a long line of inventions . . .

a timeline of historic inventions . . .

margaret knight’s machine for making flat-bottom paper bags . . .

rafaella de bona gonçalves’ biodegradable sanitary pads & tampons . . .

image: self portrait, münchen, 1995 . . .

untitled, number eighty-seven . . .

untitled, number eighty-seven . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.image | untitled, by saul steinberg | 1977
true love: math is the answer to more than one question . . […]

2024: the year of the wood dragon . . .

rat | ox | tiger | rabbit | dragon | snake | horse | goat | monkey | rooster | dog | pig dragon years: 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 & now 2024 . . .

ny times | ai weiwei’s “zodiac” is a mystical memory tour . . .

npr […]

untitled, number eighty-six . . .

untitled, number eighty-six . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:

matthew’s inanimate objects.winter reflections | two zero two fourtree cuttings & traffic cones in berner oberland,keith has his fifty-eighth birthday today; happy b-day […]

untitled, number eighty-five . . .

untitled, number eighty-five . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:matthew’s inanimate objects.
a focal chart, from medical general practitioner, the late dr. burkard müller’s former physician’s office in meschede . . .

untitled, number eighty-four . . .

untitled, number eighty-four . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
images bott | berner oberland tuna town’s first snow in 2023 . . .

flotsam & jetsam . . .

flotsam and jetsam (in german: treibgut oder schwemmgut) are terms that describe two types of marine debris associated with vessels. flotsam is defined as debris in the water that was not deliberately thrown overboard, often as a result from a shipwreck or accident. jetsam describes debris that was deliberately thrown overboard by a crew of […]

untitled, number eighty-three . . .

untitled, number eighty-three . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
images of multiple muselets from bottles of champagne,
meschede, nordrhein-westfalen . . .
champagne & the muselet: patent […]

untitled, number eighty-two . . .

untitled, number eighty-two . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
images of the facade at schlossmattstrasse nr. 17, thun, switzerland . . .

everyday hero exhibit thun . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.”

philosopher ludwig wittgenstein

| everyday hero triptych |

“quite generally, the familiar, just because it is familiar, is not cognitively understood . . .”

“what is ‘familiarly known’ is not properly known, . . .  

just for the […]