Month: November 2015

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, “Nate’s Theme”

Uncharted 3,: Drake’s Deception, “Nate’s Theme”

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is a 2011 action-adventure third-person shooter platform video game developed by Naughty Dog, with a story written by script-writer Amy Hennig. It is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed video games of 2009, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and is the third game in the Uncharted series. The game was published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3, in North America on November 1, 2011. A Game of the Year Edition, containing all additional content that was a part of the Fortune Hunters’ Club deal, was released on September 19, 2012, for Europe.

Uncharted 3 sees protagonist Nathan Drake and mentor Victor Sullivan traveling around the world to places such as the Rub’ al Khali desert, in search of the legendary lost city the Iram of the Pillars, which is mentioned in the Quran. The plot draws from the archaeology days of T. E. Lawrence.

A sequel and the final installment of the series, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End will be released on March 18, 2016 exclusively for the PlayStation 4. On October 7, 2015, the game was released on the PS4 along with its two predecessors as part of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection.

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Rick Bragg: “In Water So Fine”

Photographer Unknown, (The Forest Stream)

“In water so fine, a few minutes of bad memory all but disappear downstream, washed away by ten thousand belly busters, a million cannonballs. Paradise was never heaven-high when I was a boy but waist-deep, an oasis of cutoff blue jeans and raggedy Converse sneakers, sweating bottles of Nehi Grape and Orange Crush, and this stream. I remember the antidote of icy water against my blistered skin, and the taste of mushy tomato and mayonnaise sandwiches, unwrapped from twice-used aluminum foil.”

― Rick Bragg

Rush Pleansuk

Rush Pleansuk, “Genii Loci ”

Derived from a Roman word, “Genii Loci” refers to the protective spirit of a place and the name of an exhibition by Rush Pleansuk. He is an artist who translates and transforms the Asian tradition and Thai belief that spirits are believed to be protectors of the living into contemporary creation.

The construction and identification of a certain object as a place where the ‘spirit’ resides is deeply rooted within Eastern culture. Pleansuk’s intricately interwoven art of furniture design, where the abstract is made tangible, passes that tradition onto the present generation.

Joseph Leyendecker

Joseph Leyendecker, “Pilgrim and Football Player, 1928″, November Cover Art of the Saturday Evening Post, 1928

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book, and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950, Leyendecker painted more than 400 magazine covers. Leyendecker virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design.

Note: Additional images of Leyendecker’s work plus a more extensive biography can be found at this site in the June 2016 article entitled “Joseph Christian Leyendecker”. ===

The Passengers in the Car

Photographer Unknown, (The Passengers in the Car)

“Roads are long; make them short with a good company!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“All roads lead past shooting ranges, liquor stores, and gay bars. Wanderlust is part of the American Spirit.”
― Andrew Smith, Grasshopper Jungle

“Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.”
― Ron Franscell, The Sourtoe Cocktail Club