Waiting On The Corpse Plant To Bloom

The video livestream above captures the Corpse Plant in Sydney, Australia, as it approaches its bloom, and then it will likely die, after using up so much of its energy. More about the plant below.

The Botanical Garden of Sydney estimates that the flower, which can take seven to ten years to get to this stage, will be blooming tonight (Monday) so I am going to keep tabs on it throughout my day here on the other side of the world, in hopes of seeing it in bloom (but, alas, the smell feature on YouTube is not yet working). There were nearly 2,000 other people watching when I was watching just now. (Thanks to Kate B for sharing the link on Mastodon).

Peace (across the world),
Kevin

Happy Birthday, Art

Not A Folded Hat

“Art’s Birthday” is an annual event first proposed in 1963 by French artist Robert Filliou. He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. But one day, on the 17th of January to be precise, Art was born. According to Filliou, it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. Modest beginnings, but look at us now. — via https://www.artsbirthday.net/navigate/intro.html

Peace (making it as art),
Kevin

PS — my filtered effect art here comes from the Art Birthday project’s Museum Of Not Folded Hats

New Words At The Crazy Collaborative Dictionary

Invented Words of 2025

I’ve written about this 20-plus year project before, in which my students add new invented words to an ever-growing dictionary (The Crazy Collaborative Dictionary). The word cloud is this year’s contributions. I’ll write more as their submissions become part of the larger project (which will be around 1300 words, stretching back to 2005).

Peace (with meaning),
Kevin