Season's greetings....

Friends, supporters, followers... Lend me your ears: 

Wishing you all the joys of the season and happiness throughout the coming year. 

May you have a spectacular New Year!

PS: perhaps the very last post on this blog....

Jagged

JaggeD Edge 

Journeys to Artichokistan are always full of surprises....

(some recent inventions by Art-is-jokken )

the king of smell

Guardians of the thorny dreams (Dream no.18610)

how to survive a thorny dreams...

RED

Twisted Talks.....

Birds may have had to bike before they could fly..

Birds may have had to bike before they could fly.....

Exotic

The woods of Artichokistan are full of exotic deers .....

“No mask like open truth to cover lies..... "

..... disguise

Reflect

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” 

Mark Twain

This time I was inspired by the story of The Man Who Planted Trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres). see here
Elzéard Bouffier, the protagonist, wasn't definitely a man who was on the side of the majority....

Stone walls do not a prison make...

Stone walls do not a prison make,

Nor iron bars a cage;

Minds innocent and quiet take

That for an hermitage

by Richard Lovelace

King Vulture

(for Illustration Friday topic "creature")

Captured and tied (Entangled)

Quantum entanglement is the key to quantum computing, cryptography, and numerous other real-world applications of quantum mechanics. It is also one of the strangest phenomena in the Universe, overcoming barriers of space and time and knitting the entire cosmos into an integrated whole.

The idea of a reduced density matrix was introduced by Paul Dirac in 1930. Consider as above systems and each with a Hilbert space  HA, HB. Let the state of the composite system be

But let  see what happens if we use capital letter A (A for ARTICHOKISTAN ) 

This demonstrates, as expected, the reduced density matrix for an entangled pure ensemble is a mixed ensemble. 

Clear, isn't it?

To make it more clear, see my drawing ;)

Have a nice day !

Man is capable of anything ......

Shall we ever be rescued from our dark and destructive deeds? 

Power.....(point)

some points are quite ...powerful...

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fresh as a daisy......

fresh as a daisy :)

Hybrid(s)

Artichokistan is not only well known for his nature beauty - vast landscapes, tree houses , weird plants.... but also for its inhabitants. There is endless variation of people living there, just take a look, please, at these quick  drawings I made on the railway station this afternoon while waiting for my train....

Travel....

Today quick scribbles on the theme " travel".  You know, it is nice weather here, so I am going back to the garden :)
Have a nice day :)

Protest...

This time ,when I was considering different approaches for this week IF challenge "Protest' , came an idea while reading a magazine about  protests against Monsanto lately and also Ted's remark in his last comment about my potatoes sprouts brought  some inspiration. Ted mentioned an old movie The Day of the Triffids , starring plants capable of aggressive behavior. So I combined both ideas into this "pencillaneous"drawing.

There are still growing protests about GM organisms all over the world. Considering all  pro's and con's, one can't be surprised that many people are pretty scared and there are indeed some serious reasons to worry about food safety, environmental impacts, biodiversity  and  monopolistic behaviour of some biotech companies...  

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I'll finish this post with the words of A. Huxley.....

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

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Do you disagree, do you protest what has been written? Write a comment

(Have a nice day and do not worry much about the Triffids plants) 

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