{"id":15349,"date":"2012-11-02T06:18:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T13:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=15349"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:25:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:25:21","slug":"creative-prompt-181-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/creative-prompt-181-sink\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #181: Sink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything but the kitchen sink<\/p>\n<p>Throw a sinker<\/p>\n<p>sinking and floating<\/p>\n<p>Sink the Bismarck! (1960 movie)<\/p>\n<p>time sink<\/p>\n<p>sink hole<\/p>\n<p>sink or swim<\/p>\n<p>Like rats abandoning a sinking ship<\/p>\n<p>a class or function designed to receive incoming events from another object or function.<\/p>\n<p>wash basin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sink\" target=\"_blank\">Definition<\/a>: A <strong>sink<\/strong> (also <strong>sinker<\/strong>, <strong>hand basin<\/strong> and <strong>wash basin<\/strong>) is a bowl-shaped <a title=\"Plumbing fixture\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plumbing_fixture\">plumbing fixture<\/a> used for washing <a title=\"Hands\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hands\">hands<\/a>, for <a title=\"Dishwashing\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dishwashing\">dishwashing<\/a> or other purposes. Sinks generally have <a title=\"Tap (valve)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tap_%28valve%29\">taps<\/a> (faucets) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing. They also include a drain to remove used water; this drain may itself include a strainer and\/or shut-off device and an overflow-prevention device. Sinks may also have an integrated <a title=\"Soap\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soap\">soap<\/a> dispenser.<\/p>\n<p>clogged sink<\/p>\n<p>Restaurant and bar located in Boulder, Colorado<\/p>\n<p>sinking heart<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salton_Sink\" target=\"_blank\">Salton Sink <\/a>(California) &#8211; The Salton Sink is the topographic low area within the Salton Trough, an active <a title=\"Tectonic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tectonic\">tectonic<\/a> <a title=\"Pull apart basin\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pull_apart_basin\">pull apart basin<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salton_Sink#cite_note-0\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> The Salton Trough is a result of <a title=\"Crust (geology)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crust_%28geology%29\">crustal<\/a> stretching and sinking by the combined actions of the <a title=\"San Andreas Fault\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Andreas_Fault\">San Andreas Fault<\/a> and the <a title=\"East Pacific Rise\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Pacific_Rise\">East Pacific Rise<\/a>. The <a title=\"Brawley seismic zone\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brawley_seismic_zone\">Brawley seismic zone<\/a> forms the southeast end of the basin and connects the San Andreas Fault system with the <a title=\"Imperial Fault Zone\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Fault_Zone\">Imperial Fault Zone<\/a> to the south.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salton_Sink#cite_note-1\">[2]<\/a><\/sup> The <a title=\"Salton Buttes\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salton_Buttes\">Salton Buttes<\/a> are <a title=\"Rhyolite\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhyolite\">rhyolite<\/a> <a title=\"Lava dome\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lava_dome\">lava domes<\/a> within the basin which were active 10,300 (+\/- 1000) years BP.<sup id=\"cite_ref-gvp_2-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salton_Sink#cite_note-gvp-2\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>stocks sink<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_sink\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>carbon sink<\/strong><\/a> is a natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some <a title=\"Carbon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon\">carbon<\/a>-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period. The process by which carbon sinks remove carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) from the atmosphere is known as <a title=\"Carbon sequestration\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_sequestration\">carbon sequestration<\/a>. Public awareness of the significance of CO<sub>2<\/sub> sinks has grown since passage of the <a title=\"Kyoto Protocol\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyoto_Protocol\">Kyoto Protocol<\/a>, which promotes their use as a form of <a title=\"Carbon offset\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_offset\">carbon offset<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take 5 minutes (5 minutes only!!!) to do any kind of artistic response: poem, doodle, quilt, sing, dance, pastel, pencil. ANYTHING counts. No rules; just do it!<\/p>\n<p>Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and\/or your blog.<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/aqcpp\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to\u00a0 post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything but the kitchen sink Throw a sinker sinking and floating Sink the Bismarck! (1960 movie) time sink sink hole sink or swim Like rats abandoning a sinking ship a class or function designed to receive incoming events from another object or function. wash basin Definition: A sink (also sinker, hand basin and wash basin) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/creative-prompt-181-sink\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Prompt #181: Sink&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[401],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-15349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-401","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}