Camille Paglia’s Defense of Jordan Peterson, Excerpted from a Longer Statement Sent in Response to Queries from a Brazilian Journalist
Posted: March 29, 2018 Filed under: Censorship, Mediasphere, Think Tank | Tags: Activism, Advocacy journalism, Anthropology, Biology, Brazil, Camile Paglia, Epoca, Jordan Peterson, journalism, Media bias, Nature, New York Review of Books, propaganda Leave a commentFrom Camille Paglia: excerpted from a longer statement sent in response to queries from a Brazilian journalist writing a profile of me for a major Brazilian magazine, Epoca.
Russian Deep Sea Fisherman Becomes Online Hit After Revealing Bizarre Catches
Posted: December 22, 2016 Filed under: Entertainment, Russia, Science & Technology | Tags: Animals, Deep sea, Fish, Nature, Photography, Sea Life Leave a commentKunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) 1899-1904
Posted: September 4, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Science & Technology | Tags: Amphoridea, Ascomycetes, Basimycetes, Diatomea, Ernst Haeckel. Hexacoralla, Graphic, Illustration, Images, Lichenes, Nature, Ophiodea, Phaeodaria, Spumellaria Leave a commentGalápagos Tortoise Pumpkin Party!
Posted: October 29, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Food & Drink, Mediasphere | Tags: Galápagos, Galápagos Tortoise, Halloween, Nature, Pumpkin, Tumblr, video Leave a comment[PHOTO] The Uber of the Animal Kingdom?
Posted: May 13, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Amtrak, Beetles, Frogs, Nature, Photography, Taxicab, Transportation, Uber Leave a comment[PHOTOS] Micro-Photography of Individual Snowflakes by Alexey Kljatov
Posted: November 26, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Magnification, Micro-Photography, Nature, Photography, Snowflakes Leave a comment
Livin’ in the Kong! The (Mostly) Great Outdoors of Hong Kong
Posted: August 16, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, China | Tags: Asia, Beach, Cheung Chau, China, cityscape, great outdoors, Hong Kong, Lamma, landscape, Nature, outdoors, Photography, Repulse Bay, Sheung Wan, South China Sea, Stanley, Victoria Harbour 4 CommentsHaving immersed myself in Hong Kong for about a year now, it seems an apt opportunity to take a moment (or rather, a few posts) to reflect.
Verdant Hong Kong
The most wonderful surprise for me has been the impressive natural elements found throughout HK – providing a beautiful contrast to HK’s more urban and iconic modern developments. Everyone knows HK is packed with glitzy skyscrapers and shopping malls, but even amidst all of that, you stumble across gigantic trees with sprawling roots that snake down city walls.

In the heart of Sheung Wan, the dramatic interplay between the urban and the natural
Parks are full of greenery, the surrounding islands are lush with foliage. Refreshing to view, perhaps all that plant life even helps make up for the occasional smog by pumping some oxygen into this fair city.

The rich green hues of Lamma Island

Lush greenery and massive tree roots at Blake Garden in Sheung Wan

Embarking on a scenic hike on the perimeter of Cheung Chau

One of the things I love most about HK – the blend of east and west, old and new – right in the heart of the city (Blake Garden, Sheung Wan)