Karlis Johansons, 1890-1929, Latvian-Soviet avant-garde artist, lived in Moscow through the Russian Revolution, part of the Russian constructivist movement, "self-tensile constructions" were exhibited in 1921, now globally known as "tensegrity" popularized by Buckminster Fuller and Kenneth Snelson.

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Impressive. I wish I could speak more than just 1 language.

My experience with Google Translation is limited, but it seems obvious to me that the Latvian-English was beyond abysmal. I'm guessing there simply isn't much demand for it with Russian-English being much more common.

[–]Gravi 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I was just lucky I spoke 3 languages as a child (I speak Latvian, English, Russian and am learning German). Latvian to English isn't really sophisticated as one would wish and well more or less even translations in books can be horrid - speaking from experience from a friend. Russian and English is much more common for history reasons I would say. Latvian has only been an official language since 1918 to about 1939 and then it was used throughout the soviet era as well but of course as an official one only after the USSR broke down and we regained independence. I can translate Russian too but I hate writing in Russian (Both keyboard and hand). You should try to learn a new language no matter what, because it always opens up a new possibility to something, you never know when it might come in dandy.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

TIL. Fascinating. If I were not 50 I would certainly consider learning another language, the guitar, and to code. I need to focus now on what I can do most effectively for the most good.

That reminded me. I just realized I have a project that I'd like your help with, if you're interested. This is me, and I may start my own video channel with short skits. I can obviously dress up like Santa, vikings, Scotts, homeless, or whatever. I have a long list. One of those characters could be me pretending to be Rasputin. I live in Windsor, Ontario so I thought it would be funny to have a series of Rasputin's take on Canada in the 21st century. Not only would I need help improving whatever I draft as a script, I'd also want to have key words to drop in, reference of English spoken with a Russian accent, and maybe a voice-over and/or translation in case anyone in Russia wanted to have a laugh too.

Critical to all my work would be anti-authoritarianism, anti-scamdemic, exposing corruption, and other related themes - so be warned. This project may take some time to get started and may take even longer to complete. I'm aiming to make more of an impact with quality over quantity.

[–]Gravi 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Trust me you can learn anything at any age no matter what, age should not be a barrier for things you can learn. I believe that I can help yes, when I have the time of course. I can help with pronunciations, some accents and other many things. You can do work on any theme, I believe in democracy and being able to do anything and thus I have to respect ones opinion and decision because in a democracy you are free to believe and do even if it is not true to many standards and facts. Sure, I'll help.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's not about my age, it's about my priorities and what I want to accomplish over the next ~20 years or more.

Thanks for putting your hat into the ring.

I have several major posts to finish and share before I make my big personal announcement. I'll give the SaidIt community many options to chose from and they can help decide which few projects they'd like me to focus on, in addition to the 2 I definitely need to focus on. From then on my activity here on SaidIt will be very different.