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This drawing of the Hydrological Institute "Wilhelm Reich" (alternatively named "Viktor Schauberger" for those with slightly holistic, politically questionable leanings towards "natural" solutions in relation to the "cosmos") was especially difficult to reproduce; as pencil grey on on a dark kind of orange provides for a very unsatisfactory dynamic range, which is also why highlights were added somewhat roughly with pastel and Chinese white. The imaginary institute is situated on a pass inspired by the Tizi-n-Test pass, halfway to the summit of a rocky precipice presumed to be in the Atlas region of Morocco, which should be considered roughly the center of the projected continent of Eufrica (or Afropa, according to some). Below in the valley is a reservoir and dam for water-flow simulations, scale 1/6 in relation to a real world water dam in the planning stage, which is supposed to have an energy loss coefficient of an A+++/excellent 0.2 W/m2-K. ...

 This drawing bears the subtitle "Futuro arcaico" and is dedicated to Helena Norberg-Hodge, who realized that "male youth is the weak link of every society". Content or message is backed by an ambivalent and tentative motivational value. Execution is detailed/fine, limited by grain of media and motor skills. Perusal of poem is advised, as poem execution is neither limited by media grain nor by motor skills. Depicted is an imagined socialist tenement housing project enriched by fascist EUR-style architectural elements, grappling with Taoist lifestyle values of architects and inhabitants. Will harmony be achieved? Where will it end? Learning from Progress with poem* Learning from Progress, Din A4  *Who stands on toes,  Does not stand well.  Who walks with legs apart  Walks not well.  Who wants to shine,  Will not be enlightened.  Who wants to be someone,  Will not become lordly.  Who flatters himself,  Stays idle.  Who straddles ...

This study of a time traveller's retreat (best internet-detox carbon-lifeform-friendly setting with minimal carbon footprint for long uninterrupted solitude)... "Judge Dee" Country House in Carboniferous Setting, 31.5x23.5 cm, pencil and crayon on tone paper, 2019 ....belongs to a group of three house studies - see also The Abductionist's House  and The "The most Dangerous Game" House . All © 2037 by Torsten Slama and the TTS® ? Interested in more Low Density Settlement Unit Designs with a time travel element (warning, page looks crummy due to server display technology change) : why not go and look here

This particular spread page, originally published in Mad Magazine comic books issue 30, December 1956.  The artwork and script of "Mad builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap" touches several subjects of interest. These points of considerable transgressional potential shall not be elucidated upon here, as they venture too unashamedly into fields of ethics, morals, politics, history, questionable human virtues, chauvinism, race, etc. MAD Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap   script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis* *This scan was found on an  obscure Blogspot post  the exact nature or intention dof which remains opaque.