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About me - Ken Ichikawa

Facetious facets swirl, a broken myriad of reflections, shards of the whole, collected imperfections.

Failed dilletant for cause of enthusiasm.

Failed neophyte for cause of learning.

Successful in sillyness, over blown big words and with a modicum of book learning...

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Finding a place for profanity in poetry
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If you mean profane in the sense of vulgar, then it would seem paradoxal for it to have a "respectable place" anywhere.However, some poetry makes itself the mirror of our world and as such cannot help but to contain profanity. Wether or not that profanity has a respectable place is subjective, in fact what is or is ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Origins & Firsts in History Identifying the inventor of the first air craft
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Ravana is essentially a mythical/religious hindu figure with little to no physical proof of his existence therefore I will not go into detail about him. If we wish to enter the realm of mythology there are several different cultural beliefs that have their creators astride flying mounts such as magical clouds and such.On a mo... More..

Arts & Humanities > Making Art Watching oil paint dry: How long it takes
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The type of oil paint you are using can make a huge difference. Most commonly linseed oil (or safflower oil for light colors) is used, but if you are crushing your own pigments, you can experiment with different oils (which will have different drying times), also you can experiment with adding different dryers and stabilizers... More..

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