Eclectic

Popular culture, wildlife, history, anything that floats my boat and the occasional rant. I used to edit an AC/DC fanzine, am an artist, photographer and occasional writer. Current occupation, working with tourists and giving talks about the Titanic in Southampton.

[apatheticfluorescence]

some hyper famous artists like Van Gogh transcend overratedness and become underrated because they're so normalized. Like I'll look at a van Gogh and I'm like wait this really is amazing you guys don't get it

[headspace-hotel]

Shakespeare is like this

[insufferablepirate]

Every time I see a Van Gogh that’s not one of his better known pieces it absolutely blows me away

Have you seen this shit my liege? smh unreal

[electricnik]

I've finished reading Survivor's Quest and the novel's various twists and turns kept me occupied. I have decided to pick up a thread from further back in the Star Wars timeline, the story of Nuru Kungarama, the force sensitive Chiss child in the EU who was probably the inspiration behind Grogu. I have 4 of the 5 novels, hopefully I will find the other one soon.

[electricnik]

The famous Glastonbury cat.

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

[electricnik]

The original Star Wars movie was one of the first films I saw in a cinema.

[electricnik]

German natural history print. Seals, sea lions and sirenians.

[electricnik]

German natural history print. Common dolphin and Narwhal.

[electricnik]

Processing a huge boot sale haul. Two stalls at the local boot sale were doing clearances for the families of collectors / dealers, one was a load of Star Wars and Marvel stuff, the other, vintage prints and photos. Part of the collection.

[electricnik]

Today's book haul, a book on Antarctica by scientists and artists. A novel about blue gods, Humans and mysteries, and a book about the fate of the Great Auks.

[electricnik]

I currently have some paintings on show at the Royal Bath and West show in Somerset. I went and had a look at some of the animals on show, and these Somerset sheeted cows were the most unusual. The breed died out in the 30s and has just been resurrected through genetic reconstruction.

[catchymemes]

[electricnik]

Watch out for the tree dragon.

[electricnik]

Wait, those ivy branches reminded me of the ysalamari, the force sensitive lizards from the Thrawn novels, so I've added a bit of tree gecko and sloth to the mix.

[nemfrog]

An extinct emu and apparently a wallaby on the cover. Tasmanian friends and foes. 1881.

Internet Archive

[electricnik]

That looks interesting and possible interest to some people on here.

[auriemma]

Bonny

[electricnik]

Bank Holiday weekend, and it is over 30 degrees. A heatwave. Can't go anywhere people are piling down to the coast, the news has footage of overcrowded beaches. We've opted to go to three local boot sales, a good haul of stuff but have been under siege by drunk neighbours and youths. Local cats have been seeking refuge in our house and garden, we set up a parasol and put out bowls of water, had to re fill the bird bath three times as it was in constant use.

[hegodamask]

New Star Wars book addresses a huge Andor criticism

You want aliens in Andor? Well, there used to be plenty.

First look at the new Art of Andor book!

[electricnik]

Interesting, so there would have been a sub plot about the Chiss in Andor.

[marroniere]

Chiss Heert in "The Art of Andor"

Yes, it's that early-production Chiss Heert concept that Jacob James Beswick mentioned at the Power of the Force con.

[electricnik]

That would have been interesting, shows an intention to bring more of the Chiss into the canon verse.

[typhlonectes]

[electricnik]

Nautilus feeding frenzy.