{"id":31537,"date":"2016-03-18T05:52:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=31537"},"modified":"2016-03-18T07:45:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T14:45:31","slug":"creative-prompt-355-dragonfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/creative-prompt-355-dragonfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #355: Dragonfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

After this one, only 10 more prompts!!!<\/p>\n

Project Dragonfly<\/b>, at Miami University, promotes inquiry-driven reform, reaching millions of people worldwide through learning media, exhibits, and education programs.<\/p>\n

From Luke Burns Enterprises: Dragonfly<\/b> is a very small and compact browser. It uses very little disk space, but is capable of visiting any Web site on the Internet.<\/p>\n

DRAGONFLY<\/b>, a metabolic farm for urban agriculture 2009<\/p>\n

The Dragonfly<\/b> tube set was designed to build the lightest possible bicycle frames without sacrificing stiffness, durability and ride quality.<\/p>\n

Dragonfly<\/b> Symbol Native American Indians had a highly complex culture, especially those who lived on the Great Plains.<\/p>\n

Definition: “A dragonfly<\/b> is an insect<\/a> belonging to the order Odonata<\/a>, suborder<\/a> Anisoptera<\/b> (from Greek<\/a> … anisos<\/i> “uneven” + … pteros<\/i>, “wings”, because the hindwing<\/a> is broader than the forewing<\/a>). Adult dragonflies are characterized by large multifaceted eyes<\/a>, two pairs of strong transparent wings<\/a>, sometimes with coloured patches and an elongated body. Dragonflies can be mistaken for the related group, damselflies<\/a> (Zygoptera), which are similar in structure, though usually lighter in build; however, the wings of most dragonflies are held flat and away from the body, while damselflies hold the wings folded at rest, along or above the abdomen. Dragonflies are agile fliers, while damselflies have a weaker, fluttery flight. Many dragonflies have brilliant iridescent or metallic colours produced by structural coloration<\/a>, making them conspicuous in flight. An adult dragonfly eye has nearly 24,000 ommatidia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fossils of very large dragonfly ancestors in the Protodonata<\/a> are found from 325\u00a0million years ago (Mya) in Upper Carboniferous<\/a> rocks; these had wingspans up to about 750\u00a0mm (30\u00a0in). About 3000 species<\/span> of Anisoptera are in the world today. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions.<\/p>\n

Dragonflies are predators<\/a>, both in their aquatic larval<\/a> stage, when they are known as nymphs<\/a> or naiads, and as adults. Several years of their lives are spent as nymphs living in fresh water; the adults may be on the wing for just a few days or weeks. They are fast, agile fliers, sometimes migrating across oceans, and are often found near water. They have a uniquely complex mode of reproduction involving indirect insemination, delayed fertilization, and sperm competition. During mating, the male grasps the female at the back of the head or on the prothorax, and the female curls her abdomen under her body to pick up sperm from the male’s secondary genitalia at the front of his abdomen, forming the “heart” or “wheel” posture.<\/p>\n

Loss of wetland<\/a> habitat threatens dragonfly populations around the world. Dragonflies are represented in human culture on artifacts such as pottery, rock paintings, and Art Nouveau<\/a> jewellery. They are used in traditional medicine in Japan and China, and caught for food in Indonesia. They are symbols of courage, strength, and happiness in Japan, but seen as sinister in European folklore. Their bright colours and agile flight are admired in the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson<\/a> and the prose of H. E. Bates<\/a>.” (Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Dragonfly Foundation<\/p>\n

Opera Dragonfly<\/b> \u2014 our fully-featured suite of developer tools, designed to make your job easier.<\/p>\n

The Dragonfly<\/b> generates a silky extended top-end, contoured midrange and a bump at the upper end of the lower frequencies that thickens thin signal sources by Blue Microphones<\/p>\n

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Symbolism of dragonflies<\/a><\/p>\n

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 get familiar with your blog or website.<\/p>\n

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a 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

We are also talking about this on Twitter and Instagram. Use the hashtag #CPP<\/p>\n

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