Day 129: Swantelope

I guess that, after the railroad tracks picture on Day 100, this is the second most illegal pic I've taken for the blog. Apparently it is illegal to photograph MYSTICAL CREATURES SUCH AS THE ONE PICTURED ABOVE.

There was an art gallery exhibit on campus today that a friend suggested we go to. I wasn't all that thrilled at the idea until I heard about the free food being served. Free food will make the most unappealing of ideas suddenly become not only bearable, but downright intriguing. What kind of food would they have, I wondered. What kind of service, will it be buffet style? Chicken wings? Chicken wings?!?

It was fruits and vegetables and one lonely bread table that got gobbled up within minutes. That is to say the food was not that great. BUT, in an unexpected turn of events, the art exhibit was actually pretty cool. Pictured above is one of the pieces, of which there were at least five all following the same theme. Create fantastical creatures out of the stuffed remains of actual existing animals. This one was by far the coolest out of the set, though that's not to say they all weren't pretty freaking ingenious. And it kind of makes you wonder why there's NOT an animal with a pair of swan heads, the body of a coyote, and the hooves of an antelope.

It kinda reminds me of bearsharktopus, which is totally a real animal.

Anyways they said no photography but I thought for the sake of this blog I would bend that rule, because this was too cool of a sighting not to take a pic of it. I probably should have written down the artist's name so I could give him a shout out and make this semi-legit, but alas I did not. Fail.

For unto whatever truth you may not yet believe
You know that sadness births the most inspired sort of craft

Song: "Dust in the Devil's Snow" by Hammock, off their new album Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts. Really ambient post-rock instrumental. I've posted a few post-rock songs on here before. Explosions in the Sky usually gets all the praise when it comes to bands like this, and I've featured them here, but I have to say Hammock does what they do better. This is really enchanting music, all but transporting the listener to a world scored to these epic soundscapes. I can see swantelopes prancing around in some sunlit meadow as this song, and the band's other songs, play in the background. So yeah. Listen. It takes a minute or so for the song to build up, but it's worth the wait.