Tonight I noticed that Billy the Kid's grave says "truth and history" on it, do I even need to explain the irony in this? No, but I will say that it's my thesis statement.
I'm in the process of applying for the Institute of American Indian Arts Summer Film and Television Program and have found some pretty interesting things along the way. One thing of interest is this website that hosts a group of blogs/news about Native media and artists called NativeVue. There's a lot of exciting things going on out there! I just hope that I can be a part of it soon.
On Venus, the atmosphere is so thick that light rays bend as if made of foam rubber. The bending light is so extraordinary that it causes the horizon to tilt upward. Thus, if one were standing on Venus one could see the opposite side of the planet by looking directly overhead...
Imagine that you are a cowgirl, trotting your pony in the grassy hills of the Dakotas. Suddenly you hear a wild trumpeting cry. You rear back in the saddle and look aloft - expecting to see a flight of whooping cranes, dancing in midair to their own loud music. Instead, you gaze upon a bugler blowing reveille on the other side of the world. The Chinese army is bivouacked all over the sky.