First Light

Art, poetry, music, beautiful things, ugly ones too

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Christmas Roses (detail), Cecil Kennedy (British, 1905-1997)

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Japanese stencils (19th century).

Paper, silk.

Images and text information courtesy The Met.

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J’ai pas trop bien compris si c’était l’effet voulu, mais cette peinture de Becca Stadtlander me fait penser aux sœurs Brontë.

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Pan Yuliang     Woman and cats

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Fairport Convention promo poster, 1968 Illustration by Adrian George

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[vintageeveryday]

Wilson Beach, Chicago, 1922

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On April 13, 1985, Danuta Danielsson - a Jewish-Polish woman whose mother was taken to a concentration camp in WWII - hit a local neonazi with her handbag in Växjö, Sweden.

Update: The neonazis were subsequently expelled from the city, and a statue was erected in her honor.

This week 34 years ago, Danuta Danielsson demonstrated how much respect fascists deserve.

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Ring with Cat and Kittens Period:Ramesside/Third Intermediate Period Date:ca. 1295–664 B.C. Geography:From Egypt Medium:Faience

the met

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Félix Vallotton

[fruitie]

Near this Spot

are deposited the Remains of one

who possessed Beauty without Vanity,

Strength without Insolence,

Courage without Ferocity,

and all the virtues of Man without his Vices.

This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery if inscribed over human Ashes,

is but a just tribute to the Memory of Boatswain, a Dog

who was born in Newfoundland May 1803

and died at Newstead Nov. 18th, 1808.

— Lord Byron, Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog

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Mlle Aimee. France, mids 1870s

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Lauren Bacall, ca. 1946.