Arte y pico award

A ways back, Capitán Langstrump of the excellent Pildoras Crumelus stopped by to graciously bestow the Arte y pico award, from the blog of the same name, on Blue Tea. My silence on the point up to now was not an indication of refusal, but more like arriving a little late to the acceptance ceremony. So start the music, here I am (huff, puff).





The award is passed from blogger to blogger and honors blogs for "dedication, creativity, community, joy, and above all, art". With those criteria in mind, here are my choices for the next five honorees:

Florizelle for Le Divan Fumoir Bohémien

John Coulthart for { feuilleton }

Tellurian for hanuman

Xenmate for a near life experience

Marion for Mapping the Marvellous

For those who wish to accept the award, here are the rules:

1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his/her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her/him the award itself.
4. The Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte Y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. To show these conditions.

My thanks to Capitán Langstrump for the honor. I hope you'll find something of interest among my choices for the next round -- which is the point of the whole thing, after all.

Thinking Blogger Award

Loyal reader Princess Haiku has honored Blue Tea with a Thinking Blogger Award, which is passed on by meme and bestowed by recipients on blogs thought to cultivate and inspire thought.





As a purveyor of minigames and pretty pictures, I think I'm more likely to make you go "Ooh" and "Ahh" than "Hmm", but I am flattered all the same, and I can certainly think of five more worthy honorees to pass it along to. So here, then, are the Five Blogs that Make Me Think.

1. Dream Tree. A thoughtful and poetic blog about fantastic, dreamlike art -- my kind of aesthetic -- and other ephemera. Regular features include a Science News roundup, and the exquisite Wunderkammer series of articles showcasing the origins and history of rare and unusual objects and artifacts.

2. Damn Interesting. Mini history lessons and briefings on strange, surprising, little-known events and phenomena from times past. Perfectly titled.

3. The Huge Entity. Essays and meditations on philosophy, consciousness, history, technology, religion, and other "excruciatingly large things". Wide-ranging and far-reaching.

4. Next Nature. A link blog highlighting trends, products, projects, research, discoveries, and arts that challenge and redefine the boundaries between human and nature.

5. Apothecary's Drawer. An eclectic blog exploring diverse topics in arts, science, and culture, with brief, link-riddled posts that manage to be both fascinating and informative.

I don't expect all of the above to participate, but if you recipients do wish to acknowledge the award and nominate others, here are the rules as given by the originator:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.
3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award'.

Most of these honorees are culled from the "Science, Tech, Humanities, Culture" group in my blogroll, which is where I keep most of the Heavy Thinkers, and to which I direct you if you would like to discover more delightful blogs in this vein.

Now, back to the pretty pictures.