Like Picasso's Blue Period...and a Meteorite!
Its a period if there is a beginning and an end...
the question is - do I keep my hair blue? I started by dying the tips blue back when I was 20 or 21....and now that I'm 29 - you do the math. I've been considering this because even though I desperately love it, I'm getting quite fed up with the upkeep. I want hassel-free blue hair which is impossible since there is no permanent blue dye. However the idea of having a strand of hair fall in front of my eyes and no longer seeing a lovely azure...its heartbreaking...but when i think of never having to deal with bleaching and dying and staining things, that sounnds like heaven as well...
Please let me know your thoughts either for or against, and be honest. has the blue worn out its welcome? is it time to retire its jersey? send it to the nursing home? put it out to pasture? OR - is it still rockin', part of who i am, a really pretty color etc...
Here's one last look at the blueness...I threw as much of it forward as I could in this pic.
and on a much grander level...take a look at the meteorite named "Valley of the Sky" that was found in Gran Chaco, Argentina....below the picture is information about its auction that happened April 11. It sold for U$93,000. Crazy to know that it actually came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter...literally out of this world. Awesome.
CAMPO DEL CIELO — OUTSTANDING SCULPTURAL IRON METEORITE
FROM THE “VALLEY OF THE SKY”
Iron, coarse octahedrite
Gran Chaco, Argentina
Closing this section is the epitome of a large iron meteorite—each of its attributes are among the finest of its kind. Originating from the asteroid belt between Mars & Jupiter—the origin of all iron meteorites—this singular Campo del Cielo (“Valley of the Sky”) meteorite is unusually well-preserved; it looks nearly identical to how it appeared thousands of years ago when it arrived on Earth. The presence of fusion crust informs us that we’re looking at the outermost surface of the meteorite at the moment of impact. Regmaglypts (the “thumb prints” that result from a fiery descent through Earth’s atmosphere) flow in every direction—evidence that this meteorite tumbled, spun and corkscrewed in the minutes prior to impact. The rounded obverse is in contrast with the more flattened face—evidence that the meteorite broke along its crystalline planes from a larger mass while in outer space. With pronounced flanges, deep, soft ridges and a burnished platinum patina, this lot comes accompanied by the custom armature shown. While the very first large meteorite ever displayed at the British Museum of Natural History was a Campo del Cielo—and most major natural history museums today feature a Campo del Cielo—none are as pristine and striking as the lot offered here. Compelling from every angle, this is an outstanding example from the Valley of the Sky and a quintessential large iron meteorite. Macovich Collection provenance.
769 x 381 x 368mm (30 x 15 x 14.5 inches) and 161.1 kilograms (355 pounds).
The pedestal’s footprint is 16 square inches.
$40,000 – 50,000
the question is - do I keep my hair blue? I started by dying the tips blue back when I was 20 or 21....and now that I'm 29 - you do the math. I've been considering this because even though I desperately love it, I'm getting quite fed up with the upkeep. I want hassel-free blue hair which is impossible since there is no permanent blue dye. However the idea of having a strand of hair fall in front of my eyes and no longer seeing a lovely azure...its heartbreaking...but when i think of never having to deal with bleaching and dying and staining things, that sounnds like heaven as well...
Please let me know your thoughts either for or against, and be honest. has the blue worn out its welcome? is it time to retire its jersey? send it to the nursing home? put it out to pasture? OR - is it still rockin', part of who i am, a really pretty color etc...
Here's one last look at the blueness...I threw as much of it forward as I could in this pic.
and on a much grander level...take a look at the meteorite named "Valley of the Sky" that was found in Gran Chaco, Argentina....below the picture is information about its auction that happened April 11. It sold for U$93,000. Crazy to know that it actually came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter...literally out of this world. Awesome.
CAMPO DEL CIELO — OUTSTANDING SCULPTURAL IRON METEORITE
FROM THE “VALLEY OF THE SKY”
Iron, coarse octahedrite
Gran Chaco, Argentina
Closing this section is the epitome of a large iron meteorite—each of its attributes are among the finest of its kind. Originating from the asteroid belt between Mars & Jupiter—the origin of all iron meteorites—this singular Campo del Cielo (“Valley of the Sky”) meteorite is unusually well-preserved; it looks nearly identical to how it appeared thousands of years ago when it arrived on Earth. The presence of fusion crust informs us that we’re looking at the outermost surface of the meteorite at the moment of impact. Regmaglypts (the “thumb prints” that result from a fiery descent through Earth’s atmosphere) flow in every direction—evidence that this meteorite tumbled, spun and corkscrewed in the minutes prior to impact. The rounded obverse is in contrast with the more flattened face—evidence that the meteorite broke along its crystalline planes from a larger mass while in outer space. With pronounced flanges, deep, soft ridges and a burnished platinum patina, this lot comes accompanied by the custom armature shown. While the very first large meteorite ever displayed at the British Museum of Natural History was a Campo del Cielo—and most major natural history museums today feature a Campo del Cielo—none are as pristine and striking as the lot offered here. Compelling from every angle, this is an outstanding example from the Valley of the Sky and a quintessential large iron meteorite. Macovich Collection provenance.
769 x 381 x 368mm (30 x 15 x 14.5 inches) and 161.1 kilograms (355 pounds).
The pedestal’s footprint is 16 square inches.
$40,000 – 50,000
5 Comments:
I love the blue.... it's so you.. but it's time to change. Think of it this way, try regular hair for awhile and if you don't like it you can go back to blue. I think it's time for some straight up brownish/blackish hair. :)
eh. whatever. you are still karen.
Blue looks great on you, but changing your hair colour changes everything. If you want brown hair, colour it reddish first, otherwise it may go black, to fill in the bleached areas. And then brown.
Thanks for the comments, gente.
Hopefully I'll find a hair place and some down time in Cordoba to get this done. I think I'll ask for the most plum color they've got. It'll be permanent, so I wont have to worry about touch ups, and it'll still be some kind of color.
Bleached hair does not permanently hold colour, so don't be disappointed if it fades quicker than you think.
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