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Lost Music

My research today took a poetic wander. In thinking about the electromagnetic environment and how 'on land' we are submerged in modulated mumblings, my thoughts turned to the electromagnetically silent world of the deep, a world where radio and light don't penetrate, a world that can only be felt through other senses; the skin, the emotions, sound. Today I started looking at the Titanic.

Titanic Hull

This is a picture (2004) taken of the hull of the Titanic 92 years after she sunk. The wreck lies at approximately 3,500 metres below the surface of the water, which is the same distance as the tops of some alpine peaks. This very beautiful and peaceful photograph along with a selected few other relatively hi-res images can be found at the Boat Shed

All photographs by Robert Ballard, the original diver discoverer of the Titanic wreck. The image was retrieved from the above link.

Titanic Hull

Fate Ticket

'One exhibit at Liverpool's Merseyside Maritime Museum is a yellowed envelope whose black-and-red printing announces that it contains "First Class Passenger Ticket per Steamship..." (Then, written in fading brown ink): Titanic.
Because Reverend Holden's wife was taken ill, their tickets, once contained in this unique envelope, were never used.
The reverend framed the envelope with the inscription, "Who Redeemeth Thy Life from Destruction" and retained it for years after the sinking.' (Merseyside Maritime Museum.)

Fate Ticket

Man, Machine, Nature

Yes, the fascination (for me) with metal and engines never goes away (!) ... however this is one of the most amazing pictures that I have seen of the building of the Titanic, it encapsulates the scale and strength of the 'arc' compared to man, yet in comparing the arc to the ocean it becomes meaningless...

Man, Machine, Nature
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