K1
BETWEEN SUBTLE SHADING AND THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT
LIES THE NUANCE OF IQLUSION

K2
IT WAS TOTALLY INVISIBLE HOWS THAT POSSIBLE ?
THEY USED THE EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD X THE INFORMATION WAS GATHERED AND TRANSMITTED UNDERGRUUND TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION X DOES LANGLEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ? THEY SHOULD ITS BURIED OUT THERE SOMEWHERE X WHO KNOWS THE EXACT LOCATION ? ONLY WW THIS WAS HIS LAST MESSAGE X THIRTY EIGHT DEGREES FIFTY SEVEN MINUTES SIX POINT FIVE SECONDS NORTH SEVENTY SEVEN DEGREES EIGHT MINUTES FORTY FOUR SECONDS WEST X LAYER TWO

K3
SLOWLY DESPARATLY SLOWLY
THE REMAINS OF PASSAGE DEBRIS THAT ENCUMBERED THE LOWER PART OF THE DOORWAY WAS REMOVED WITH TREMBLING HANDS I MADE A TINY BREACH IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER AND THEN WIDENING THE HOLE A LITTLE I INSERTED THE CANDLE AND PEERED IN THE HOT AIR ESCAPING FROM THE CHAMBER CAUSED THE FLAME TO FLICKER BUT PRESENTLY DETAILS OF THE ROOM WITHIN EMERGED FROM THE MIST X CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING Q (?)

Read more about the sculpture, the puzzle, the clues, the mystery of Kryptos.

A poem by Rumi

This world of two gardens, and both so beautiful.
This world, a street where a funeral is passing.
Let us rise together and leave "this world,"

One of the best things about having this blog is hearing back from the artists who generate the best musecrack. I got a comment this week from Seth Hughes, the man who took this photograph. It made my week:

I was riding in the back of a jeep… I couldn’t believe my eyes when the tiger leaped out of the brush and swiped at the two men. I wish that I had shots of the actual attack. Unfortunately, there was no way of anticipating the moment. Tigers are, after all, masters at the element of surprise.
~Seth K. Hughes, 06/10/09 @ 14:28

I think I ran images of this sculpture back in 2006. It’s worth a repeat.

The Rise of Discord by Greg Brotherton

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