Posts tagged France

Julien Pacaud | negative-numbers (France) - Diamond Sea / Violet’s Pet

Julien Pacaud is a french illustrator, currently living in Le Mans, France. Before becoming an illustrator, he was, by turns : an astrophysician, an international snooker player, a hypnotist and an esperanto teacher. “I hope i can someday have enough free time to devote myself to my real passion: time travel.” (cf. artist’s bio) You can find more Julien’s work on his website and what inspire him on his Tumblr. Many thanks to darksilenceinsuburbia for having introduced us Julien’s work!

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Artist Tony Cragg recently unveiled the sculpture you see in the first 3 images at FIAC 2011 in Paris. You can see more sculptures here.

velveteen: The Return of the Mona Lisa to the Louvre after the war, Paris, 1945

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The Return of the Mona Lisa to the Louvre after the war, Paris, 1945

Flickr / photo-tractatus

France is BACON!

[ Copied from Lard_Baron on Reddit ]

When I was young my father said to me:

“Knowledge is Power….Francis Bacon”

I understood it as “Knowledge is power, France is Bacon”.

For more than a decade I wondered over the meaning of the second part and what was the surreal linkage between the two? If I said the quote to someone, “Knowledge is power, France is Bacon” they nodded knowingly. Or someone might say, “Knowledge is power” and I’d finish the quote “France is Bacon” and they wouldn’t look at me like I’d said something very odd but thoughtfully agree. I did ask a teacher what did “Knowledge is power, France is bacon” meant and got a full 10 minute explanation of the Knowledge is power bit but nothing on “France is bacon”. When I prompted further explanation by saying “France is Bacon?” in a questioning tone I just got a “yes”. at 12 I didn’t have the confidence to press it further. I just accepted it as something I’d never understand.

It wasn’t until years later I saw it written down that the penny dropped.

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x””D LOL!!