GILBERT MUSINGS: Art Collected ...is my personal blog, an insight into my brain to what I find interesting, unique, thought provoking, funny, warped and beautiful. All can be considered a visual eye-candy collection.

Tidbits from my art & culture Blogzine Art Nectar << (yea, you can click it to check it out) and my dabblings in photography and artwork are peppered throughout.

To contact me...send an email to: gilbertmusings@gmail.com

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Akumal Beach through sunglasses. (by Art Nectar)

Akumal Beach through sunglasses. (by Art Nectar)

Akumal Beach Polaroid (by Art Nectar)

Akumal Beach Polaroid (by Art Nectar)

From the Iris van Herpen collection. A cross between Giger and Lovecraft.

From the Iris van Herpen collection.

A cross between Giger and Lovecraft.

Brain Zombie Cake. Morbidity at it&#8217;s best. And it&#8217;s a WEDDING CAKE!

Brain Zombie Cake. Morbidity at it’s best. And it’s a WEDDING CAKE!

I’m as guilty as anyone, because I helped to herald the digital era with Jurassic Park (1993). But the danger is that it can be abused to the point where nothing is eye-popping any more. The difference between making Jaws (1975) 31 years ago and War of the Worlds (2005) is that today, anything I can imagine, I can realize on film. Then, when my mechanical shark was being repaired and I had to shoot something, I had to make the water scary. I relied on the audience’s imagination, aided by where I put the camera. Today, it would be a digital shark. It would cost a hell of a lot more, but never break down. As a result, I probably would have used it four times as much, which would have made the film four times less scary. Jaws is scary because of what you don’t see, not because of what you do. We need to bring the audience back into partnership with storytelling.
Steven Spielberg
Tic-tock tic tock.

Tic-tock tic tock.

Happy Purple Flower (by Art Nectar)

Happy Purple Flower (by Art Nectar)

Leaning Tower of Verrazano Bridge (by Art Nectar)

Leaning Tower of Verrazano Bridge (by Art Nectar)

Water Drops on Leaf (by Art Nectar)

Water Drops on Leaf (by Art Nectar)

Mixed Media  -  from ThistleDownSpirits

Mixed Media  -  from ThistleDownSpirits

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Alice in Wonderland - Taylor Reeve Shoes A reason to constantly have you feet up in the air. :P You can buy them here.

Alice in Wonderland - Taylor Reeve Shoes

A reason to constantly have you feet up in the air. :P

You can buy them here.

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Titanium quartz cocktail ring. From AstralEYE

Titanium quartz cocktail ring.

From AstralEYE

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Arnold Böcklin - Self Portrait - 1872 Oil on canvas

Arnold Böcklin - Self Portrait - 1872

Oil on canvas

Drools. 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs

Drools.

1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs

What time is it? Who cares when your time piece looks like this! Kinda looks like an old fashioned cash register.  1,352 components working together in masterful horological precision, driven by a 450 link chain and nickel silver drums.  $275,000 The Cabestan Winch Tourbillion Vertical Watch

What time is it? Who cares when your time piece looks like this!

Kinda looks like an old fashioned cash register. 

1,352 components working together in masterful horological precision, driven by a 450 link chain and nickel silver drums. 

$275,000

The Cabestan Winch Tourbillion Vertical Watch