nothing to see here

basically, I deserve this

[antiqueanimals]

Lives of Game Animals, Volume 3. 1927. Written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.

Internet Archive

[retro-scifi-and-fantasy-art]

Don Maitz (American, b. 1953) - The Death of the Last Dragon

[nemfrog]

A giant flaming balloon. The overall boys in Switzerland. 1929.

Internet Archive

[holespoles]

"Funny Pictures" Soviet children's magazine, 1970.

[lartenascosta]

"Fisherman's Head"

Vincenzo Caprile

(1883)

[nemfrog]

The clown arrives. Picture Book of Florida. Kurt Wiese, illus. 1949.

[nemfrog]

Grimms' complete fairy tales. 1900. Book cover.

Internet Archive

[not100bees]

[sacredheart-stigmata]

Our Lady, Mother of Ferguson and All Those Killed by Gun Violence

Our Lady, Mother of Ferguson and All Those Killed by Gun Violence, often shortened to 'Our Lady of Ferguson', was created in 2015 by Black iconographer Mark Doox, after being commissioned by Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones for the Trinity Church in New York City. The icon was made to honor Michael Brown, a Black teen murdered at the hands of Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer, in 2014. While Black Lives Matter and similar groups had already established their presence in the United States following the murder of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown's brutal murder brought all eyes across the United States onto the movement and forced the reality of police brutality onto the TV screens and twitter feeds of white usamericans who refused to acknowledge that reality.

Rev. Bozzuti-Jones, a Jamaican priest at Trinity Church, an Episcopal church in Manhattan, commissioned the icon to honor Michael Brown and all other African Americans taken by police violence. Rev. Bozzuti-Jones, who is known for his racial activism and writings in the Episcopal church, chose Mark Doox for his bold, unflinching combination of Blackness and religion. Influenced by Byzantine iconography and Dadaism, Doox describes his art as such:

Blending narrative elements, historical references, and spiritual iconography in his Byz Dada style, Mark aims to create works that challenge viewers to confront sometimes uncomfortable truths about race, Identity, and power in American history. His commitment to addressing these existential themes head-on aims to explore deep cultural and historical issues while inviting reflection, conversation, and healing.

Doox continues to create icons for the Episcopal and African-Orthodox churches, and recently published "The N–Word of God", a graphic novel and art book. You can purchase it here

[thefaiao]

The racers that inspired us

[wnwnmemo]

[random-brushstrokes]

Robert Borlase Smart - Moonlight on the Grand Canal, Venice (ca. 1924)

In April 1924, Smart and his wife accompanied George and Minnie Turland Goosey on a visit to Venice. Minnie recorded, “We arrived in Venice at midnight with a full moon turning the place into an artist’s dream of heaven. It was as if it had all been rehearsed and timed perfectly. Around each turn in the smaller canals, we passed other gondolas whose occupants were singing softly, some to the accompaniment of mandolins, and there were those who were silent like ourselves just drinking in the beauty of it all. Moonlight in Venice is wonderful. George told me afterwards B.S., our Artist friend, unconsciously held his hand in a firm grip murmuring, ‘I can’t believe its true, it must be a dream’. This painting, which was hung at the Paris Salon in 1927, aims to capture that moment and is a very daring composition. (source)

[nora-yoko]

[bayynah]

📍Monument Valley, AZ - USA 🇺🇸

📸 Peter Thomas

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[shrimptin]

[nemuiro]

雨の日

It’s a Rainy Day