An oddity for the day…
The Knife-Throwing Mother and her Children (1950s)
The knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2.5 yrs old, in Austin, Texas. As the newscaster comments: “…Evidently Colleena Sue has more trust in Mother’s aim than the audience has. It takes a steady eye and a stout heart to heave knives at the apple of your eye, but this female William Tell has no qualms and plenty of faith…”
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We imagine it must have delivered extraordinary strangeness in order to frighten the likes of Tesla!
Build The Spirit Radio That Creeped Out Tesla Himself
(The Mind Unleashed)
“My first observations positively terrified me as there was present in them something mysterious, not to say supernatural, and I was alone in my laboratory at night.”
– Nikola Tesla 1901
“Tesla’s Spirit Radio uses a simple crystal radio circuit connected to a computer sound-in jack to generate spooky sounds from all kinds of electromagnetic sources. As you will see, it creeped the hell out of Tesla himself…”
For the complete piece and a video treat, click here.
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A beautiful, dark, much appreciated creative project about words and emotions.
Welcome to The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows…
“The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig. Each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language—to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don’t yet have a word for.
The author’s mission is to capture the aches, demons, vibes, joys and urges that roam the wilderness of the psychological interior. Each sorrow is bagged, tagged and tranquilized, then released gently back into the subconscious.”
Peruse it here.
Visit the facebook page to hear the backstory behind each word
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