#broken obelisk

[gregdotorg]

seeing photos of Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk being installed reminded me of this 1980 photo I bought and then never posted, because it just seemed like fuel on the fire, but the fire's been stoked plenty without it, and it feels dishonest to not point out that there were white supremacist nazis in Houston in 1979, and that no one, probably including the deMenils who commissioned him, knew Philip Johnson was a nazi too.

[kobayashimasahide]

＜ONEMENT MINUS ONE ／ Barney the Zipper＞(*1)

1999 (*2)／3/14/2024 (Materially Altered)　　by Masahide Kobayashi

28 (H.) × 6 (w.) × 3 (D.) cm 　　0.24 kg　　 Mixed Media　

Red Flat Rectangular Parallelepiped Skin Lotion Bottle : “ Shiseido Eudermine Revitalizing Essence Ⅷ=1997 Version Designed by Serge Lutens" (*3) (Glass)

YKK Fastener “Vislon (R)” 20cm #501 (Resin, White Paint, White Fabric Tape)

Red Ink (Oil, Watercolor)

＜ Broken Obelisk＞(*4)-shaped Thin Red Rusty Plate (Galvanized Iron)

Thin Rod (Iron)

Synthetic Adhesive (Chloroprene Rubber)

(*1)　[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2378797014]。改変したタイトルに関しては、山崎貴監督の最新映画『ゴジラ－１.０』(“GODZILLA MINUS ONE” Directed by Takashi Yamazaki) に負う。

(*2)　[https://u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2001957]-p.44。

(*3)　[https://www.shiseido.com/us/en/shiseido-eudermine-revitalizing-essence-0768614110033.html?epik=dj0yJnU9MGNFYlU3OHFmdC1ScXpNamlNM1JMZW55bEQ4NjU5cG8mcD0wJm49NnpCa1M0bjVrbTlpaFlKXzlqeXBDUSZ0PUFBQUFBR1gxQkFJ]。

(*4)　[https://www.schindlermetalworks.com/rothko-obelisk.html]。

＜ワンメント (いちなること) －1.0 ／ バーニー・ザ・ジッパー＞(*1)

1999 (*2)／3/14/2024 (素材も含めて大幅改変)     小林正秀 作

28 (H.) × 6 (w.) × 3 (D.) cm 　　0.24 kg　　　混合材

扁平直方体の深紅の化粧水瓶：「セルジュ・ルタンスのデザインによる資生堂オイデルミン8代目1997年版」(*3) (ガラス)

YKK “ビスロン(R)” ファスナー 20cm #501 (樹脂、白色塗料、白布帯) 

赤インク (油性、水性)

＜折れたオベリスク＞(*4) の形に切った赤錆びた薄板 (トタン=亜鉛鍍金鉄)

細棒 (鉄)

合成接着剤 (クロロプレン・ゴム)

[bookcub]

literally insane how much the broken earth trilogy lives up to the hype. ive never met a book or series with this much hype that has me so invested. im not let down even a little bit!!

[syeniites]

tfw you have a crush on the woman who destroyed your hometown and now she stops by the infirmary where you work every day to bicker incomprehensibly with her ex-metamour-slash-baby-daddy who also triggered the apocalypse while he slowly turns to stone and is eaten by a rock person. but sometimes you just gotta shoot your shot ig

[nct616]

hoahoahoahoahoahoahoahoa

[fantasiadelux]

I illustrated some of the tectonic landscapes inspired by N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy: Volcanic fumes, smoke columns, fire on the land, sparks coming from below. They are available as prints on https://luxmeteora.com/prints-postcards

[genspiel]

hnnnnn thinking about my favorite middle-aged protagonist again. essun is in her early 40s at the start of the fifth season. she's lived for over four decades and has been through a HELL of a lot, and yet there's still things she has to learn about the world.

orogeny is a subject she's been learning about her whole life. she's grown stronger by having to manage orogene children and prevent them from being discovered. and yet her whole journey, and alabaster and ykka in particular, still manage to teach her new things about it.

history. lore is passed down from generation to generation, drilled into everyone's heads so they will remember what to do when a disaster strikes. so they know where they came from. and yet that lore is fucking WRONG and she ends up making multiple new (to her) discoveries about it throughout the course of the series.

she's been a parent more than once. but instead of doing things right the second time around, she fucked it up real bad (although she was trying to do her best in the only way she knew how). it takes a lot to recognize and escape and heal from abuse and oppression at the level that she's experienced it. and only at the very end does she actually see her child for the person she's become.

i know this has been said before, but like. life doesn't end when your youth does. there's always more to learn. mistakes to make and then try to make up for. "understanding" is a puzzle that will never be complete, but one by one the pieces will keep slotting into place in your mind as you continue to grow.

now i'm really just rambling tbh. but god i fucking love this series.

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

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[woodsfae]

Have been blitzing through The Broken Earthtrilogy by N.K. Jemisin and may I just say this woman is a fucking powerhouse of a writer. Rarely have I been so upset at characters without wanting to stop reading. Like, I'm mad at them as people, while being totally engrossed in the story. GRIPPING.

[gettingovershame]

Schaffa in The Fifth Season vs Schaffa in The Obelisk Gate gives the same energy as “How my parents were with me” vs “How my parents are with their grandchildren”

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

[ed-francesca]

A playlist for you, fellow fans of the Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. These are songs I was listening to while reading the books, or songs that remind me of the story. I love these books so much.

(one day I'll be able to complete and record the song I wrote about these books.)

SONGS FOR THE BROKEN EARTH - on Spotify

[sparklestheunicorn]

Essun: *trying to find her daughter*

Me:

[nct616]

@nkjemisin’s hoa

[fantasiadelux]

I illustrated some of the tectonic landscapes inspired by N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy: Lava falls, lava rivers, lava ponds. They are available as prints on https://luxmeteora.com/prints-postcards :)

[genspiel]

if i had a nickel for every time an n.k. jemisin protag mistook a powerful, ancient immortal entity for a young boy, i would have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice