgia dynasty. Surrounded by the city's opulence and political corruption, she befriends her glamorous and deceitful sister-in-law, Lucrezia, whose jealousy is as legendary as her beauty. Some say Lucrezia has poisoned her rivals, particularly those to whom her handsome brother, Cesare, has given his heart. So when Sancha falls under Cesare's irresistible spell, she must hide her secret or lose her life. Caught in the Borgias' sinister web, she summons her courage and uses her cunning to outwit them at their own game. Vividly interweaving historical detail with fiction, The Borgia Bride is a richly compelling tale of conspiracy, sexual intrigue, loyalty, and drama.

Sketch Graffiti Bubble Alphabet is Wearing Style

Sketch graffiti alphabets bubble style wear. Graffiti sketches in plain paper used by artists as an example of making graffiti on the wall

Old Airplane

OK, we are wrapping up helicopter week today with this picture of a man in an airplane. See, towards the middle of the week, I started running out of good pictures of helicopters, and interest from visitors was waning, so I switched to planes with pilots. I feel the topic this week was somewhat of a bust. I need good ideas for a theme for next week. Ideas?

Tase

LYKE 2010

DISLOK

JAKE

FUPS

TRAIN PANEL

PSK FUCK SNCB

SIV

MOSE CREW

DREAM

FYA AACHEN

ALORA

LYKE ROX

PKK FYAS

MCS

TMTS

Never

FAST

LYKE

Mose

ART ON TRAIN

Curvilinear

The roof detail of the curved facade of TriNoma mall in Quezon City against a clear blue mid-morning summer sky.

Visit the Sky Watch Friday home page and tour the skies of our beautiful world.

Tibet Graffiti Alphabet Canvas

Tibet graffiti alphabet Canvas. Made in graffiti art mural is also interesting as the picture above.

Writing Alphabet Graffiti Beast

Writing Alphabet Graffiti Beast. Graffiti Street Art

Gyro Style Plane

OK, we learned yesterday that some segment of our viewership was more interested in pilots than aircraft. The request was made to see planes with pilots. So here you go, right from 1911.

Concepts

Walk to the discovery of graffiti artists from Brussels.

As part of its ongoing "Brussels Graffiti : 30 years of urban art in the capital", Adrien Grimmeau offers two themed walks 4 and May 11, 2010 from 15h to 17h30 around the station Chapelle and in the Marolles, the major sites of practice. These walks are designed to draw attention to the most active graffiti artists in the capital.

Dans le cadre de son cours « Graffiti bruxellois : 30 ans d'art urbain dans la capitale », Adrien Grimmeau propose deux ballades thématiques les 4 et 11 mai 2010 de 15h à 17h30 autour de la gare de la Chapelle et dans les Marolles, les lieux majeurs de la pratique. Ces promenades visent à attirer l'attention sur les artistes les plus actifs dans la capitale.

Source + Info : http://www.iselp.be

Upcoming Release: Lady of the Butterflies by Fiona Mountain

Pub. Date: July 15, 2010

Format: Hardcover, 544pp

Synopsis: (From the Publisher)

They say I'm mad and perhaps it's true.
It is well known that lust brings madness and desperation and ruin. But upon my oath, I never meant any harm. All I wanted was to be happy, to love and to be loved in return, and for my life to count for something.
That is not madness, is it?

So begins the story of Eleanor Glanville, the beautiful daughter of a seventeenth-century Puritan nobleman whose unconventional passions scandalized society. When butterflies were believed to be the souls of the dead, Eleanor's scientific study of them made her little better than a witch. But her life-set against a backdrop of war, betrayal, and sexual obsession-was that of a woman far ahead of her time.

Fore!

Capitol Hills Golf & Country Club is one of the most popular golf courses in Quezon City. It is located beside three of the richest residential subdivisions on this side of the city: Capitol Hills Subdivision, Ayala Heights and Ayala Hillside Estates. I can understand wanting to be near a golf course if one were a golf enthusiast, but choosing a lot within striking distance of a golf ball does not look like a very smart decision.

PS Concepts

Graffiti Alphabet Letters A Through Z | Fonts | Alphabets

Graffiti Alphabet Letters A Through Z, Graffiti Fonts, Graffiti Alphabets Black and White

Latin Kings Gang Graffiti Murals | Graffiti Street Art

Latin Kings Gang Graffiti Murals, Graffiti Street Art

Create Graffiti Street Art | Graffiti Murals

Create Graffiti Street Art | Graffiti Murals | Graffiti Creator

Berliner Helicopter

This is another picture of the Berliner helicopter. It is hard for me to figure out how this thing flies. There are two large upward pointing rotors in front, and it looks like a small one back near the tail.

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