Stellar Melon

An account of Michael's thoughts in Japan.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

I was talking to the Gazzy man

He said that he was going to write a short story about bears, and that bears are cool. I then read about bears on wikipedia. Then I did this painting.

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now i'm cutting up a kimono obi i bought in hopes of making a bag. should be interesting..
ps it didn't work out

also, did you know that the seal families closest living relative is the bear?
apparently 25-30 million years ago a bear decided to swim more than usual.
Also, bear worship is thought to, at least by some, be the world's oldest deity.
Currently the consensus seems to be that panda's are more bear than raccoon.
There is allegedly a blue bear in central Asia, but it has NEVER been photographed.
Wow
Bears don't actually hibernate.
A bear market gets its name from the fact that bears generally appear to be gazing downwards.
Bears are cool.