Sunday Snippets with a side of Chihuly

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Just because I get twitchy if I go too long without posting a photo...

Closeup of one of the Chihuly ikebanas on permanent display at the Litvak Gallery in Tel Aviv.

• Just in case they couldn't here me scream all the way in Outer Mongolia - I passed! I passed!
• It's NOT snowing here, and I'm barefoot and wearing a tank top. Sorry East Coasters.
• Seriously easy and seriously impressive appetizer, a real crowd-pleaser (made even better with my own homemade fig-balsamic jam). The downside - no leftovers ;).
• I have had a headache which veers between incapacitating migraine and just painful and annoying more days than not in past week. It is getting REALLY old. (Yes, I'm taking all the appropriate medications, they're not helping. I'm thinking it's the winning combination of stress and the changing seasons.)
• The 45 minutes I did on the elliptical machine made me really hungry. I should probably go eat something sensible before it gets worse and I go binge on crap.
• Anyone out there interested in sociology? This is a long but fascinating article on regional cultural divisions in the US.
• And this is pretty much the coolest landscaping project I've ever seen.

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So what's on your snippet list this week?

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A matter of perspective

Star of David, a breathtaking piece by Czech glass artist Vaclav Cigler currently on display at the Litvak Gallery in Tel Aviv, is remarkable in the way it draws the viewer in. The tiniest change in the viewer's position, in this case just an inch shift, and their (my) experience of the piece changes entirely.

 

Visit Wordless Wednesday to see what people aren't saying this week, and Wordful Wednesday, where most of the people will be talking about Halloween, but not me since Halloween isn't celebrated here in Israel, so you'll have to make do with artsy-fartsy stuff instead ;).

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Chihuly redux

Anyone who's been coming around here for a while knows that I just can't get enough of Dale Chihuly's magnificent work, so what a treat to find that a number of his pieces were still on permanent display at Tel Aviv's Litvak Gallery even after the close of last winter's spectacular solo show.

Here's one of my favorites - a black and yellow basket with just enough of a red (ok, orangey-red, but definitely still in the red family) tinge around the top to sneak it in for this week's Ruby Tuesday ;).

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The Dark Gate - closeup

Closeup of my very favorite piece in the exhibition - Bohumil Elias' Dark Gate. 
Viewed in its entirety this piece literally took my breath away.
 
More red images can be found at Work of the Poet.

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Messenger

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Closeup of a section of Stepan Pala's Messenger, on display at Tel Aviv's Litvak Gallery.

And on the subject of messengers, let me add my fervent wishes to those spreading throughout the country right now that the messengers are correct, that Gilad will soon be back home in the loving arms of his family. It's been far, far too long already.

Through the Rainbow at the Litvak Gallery

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What do you see through the rainbow? Tall ships? A cityscape? Africa? Something else entirely?

This image is actually the rainbow-colored reflection on the wall of a glass sculpture entitled Memorial Meeting by the groundbreaking Czech glass artist Vladimir Kopecky and is part of Freedom to Create: Beyond the Glass Curtain, an incredible exhibition featuring the work of 15 of the Czech Republic's best-known glass artists on display right now at Tel Aviv's Litvak Gallery. I was lucky enough to be able to spend the morning wandering the exhibit, camera in hand. This reflection is just a teaser - over the coming days I'll be featuring images from this stunning exhibition so be sure to check back often.

Visit Ruby Tuesday for more reds (and yellows and greens and blues and all the hues of the rainbow) from around the world.

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