cloud cuckoo land

an artist of sorts and a wanderer after sensations

[clouds-hill]

Finished Some People and was looking at how much Harold Nicolson and TE actually knew each other and I cannot stop thinking about this description

[nemfrog]

Dimetrodon Gigas, an extinct lizard, seven feet long. Secrets of earth and sea. 1920.

Internet Archive

[cirr0stratus]

do not ask this of me

[weepingwidar]

Kensa Hung (Chinese, 1993) - Orangutan Grabbing Plantain (2019)

[nobrashfestivity]

Edvard Munch a) Buried Skull b) Girl Kissing a Skull Indian ink and crayon 1896

[clouds-hill]

*finishes book*, *updates goodreads*, *adds to spread sheet*, *adds read tag on librarything*, *checks off in TERC*

Still need to *copy out notes*, *write blogpost*

[clouds-hill]

Oh wait I just remembered my library is doing summer reading 'challenges' and there's an adult version too so *logs that*

[clouds-hill]

*finishes book*, *updates goodreads*, *adds to spread sheet*, *adds read tag on librarything*, *checks off in TERC*

Still need to *copy out notes*, *write blogpost*

[nemfrog]

Auricula or mountain cowslip. Temple of Flora. 1812. Robert John Thornton.

Internet Archive

[thefugitivesaint]

Julia Greene, ''The One-Eyed Fairies'' by Georgia Eldredge Hanley, 1924

[mozertone]

Owl-shaman, by Inuit artist Manasie Akpaliapik. 1999

bone, antler, sinew, and baleen (whale bone)

[clouds-hill]

Becket (the book) finally showed up via ILL three and a half months later (and a week after I gave up lol) so a) I guess I'll reread it and b) librarians said they think I can request/check out about 5 ILL books at once so I'm going to go micromanage my reading list and jerseycat to hell to maximimize reading and minimize waiting

[myfavoritepeterotoole]

Peter O'Toole and Laurence Harvey

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caption: 日本にロケする予定の『三浦按針』打ち合わせのため、去る三月来日したピーター・オトゥールは、帰途、ハリウッドに飛んで、続く新作『理由』の製作発表記者会見に出席した。

この『理由』は、1854年のクリミア戦役で、少数よくロシアの大軍を破ったイギリス竜騎兵の活躍を描くもので、共演はローレンス・ハーヴェイ（写真の右の人物）が決定している。

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調べてみました。そして分かったことは、この写真は、O'Tooleが"Will Adams"の撮影を終えたあと、次回作としてLaurence Harveyとの共演でCrimean War中の出来事を題材に"The Reason Why"を製作することになり、そのためのpress conferenceをBeverly Hills Hotelで行った。その時の出席者は、O'Toole, Harveyのほか、Joseph Edward Levine (executive producer on “Will Adams”)のプロダクションの役員たちなど。そしてまた、O'TooleはJules Buckと共にDalton Trumboとの会合も設けている。つまり、脚本はTrumboの予定だったということでしょうか。 監督には、"Will Adams"と “The Reason Why"のどちらにもJohn Hustonが希望されていたそうです。

そのどちらもが実現に至らなかったのは本当に残念に思います。

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

This might get your eyes gleaming: my collection of vintage jack-o’-lanterns and pumpkin heads.

[clouds-hill]

First full test print.. surprisingly little chatter to clean up, just need to do some final tweaks and clear the edges, but I currently don't have paper or drying space to print so who knows when printing will happen alas!

[hillcrypt]

my fav of clive hicks-jenkins’ sir gawain and the green knight illustrations. i love the way they look out at me from this bright and chaotic little scene with disdain. i feel like i’ve stepped into a world i don’t belong in

[enchantedbook]

Sortie (c. 1904) by the Dutch artist Karel de Nerée tot Babberich

[charnel-grounds]

ΕΥΦΡΟΣΥΝΟΣ (The Joyful One)

— restored Late Antique Antioch era mosaic, c. 276-337 AD.