Saturday, August 12, 2023

New Moon Discrepancy

 It appears many paintings get the 'New Moon' wrong.  This is a new moon.  Compare it to Alex Colville's new moon painting here.  This painting along with others are headed to the moon according to this New York Times article.  

'The Lunar Codex, an archive of contemporary art, poetry and other cultural artifacts of life on Earth, is headed to the moon.'

18 comments:

roentare said...

I dont get it why they would bother doing that while there are more urgent matters at hands.

Heidrun said...

Interesting to read about.

Iris Flavia said...

Great catch of the moon in your Friday-post!
Sadly we have so much light-pollution here in the city.
I still think it´s funny in our language (German) the moon is male and the sun is female. And to me it makes more sense.

Christine said...

Roentare, I agree, it seems a strange thing to do.

Ivy's Closet said...

Oh, now we're just going to dump our stuff on the moon too. Of course, seeing where this is going with the ring of the moon might be a bad sign of things to come. A lot to think on. Meanwhile, the air quality is worrying me too. Thanks for the Saturday post!

Carol said...

Why are we sending moon pictures to the moon? Seems odd to me

Valerie-Jael said...

I hope the people living on the moon enjoy it! Hugs, Valerie

Christine said...

Agreed

DUTA said...

We should just look up and enjoy whatever we can see of the moon. A full moon usually gives us a sight of great pleasure.

DeniseinVA said...

Fascinating!

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Thanks for sharing these facts, Christine. Blessings!

My name is Erika. said...

I couldn't get into the NY Times, but that is an amazing painting.

J.P. Alexander said...

Muy interesante, te mando un beso.

The Happy Whisk said...

We had a beautiful moon recently. It was orange. I love that.

J.P. Alexander said...

Es muy interesante te mando un beso

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I couldn't read the article unless I paid to read it.

Tanza Erlambang said...

nice to know.....
have a nice weekend

The Velvet Runway said...

Thanks for sharing
Julia x
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