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Charlayn von Solms

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Sculptor, lapsed academic I use assemblage to create contemporary art based on the compositional strategies of Archaic Greek oral-formulaic poetry. https://charlaynvonsolms.com/link-in-bio

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · Aug 16

For #BlueSkyArtShow a compilation image showing every sculpture in the series "A Catalogue of Shapes". A collection of assemblages constructed to explore compositional, structural, and interpretive similarities between Homeric poetics and sculptural assemblage.
#pieces #shapes #ancientbluesky #art

Compilation showing every sculpture in the series "A Catalogue of Shapes" by Charlayn von Solms. First row from left: Odysseus, Telemachos, Hektor, Achilleus. Second row: Penelope, Nestor, Helena, Menelaos. Third row: Kalypso, Kirke, Eris, Ate.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 6m

For the blissfully uninitiated: the South African morning wake-up call.
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Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) | Making Africa Heard Sound Library

YouTube video by Sea Search Research & Conservation

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 10h

New jingle for Eight Sleep Pod3 mattresses?
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Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

YouTube video by MidnightOilVEVO

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 23h

"The 2024 Oxford Ancient Languages Society performance of Euripides' Orestes. In the original Ancient Greek, with a freshly edited text and a complete new musical score, written in accordance with all that is known of Euripidean music."
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Euripides' Orestes (Complete Ancient Greek Tragedy)

YouTube video by Oxford Ancient Languages Society

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 1d

id: Lagos, Johannesburg
ego: Pretoria, Perth
superego: Cape Town

Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 1d

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Little Shop of Horrors - Dentist Song

YouTube video by Keith Errington

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 1d

Just another day of @fuzzybunny.org sharing his gentle enjoyment of the beauty of nature. And then he wonders why he alone doesn't have armies of incels harassing him. The poor little darlings are clearly too terrified of becoming the focus of his musings.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 1d

Do you mean the cities where the 'I' meets 'the it' and then - disappointingly - quickly gets over it?
Or the opposite.
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Paris Syndrome: Most Underwhelming Cities - Radical Storage Travel Guide - Luggage Storage Network Blog Radical Storage

Here we look at the tourist destinations where people feel let down by high expectations and list the cities where people feel most positively surprised.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 2d

All curatorial decisions are final. No exceptions. Not even for Huxley.

Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 4d

As per your description:

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 4d

Also, their insane economic experiments tend to ruin our ability to earn a living.
And in true cultural imperialist style, they assume that their unhinged obsessions are ours as well, exporting missionaries and activists funded to the hilt to spread their poisons across the globe.

Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 5d

Will mull it over and get back to you.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 6d

and a fan

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 8d

Exhibit A:

a man with long hair and a tattoo on his hand holds his nose

ALT: a man with long hair and a tattoo on his hand holds his nose

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 8d

One can only assume that this generation really does lack first-hand experience of how absolutely astoundingly powerful human brains can be when put to regular use.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 8d

Nothing less than itself.

Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 8d

Something about a saucer, but no mention of the cup. Pretty sure Aphrodite had it first, though.

Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 15d

Hours. Screams of the dying hours.

Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 15d

cannon fire, followed by the screams of the dying

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 15d

I could tell you how it works, but since this is proprietary tech, doing so would constitute high treason.
On the subject of clockworks: herewith a (fuzzy) picture of my cuckoo clock, which for some bizarre reason, appears to evoke attributes not entirely non-applicable to you.

Fuzzy photograph of a cuckoo clock with a cannon stationed on its roof, ready to repel invaders.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 15d

a close up of a person holding a model of a bomb

ALT: a close up of a person holding a model of a bomb

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 15d

It's entirely OK to be embarrassed about having inadvertently demonstrated in public that you missed someone.

a cartoon character is playing frisbee in a park with the number 2 on the bottom of the screen

ALT: a cartoon character is playing frisbee in a park with the number 2 on the bottom of the screen

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 15d

How interesting that the resident enfant terrible would be the one to note my absence. I can only assume that he has been indulging in his usual ration of misbehaviour this past week, for which a co-conspirator can now not conveniently be made to share the scorn and blame.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 27d

you forgot to provide your bank account number

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 27d

And here I thought it was sudden-onset tinnitus.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.bsky.social · 28d

This is what happens when you skip out on Planetary Orientation. Rule 46725.369.(2)-zBD: Only keep plants as pets if cats enjoy eating them.

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