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Immersed in the songs of blue jays, yellow-throated warblers, and red-shouldered hawks on his forty-six-acre farm in rural South Carolina, acclaimed poet and ornithologist J. Drew Lanham exchanges calls with the birds that stop over at his home during their seasonal migrations. For Drew, these creatures are gods, transcendent beings who summon a response of reverence. Reverberating with sound, music, light, and ethereal cinematic expression, A Mystical Ornithology weaves a kinetic texture for the senses and invites you into a poetic evocation of the paradox of love and grief within the changing nature of the seasons.

David W. Orr, now added to the “Who are you now?” collection

Also on Vimeo.

Known for his abstract mixed-media paintings with socio-political undertones, artist Raymond Saunders guides us through the non-linear landscape of his identity, consciousness, and art-making process. In this restored archival interview from 1994, Saunders challenges you to think deeper about the artistic journey and unlearn what you think you know about beginnings and endings.

“Banner supposedly used by Taborite forces led by Bohuslav of Švamberg”

Fra Angelico, Annunciatory Angel (c. 1450 and 1455)

Sebastián, Coyote en Ayuno, 2008 [ Nezahualcóyotl ]

Hilda Palafox, Presagio, 2025

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"View of San Francisco following the 1846 American conquest of California, showing Montgomery Street as the location of the shoreline of Yerba Buena Cove. Print by Edward Bosqui Company, ca. 1884." (image from Wikipedia via the page for Montgomery Street)

With the surprising acceleration of sea level rise due to the melting of both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets over the past decade, the San Francisco canal system was officially abandoned this week. Additional ferry service has been announced between the new major islands of the San Franciscan Archipelago while the boring machines make progress under the Van Ness Passage and Richmond Pass for new transit tunnels.

A modest proposal for a San Francisco aerial gondola system, with funiculars.

Also at the Internet Archive, where there is a bit more information on the film.

Alysia Abbott on her father Steve Abbott in an interview with Hope Reese (2013)

In Costa Rica, a centralized system for street addresses does not exist, so people use landmarks as reference points in giving out directions. A short documentary by María Luisa Santos and Carlo Nasisse attempts to figure out why.