Madcap Miscellany

Graduate Student. Nature Lover. Self-conscious Socializer. Tea Enjoyer. Currently Reading: A truly ridiculous amount of academic texts

[allegoryallusion]

Things have certainly changed around here.

[joeyx]

On this day in 1970: The US National Guard opens fire on a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four unarmed students and wounding nine more.

[weirdchristmas]

I’ll post this card many times each season. It’s special. It means more to me than I can possibly explain. I’ve searched high and low for the actual thing, but the only time I found a physical copy, it cost far more than I could afford. I regret not going into debt for it. But please enjoy Frog Murder Christmas. I have some thoughts on it that I have to share:

https://weirdchristmas.com/2015/12/16/frog-murder-christmas/

[thestrawberrynight]

staying in the little cottage, it's cold outside, cooking ginger cookies, using spells for luck, wearing long warm dress, the smell of pine, decorating home for Christmas and predicting events in the new year

[allegoryallusion]

Me, seeing summer turn to autumn: nice John Keats reference

[oumaimas]

The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923

[cma-medieval-art]

Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 237r, Text, Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates, c. 1405, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval Art

This precious volume was obviously highly prized by its owner, the French-born King of Navarre, who had his coat of arms painted on no less than twenty folios. Rather than directly commissioning this manuscript from a specific workshop, it seems that Charles the Noble acquired his book of hours – perhaps ready-made for the luxury market – while on a trip to Paris in 1404-05. A collaborative effort, six painting styles are evidenced within the pages of this codex, those of two Italians, two Frenchmen, and two Netherlanders. The painter who was responsible for the planning and decoration of the book, and who produced seventeen of the large miniatures, was a Bolognese artist known as the Master of the Brussels Initials. His principal assistant, responsible for most of the borders, was a Florentine who signed his name “Zecho” da Firenze on folio 208 verso. Size: Codex: 20.3 x 15.7 x 7 cm (8 x 6 3/16 x 2 ¾ in.) Medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.40.237.a

[brianeno]

michael palin and terry jones lying on a moor

[artist-grimshaw]

Sixty Years Ago, John Atkinson Grimshaw

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-atkinson-grimshaw/sixty-years-ago

[tchaikovskaya]

people who arent punctual freak me out im so stressed. what do you mean the event starts at 6 and you’ll pick me up at 5:50 even though I live 20 minutes from the venue? what do you mean being 10 minutes late is “no big deal”? what if there’s no parking and nowhere to sit? what then? i need to be there at 5:45 just to be sure and you’re like Oh Whatever Dude... ARE YOU OKAY

[markgatiss]

[professionalstudentthings]

Shout out to everyone whose mental health is dependent on routines in this time of everything being shut down, moved online, or shrouded in complete uncertainty.

[deanhoney-deactivated20220819]

tbh the funniest part in the fellowship of the rings is when pippin drops the helmet down the well in balin’s tomb and we’re just listening to it drop while everyone stares at him and he flinches at every clang and then when it’s over gandalf goes after his whole life i die every time

[rabbitinthemeadow]

And the sun will once more warm your shoulders // Part 12

[cozybug-deactivated20231208]

If there are trees you aren’t alone

[hiccupsfreckles]

I can’t tell if this is supposed to be encouragement or an ominous warning

[oswednesday]

#that’s entirely up to the trees

[rabbitinthemeadow]

A breath, a clearing // Part 2

[hedgehog-moss]

In other news, I found a cosy little moss cave in my forest, if anybody wants to self-isolate in here.