the fear that defeats and dreams are one

BETH LORAINE BOWMAN

Beth Loraine Bowman is an American painter born in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Minneapolis College of Art and Design at age 16, later transferring to the College of Visual Arts. She lived in the south of France, studying painting and art history through a program sponsored by Bard College in New York. In 1999, she was awarded a BFA with an emphasis in drawing. She continued to graduate school where she earned her Masters in Art Education degree in 2006. Recently, she earned a graduate certificate in Housing Studies from the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.

http://web.me.com/bethbowman/Site/ABOUT.html

Vintage polar bear photo Astonishing photo taken in the late 70’s, showing a man feeding a polar bear and his cubs with milk in the north Russia border.

http://vision02.com/vintage-polar-bear-photo/

Ahead of Copenhagen 2009, Nepal's prime minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal (centre), chairs his cabinet's meeting at Kalapathar, below Mt. Everest and 5542m above sea level, to raise awareness of the effects of climate change. Photograph: NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA

"Nest building behavior of sun bear in the wild"

The Beatles Hello Goodbye (Remastered)

"Best picture gallery - macro photography, cauliflower, photo by viel gesundes grun tin G"

http://www.bestpicturegallery.com/Best_picture_gallery_macro_photography_cauliflower.htm

Kate Pfeiffer’s Website Couple oil on canvas 28" X 29" 2006 http://www.gallerykate.com/couples.html

The Association - Windy (live color clip - 1967)

"Zebrafish Retina Courtesy Associate Professor James Fadool and Karen Alvarez-Delfin/Florida State University "

This fireworks display is actually a microscope image of a zebrafish retina that's been immunolabeled for ultraviolet cones (magenta) and rods (green). The image shows the regular pattern of the cones and the scattered pattern of the rods typical of a normal fish. The labeling was performed by Karen Alvarez-Delfin, doctoral candidate at Florida State University.

http://www.popsci.com/node/36702

Anglerfish Ovary, Magnified 4x Courtesy Nikon Small World Photo Micrography Competition: Photographed by James Hayden

This cross-section of an anglerfish’s ovary is reminiscent of another sea creature—the nautilus. Its otherwise-dull spirally composition caught James Hayden’s eye, so he used fluorescent hematoxylin and Eosin stains to illuminate the different details of the image. “I was trying to create an image that sharply defined the boundaries of the different parts of the specimen, so that the image could actually be used to demonstrate the morphology of the ovary and eggs,” he says.

http://www.popsci.com/node/36702

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=41500&src=twitter-iotd

Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem

Leadbelly - The Midnight Special

"Volcano Light Show Carlos Gutierrez"

Nature unleashes a torrent of energy as ash fills the air: After lying dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaitén volcano belched forth a 40,000-foot-tall ash plume in early May, touching off lightning and a monthlong eruption. The volcano, situated 700 miles south of Santiago, Chile, forced the evacuation of 8,000 people from the nearby village of Chaitén. It was roughly comparable in size to the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption that released hundreds of millions of tons of debris in an explosion 1,000 times as powerful as the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki.

Scientists suspect that volcanic lightning results from particles in the ash cloud rubbing together as the plume swirls. They aren’t sure about which types of particles generate the most static electricity, nor do they know how much energy is produced during the event. Of course, the lack of research done in the field is understandable: Even scientists, when they see an erupting, lightning-spewing volcano, tend to run in the opposite direction.

http://www.popsci.com/science/gallery/2009-12/gallery-years-most-amazing-scientific-images

"Under Saddam Hussein, Kurds and Shiities were oppressed, systematically persecuted and murdered in large numbers."

Minister Chnar Abdullah and her delegation stand before 150 white linen sacks at Al Sadr University Hospital: in the six years since the fall of Saddam Hussein, countless mass graves have been discovered in the Najaf Governorate

http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1262/i.html

Jerry Bergonzi-The Bat

" Vienna_Battle_1683.jpg‎ (600 × 400 pixels, file size: 70 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)"

Artist	Franz Geffels
Title	Deutsch: Entsatzschlacht von Wien 1683
Year	English: 17th century
Technique	English: Oil painting
Current location	English: Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien	English: Vienna
Notes	Inv. 40.132
Source	Badisches Landesmuseum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vienna_Battle_1683.jpg

"NASA's Super-Pressure High-Altitude Balloon Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility/Nasa"

This image, taken through a telescope, is of the newly designed super pressure balloon prototype at float altitude--during its groundbreaking flight test--over Antarctica. "This seven-million-cubic-foot super-pressure balloon is the largest single-cell, super-pressure, fully-sealed balloon ever flown. When development ends, NASA will have a 22 million-cubic-foot balloon that can carry a one-ton instrument to an altitude of more than 110,000 feet, which is three to four times higher than passenger planes fly." (NASA)

http://www.popsci.com/node/36702

"From the album: "Wall Photos" by Cara Francis"

Amanda Marshall - Birmingham - Live

"Marine Iguanas are only found on the Galapagos Islands and their colours vary distinctly from island to island. Iguanas feed on seaweed and algae and have the incredible ability to change their size if sufficient food is not available. Photo: m.scott"

http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-the-matador-photographers-animal-kingdom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MatadorNetwork+%28Matador+Network%29&utm_content=Twitter

"Underground Art Gallery"

"My wife, Karen, and I own a small gallery here on Cape Cod. In it, she produces and sells her art, and I run a one-man architectural office. The building is covered with a deep layer of earth in which native plants of all kinds are thriving.

http://www.malcolmwells.com/designs.html

"Transiting the Sun NASA/Thierry Legault"

In this tightly cropped image, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is seen in silhouette during solar transit, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, from Florida. This image was made before Atlantis and the crew of STS-125 had grappled the Hubble Space Telescope. The photographer made this image using a solar-filtered Takahashi 5-inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera.

http://www.popsci.com/node/36702

Victor Jara - El derecho de vivir en paz - Full Version

"Afghan drug addicts wander around the grounds of the infamous Russian Cultural Center in Kabul. The RCC is home to over 200 drug addicts ranging in age from 16-70."

http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=1040

"Daily Photo – The Harleyfest on 6th Street"

This is one of the best times in Austin for HDR Photography!  I really think it’s perfect perfect conditions to really show off what this style of photography can do.  Long exposures just don’t do the trick.  The wonderful thing about being there is that the human eye really can see all these colors and light levels at the same time.  At least… to those of us that see like this.  I’m convinced that after talking to countless groups that not everyone “sees” in the same way.  It’s not that one way is better than another – just different. What do you think?

http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/12/04/the-harleyfest-on-6th-street-do-people-see-the-world-differently/#comments

The Honey Trees - Through Your Eyes [HQ]

"From the album: "Wall Photos" by 350.org"

http://www.facebook.com/#/photo.php?pid=2914469&id=12185972707

"Daily Photo – Impressions of Paris"

I had a nice conversation with a friend this evening about the Impressionists of Paris and all they had to go through to get their work seen. The old-guard painters than headed the selection committee for the Salon of the late 19th century had a distaste for the Impressionists, and their work was continually rejected. I feel lucky that we all live at a time where our own impressions of the world can freely be shared. I hope sites such as HDRspotting can help everyone get their work better exposed to the world.

http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/12/03/impressions-of-paris/#comments

"Cape ASOS, robe Zara Trafaluc, collants ASOS, gilet en cachemire et soie Zara, ballerines Zara, pince bijoux-plumes H&M, sac Balenciaga"

http://helloitsvalentine.blogspot.com/2009/12/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you.html

"Pam Collins sent us this shot of icy fingers of first frost in the water at Shubie Park, in Dartmouth, N.S. Photo Credit: Pam Collins"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/your-winter-photos/article1390186/

"Capillary network M I Walker, Wellcome Images"

This striking image actually shows part of an ox's eye, and the capillaries in it. Capillaries are small blood vessels, which act as the connective network between arteries and veins. The capillaries have been made visible by injection of an insoluble dye into the artery that supplied them.

http://www.popsci.com/science/gallery/2009-12/gallery-years-most-amazing-scientific-images

Carol of the Bells

"What the hell are you doing, now we're both in the hole!"

Joni Mitchell ~ River Live

"Just added a new work by Ryan McGinley to our collection. Hanna (Cry) : MarcDSchiller"

http://img160.yfrog.com/i/jhdd.jpg/

"This picture from novascotiaskier shows a foggy morning just before sunrise in Halifax Harbour. Photo Credit: novascotiaskier"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/your-winter-photos/article1390186/

" Mia Leijonstedt is an artist who creates one-of-a-kind artist books for collectors and art lovers - both unique designer bookbindings and sculptural art works that play with the notion of what can be considered a book."

She draws her inspiration from legends and mythology, with particular affinity to the medieval times and ancient native cultures. She aims to recreate the feel of revered ancient artefacts and to invoke something from the times past in our increasingly technological, virtual era

http://www.leijonstedt.com/

"LOADED!™ it’s all about the benjamins"

Feeling a little cash poor these days? Not to worry, you can at least look like you’re Loaded with this full-color printed wallet. Satin-lined interior with lots of pockets for all your credit cards. No animals harmed, individual giftboxes.

Design: Jason Amendolara

©2009 FRED

http://www.worldwidefred.com/loaded.htm

"Underground Nuclear Waste Depository, Hungary Karoly Arvai / Reuters"

A miner is seen in the main tunnel of an underground nuclear waste depository in Bataapati, 120 miles south of Budapest, Hungary. The depository will host Hungary's radioactive waste in subsurface, granite facilities.

http://www.popsci.com/science/gallery/2009-12/gallery-years-most-amazing-scientific-images

"Laudate Dominum" Ian Howell, Countertenor with Tableau Baroque; C.M. Cozzolani

"New York Party Invitation The great Fabien Barrel has come through again with a very nice design for our New York Book Party invitation. If you are in the area, I look forward to meeting you on the 14th of December!"

Stop on by, and come over to the Facebook Party Event and RSVP!

http://www.stuckincustoms.com/

"Hairy Hearing Courtesy SPL / Photo Researchers, Inc."

Inner ear hair cells. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of sensory hair cells from the organ of corti, in the cochlea of the inner ear. These cells are surrounded by a fluid called the endolymph. As sound enters the ear it causes waves to form in the endolymph, which in turn cause these hairs to move. The movement is converted into an electrical signal, which is passed to the brain. The V-shaped arrangement of hairs lies on the top of a single cell. Magnification: x21,000 when printed 10cm wide.

http://www.popsci.com/science/gallery/2009-12/gallery-years-most-amazing-scientific-images

http://shopyield.com/2009/12/04/transparency-explosion/

"Angel Falls in Venezuela Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 05, 2009"

Photo taken in 1996

Angel Falls is the world's highest waterfall, at 979 m (3,212 ft) high. It is located in Southern Venezuela in Canaima National Park.

http://inspire.mongabay.com/news/2009/1205-angel_falls.html?utm_campaign=Inspire-mongabay.com&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=SNSanalytics

"Books of the Past" submittion picture for Twisted Tree Cafe some old books i found in the guest room. =]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/linnybinnypix/1189018851/

"Map of Wikipedia article-density by nation"

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/04/map-of-wikipedia-art.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Asgardia-Logo/338271

"Iron Age" The Artwork of Tim Grosvenor

Oil on Canvas, 100 x 100 cm 2009

http://timgrosvenor.posterous.com/iron-age-0

"Bhopal, Photo: openDemocracy"

http://matadorchange.com/from-the-editor-what-we-can-learn-from-bhopal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MatadorNetwork+%28Matador+Network%29&utm_content=FaceBook