Tag Archives: cicada
The Insect Art of Beth Cavener Stichter
My latest issue of Sculpture magazine came in the mail yesterday, the cover displaying the powerfully unsettling work of Beth Cavener Stichter. Her focus for many years have been on vertebrate animals; rabbits, goats and jackals whose exaggerated stances and humanlike … Continue reading
The 27 Happiest Invertebrates In The World
Recently a friend sent out one of those gawker-style lists calculated to encourage maximum sharing and reposting: The 26 Happiest Animals In The World. It’s full of aww and squee, but one thing stood out- It’s absolutely devoid of invertebrates! … Continue reading
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Tagged ant, antlion, beetle, centipede, chaetognath, cicada, cuttlefish, dragonfly, fungus gnat, isopod, jellyfish, jumping spider, mantis, moth, riftia, rotifer, sea cucumber, sea slug, snail, spider, stick insect, tardigrade, Tick, tube worm, wasp, Weevil
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Stridulation Friday
In keeping with yesterday’s cicada theme, sharing a live version of one of my favorite insect-tunes: “Cicada” by the Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, from Athens, GA. Though it’s kinda hard to tell in the video (heck, it’s hard to understand the … Continue reading
Posted in music
Tagged Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, cicada, juliabee, stridulation friday
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Brood XIX Blues
Still a little sore that I’ve missed out on the gigantic cicada invasion known as Brood XIX, but not so sore that I can’t share some wonderful cicada-themed artwork by Nashville-based Anderson Design Group. I love the combinations of entomology … Continue reading
That May Shrill
Though I’m missing out on Brood XIX, I am pleased that somewhere on the wide internets has a scan of my favorite toy, or rather, my favorite garbled translation of an insect-themed toy: I had several of these for years, … Continue reading
“Blinded to Small Beauty”
The Oreo Cameos of Judith Klausner recently made the rounds on the internet, but lesser known are her sculptures using insect parts. They are a flip side to her fast-food craftworks, giving an added dimension to her motives beyond the … Continue reading
Viktor Pelevin’s The Life of Insects (Жизнь насекомых)
“Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.” -Zhuangzi Years ago I was thankfully urged to read the novel The … Continue reading
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Tagged ant, cicada, literature, Marianna markaki, Mikhail Bulgakov, mosquito, moth, Russia, scarab, Viktor pelevin, Yulia Medveditskova
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