Jabba the Hutt meets Greek nymph? How else to account both for those (thick) (down-turned) lips and for that leafy hair?
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In the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution was one of several revolutions that overturned society. Mechanical creatures intruded into farms and homes, but still this invasion had no name. Finally, in 1802, Johann Beckmann, an economics professor at Gottingen University gave this ascending force its name [technology] . . . He hoped his outline [a textbook titled Guide to Technology] would become the first course in the subject. It did that and more. It also gave a name to what we do. Once named, we could now see it. Having seen it, we wondered how anyone could not have seen it.
Source: Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants
Posted: 2025 Oct 18Or check out this TEDxSF by Kelly.
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Your dryad appears to have dallied with the Dionysians, which makes a placemat the perfect spot for an appearance of the poor dear.
Laurna – Yes, looking a bit like the Beatles’ song, perhaps – a hard day’s night.
Once you start seeing them, you can’t stop.
It’s like reading: once you learn how…
Barbara – Or could be that my brain has learned to see them better – like the 3D dot pictures that take some learning to get onto. It certainly started out slowly, but right now I’m in a phase where I see at least one a week. New environment, perhaps, as well as getting out and about more.