Maps and Sea Monsters

When looking into 16th century maps of the world there seems to be a lot of weird sea monsters dotted around the place. One reason for this could be that it is like a diary of where the crew have been and where they saw each monster. Another reason could be that when they were making the map they put the monsters where they hadn't explored and was unaware of what was there, therefore the monsters were a symbol for the void of the world.

The Sublime

The sublime - possibly the sea and the sublime

• Longinus, writing in the classical historical tradition says that the sublime implies that man can, in emotions and in language, transcend the limits of the human condition.

• Kant says that sublimity does not reside in anything of nature, but only in our mind, insofar as we can become conscious that we are superior to nature within, and therefore also to nature without us (so far as it influences us)

Artist Research - 'In the belly of a Shark - The Gallows' - Dan Mumford

Dan Mumford - Gallows - 'In The Belly Of A Shark' - This images shows the power of the sea, with the sea taking over everything it touches. The void swallowing everything up.

Artist Research - 'Leviathan LP - Mastodon' - Paul Romano

Paul Romano - Mastodon - Leviathan LP (2004) - To me this is this image shows the sublime, with religion/gods, beautiful patterns.

Artist Research - 'Dominion' - Angela Cockayne

 Pen Arts - Dominion [what does this mean?- A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.] Angela Cockayne

In the Beginning

I want the Stultifera Navis (Ship of Fools), the name of the vessel the crew is sailing on, to set sail from St Nicholas Island.

This is because for as long as I can remember i've always wanted to not only explore the island but live there. Also because of this the island itself is a void.

Void?

Using literature - how entities emerge from nothing.  Almost like a feeling of paranoia that is something bigger, more limitless.  that's the idea of the void, and the scale of the limitless.

Working out a way to figure out the mass of the earth - the size of black holes.  When we try to desribe something

References

Benchley, P., (1975) Jaws. 2nd ed. London: Pan Books Ltd.

Melville, H., (1957) Moby Dick. 2nd ed. London: WM. Collins Sons and Co Ltd.

http://www.strangescience.net/stsea2.htm

http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/patten/sublime.html 

http://www.angelacockayne.co.uk/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dominion

http://www.workhardened.com/project/92/Mastodon/Leviathan%20LP

http://www.dan-mumford.com/index.php?id=38

http://www.plymouthdata.info/Drake'sIsland.htm

http://pacificoffshorerigging.com/nautical_superstitions.htm

http://caribbean-pirates.com/nautical_superstitions.php

http://mymemory.translated.net/t/English/French/dust%20in%20the%20wind

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship,_captain,_and_crew

http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/pirate%20crew.html

http://monsters.monstrous.com/story_chimera_.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasconius

http://tikimachine.blogspot.com/2010/06/ketos.html

http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Karkinos.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa/cells/cells3.shtml

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/the_lion_and_the_unicorn.htm

http://ireland.mysteriousworld.com/History/Christianity/Saints/Brendan/Voyage/Voyage-10-Jasconius.asp

Harvard Referencing Task

“From the beginning of time man has been involved with the sea. Fishing, hunting and a natural curiosity to explore has led man to the great oceans, where huge sea-monsters, the Leviathans, were seen. “
                                                                                                        (Andrews, 1972 p3)

This book goes in depth describing such things as Sea Monsters, early oceanography and the deep oceans. All these topics, as well as others, I’m interested in, seeing as though all this information will be used in my ‘void’ project for a believe the sea is the biggest void just below space/the universe.

“The oceans are on average two and a half miles deep, and some parts are nearly seven miles deep”
                                                                                                         (Andrews, 1972 p4)

Reference 

Andrews, K., (1972) Beneath the Oceans. 2^nd ed. London: Macdonald & Co Ltd.

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