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other goat by hugh crawford from the GigaPan two goats in tracy by hugh crawford
so is she!
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goat by hugh crawford from the GigaPan two goats in tracy by hugh crawford
she is a goat!
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Apollo by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Passages: The Memory Palace in the Grand Lobby of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza by hugh crawford
THE MUSICAL CONTEST OF PAN AND APOLLO
Abhorring riches he inhabited
the woods and fields, and followed Pan who dwells
always in mountain-caves: but still obtuse
remained, from which his foolish mind again,
by an absurd decision, harmed his life.
He followed Pan up to the lofty mount
Tmolus, which from its great height looks far
across the sea. Steep and erect it stands
between great Sardis and the small Hypaepa.
While Pan was boasting there to mountain nymphs
of his great skill in music, and while he
was warbling a gay tune upon the reeds,
cemented with soft wax, in his conceit
he dared to boast to them how he despised
Apollo's music when compared with his—.
At last to prove it, he agreed to stand
against Apollo in a contest which
it was agreed should be decided by
Tmolus as their umpire.
This old god
sat down on his own mountain, and first eased
his ears of many mountain growing trees,
oak leaves were wreathed upon his azure hair
and acorns from his hollow temples hung.
First to the Shepherd-god Tmolus spoke:
“My judgment shall be yours with no delay.
Pan made some rustic sounds on his rough reeds,
delighting Midas with his uncouth notes;
for Midas chanced to be there when he played.
When Pan had ceased, divine Tmolus turned
to Phoebus, and the forest likewise turned
just as he moved. Apollo's golden locks
were richly wreathed with fresh Parnassian laurel;
his robe of Tyrian purple swept the ground;
his left hand held his lyre, adorned with gems
and Indian ivory. His right hand held
the plectrum—as an artist he stood there
before Tmolus, while his skilful thumb
touching the strings made charming melody.
Delighted with Apollo's artful touch,
Tmolus ordered Pan to hold his reeds
excelled by beauty of Apollo's lyre.
That judgment of the sacred mountain god
pleased all those present, all but Midas, who
blaming Tmolus called the award unjust.
The Delian god forbids his stupid ears
to hold their native human shape;
and, drawing them out to a hideous length,
he fills them with gray hairs, and makes them both
unsteady, wagging at the lower part:
still human, only this one part condemned,
Midas had ears of a slow-moving ass.
Midas, careful to hide his long ears, wore
a purple turban over both, which hid
his foul disgrace from laughter. But one day
a servant, who was chosen to cut his hair
with steel, when it was long, saw his disgrace.
He did not dare reveal what he had seen,
but eager, to disclose the secret, dug
a shallow hole, and in a low voice told
what kind of ears were on his master's head.
All this he whispered in the hollow earth
he dug, and then he buried all he said
by throwing back the loose earth in the hole
so everything was silent when he left.
A grove thick set with quivering reeds
began to grow there, and when it matured,
about twelve months after that servant left,
the grove betrayed its planter. For, moved by
a gentle South Wind, it repeated all
the words which he had whispered, and disclosed
from earth the secret of his master's ears.
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Brookes More. Boston. Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.0 comments
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Location of the Brooklyn Public Library by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Passages: The Memory Palace in the Grand Lobby of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza by hugh crawford
Location of the Brooklyn Public Library and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
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Pan by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Passages: The Memory Palace in the Grand Lobby of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza by hugh crawford
The god Pan, shown in the Brooklyn Public Library passage opposite Apollo.
See the Apollo snapshot for more detail
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Rocky and Bullwinkle's creator by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Passages: The Memory Palace in the Grand Lobby of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza by hugh crawford
Jay Ward presented "Fractured Flickers" at Coney Island.
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saved from the flood by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Passages: The Memory Palace in the Grand Lobby of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza by hugh crawford
Photo from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle morgue.
Waves from the wall around the site of the former Brooklyn Aqueduct behind the library0 comments
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Grain elevator by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road looking north by hugh crawford
maps.google.com/?ll=37.9488,-121.31567&spn=0.011946,0.048022&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=37.948787,-121.31569&panoid=5-Grf3XJVJ1fg0gMYq5E4A&cbp=12,341.96,,0,-5.03
Penny Newman Grain Co
1805 Harbor Street
Stockton, CA 95203
penny-newman.co0 comments
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gasoline pumping plant by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road looking north by hugh crawford
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mosdale bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road looking north by hugh crawford
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the end of the road by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road , AKA hwy33 tracy ca by hugh crawford
where this was taken
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my mother's driveway by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road looking north by hugh crawford
where this was taken gigapan.com/gigapans/48600
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starlings by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road looking north by hugh crawford
I think
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ge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road looking north by hugh crawford
great big pinwheel
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intersection by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road looking north by hugh crawford
intersection of I5 and I580
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Kosciuszko Bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
Kosciuszko Bridge
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Hell Gate and Triborough Bridges by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
Hell Gate and Triborough (RFK) Bridges
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Throgs Neck Bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
The Throgs Neck Bridge opened to traffic on January 11, 1961
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Laguardia airport by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
Laguardia airport tower
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Bronx-Whitestone Bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
The Bronx-Whitestone Bridge was completed on April 29, 1939, six months ahead of schedule and only 23 months after construction began. The $19.7 million in construction costs were fully financed by Triborough Bridge Authority bonds, which were backed by the bridge's 25-cent tolls. When the bridge opened, it carried four lanes of traffic and two pedestrian walkways between the Bronx and Queens.
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59th Street Bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge
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Williamsburg Bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
The Williamsburg Bridge crosses the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
Brooklyn Bridge
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manhattan bridge by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
manhattan bridge
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64 world fair site by hugh crawford from the GigaPan looking north from the saint george by hugh crawford
1964 world fair site
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Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument by hugh crawford from the GigaPan battle of brooklyn by hugh crawford
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Ship_Martyrs'_Monument
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André Kertész in Martinique by hugh crawford from the GigaPan 111 hicks north by hugh crawford
André Kertész, Martinique
www.flickr.com/groups/atlantaguild/discuss/72157625734637659/#comment721576258623685520 comments
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Charles Moore by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Charles Moore at 30 Rock by hugh crawford
Charles Moore with the rockafeller center skating rink in the background
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1 mile by hugh crawford from the GigaPan bird road , AKA hwy33 tracy ca by hugh crawford
this railroad track is exactly one mile away
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towards city hall by hugh crawford from the GigaPan brooklyn skyline from F train by hugh crawford
looking towards city call
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Letter to Polaroid by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Jamie Livingston Photo Of The Day part 1 by hugh crawford
describing POD
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six days by hugh crawford from the GigaPan pod-q4Jamie Livingston Photo Of the Day part 4 by hugh crawford
six photos
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the red by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Jamie Livingston Photo Of the Day part 3 by hugh crawford
and the blue
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jamie by hugh crawford from the GigaPan Jamie Livingston Photo Of The Day part 2 by hugh crawford
with a bolex
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