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Mullaghcleevaun - East Top

martin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:53:58 +0000

At the bottom…

About halfway up…

Nearing the top…

The summit (795 meters)…

Hungover Tree

martin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:37:46 +0000

Zoso - Jimmy Page - the jumper proves it.

martin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:24:38 +0000

Research on Crowley: Wandering The Waste had me scrolling through a copy of Fred Gettings’ Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils for interesting squiggles which Roy Huteson Stewart might be able to incorporate into the backgrounds and page layouts of the comic. And would you look at what I found on page 201, given as Jerome Cardan’s 1557 sigil for the planet Saturn.

Looks familiar.

Further net-based mooching about led me to this excellent article about the symbol, and Jimmy’s use of it.

First images from a Holga 135BC

martin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:01:27 +0000

I bought a Holga 135BC on ebay for $30 including shipping from Hong Kong. I loaded it up with 400 speed colour film and played around with it last week, with mixed results.

First lesson I learned is that even if it’s a clear and sunny winter’s day in Ireland, set the aperture to Cloudy, not to Sunny. It seems that an Irishman’s concept of what a sunny day is may not be the same as someone from fairer climes. A lot of shots were underexposed to the point of being what even the most amateur photographer like myself would call “complete fucking shit.”

Managed to salvage a couple. All hinges should be designed like this one.

This was taken using the Bulb setting, shutter held open for about two/three seconds. Looks like it might prove to be an intersting option to have.

These were taken on an overcast day with the aperture set to Cloudy.

Great camera; cheap, extremely light, immense fun to use, and the fact that you look like a leering sex-pest while wielding it in the park can only add to it’s appeal.

A quick look at Crowley

martin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:00:30 +0000

Roy Huteson Stewart’s pages are starting to come in thick and fast as he works on Crowley: Wandering The Waste, our collaboration for Insomnia. Here’s a couple of unlettered panels from the prologue…

I’m really enjoying working with Roy, he’s bringing plenty of strange and brilliant ideas to the project that I would never have thought of. Can’t really ask for much more than that. He’s also doing a great job capturing the frailty of Crowley in old age.

I don’t know who took the above photographs, possibly Kenneth Grant (one of them does appear in Remembering Aleister Crowley, Grant’s very interesting memoir of his friendship with AC). Taken in the garden at Netherwood, Hastings. Probably in or around 1945, which would make Crowley approximately 70 years old.

The book is looking like it will end up containing about 90 pages of actual comic, plus 30 or so pages of notes at the back. There may be a gallery at the back too, showing other artists interpretations of AC.

Out towards the end of the year, with any luck.

Why fucking not…

martin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:12:51 +0000

Geezer’s curly, white lead is an especially nice touch.

Jetty + bait + gull

martin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:22:16 +0000

New story in Nature

martin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:00:49 +0000

My short story An Open Letter To Any Impressionable Young School Leavers Who Are Considering Joining The Space Corps appears in this week’s issue of Nature.

Cairn on Seefin

martin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:58:33 +0000

Hiking in the Wicklow Mountains with the brother last Monday, we spotted this impressive cairn atop Seefin.

The entrance faces directly north.

Apparently it was opened up and examined in 1932/33 but whatever remains it once contained had already been pilfered.

Also spotted this escapee from The Quatermass Experiment …

Monster Jesus

martin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:28:38 +0000

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