Inadequacies

September 12, 2008 at 7:46 am (Uncategorized) (, , , , , , )

Words, and pictures, are never enough, but sometimes they’re all we have. Same goes for offshore oil and peer influences.

Concerns Beyond Just Where the Wild Things Are

New York Times, Patricia Cohen
Maurice Sendak discusses his perceived inadequacies as an artist. This, from the man who wrote and designed Where the Wild Things Are, one of the most wildly popular illustrated books of all time.

 

Flies, Too, Feel the Influence of their Peers, Studies Find
Science Daily
Okay, so flies have inferiority complexes, too. Certain behaviors depend on whether or not they are accepted into their peer groups: ”The bottom line is that membership in the same social group trumps genotype as a predictor of chemical displays.”
  
The offshore? Good luck, bad luck and mukluk
Energy Bulletin
The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that these areas might provide 200,000 barrels/day by 2020-around 2 percent of our current consumption, or as much as we use every 15 minutes.
Landfall: a portfolio, by Will Steacy
Triple Canopy
An artist’s perception of the fall and rise of New Orleans following Katrina.

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