The latest title for my blog is, as you can see above, "Pictures Of The Floating World." The title is a translation of the Japanese art style known as ukiyo-e, which is made from woodblock printing. I don't know exactly how it works, but years ago I wrote a paper on ukiyo-e, and I discovered artists like Hiroshige, Hokusai, and my favorite, Yoshitoshi. You've probably seen Hokusai's piece called The Great Wave. I'm not much of an art buff, but this is the kind of art I would hang on my wall. My critertia for art is whether or not it looks cool. I think ukiyo-e looks cool.
Anyway, I've always liked that phrase, "Pictures Of The Floating World." The world is indeed floating (in space), and this blog is nothing more than my observations of things that are interesting to me. So that's the title, until I change it again.
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