[orteil42]

utterly delightful family of words and things

[ahead]

[miamaimania]

“Gold Cochon Purse” (c. 1900) ◈ Paul Frey for Lacloche Frères — gold mesh novelty evening bag

[makingimages]

[grundoonmgnx]

Mihail Blinov, 6:00 am, 2022

[random-brushstrokes]

Robert Vickrey (American, 1926-2011)

[stlamb]

edward kienholz and nancy reddin kienholz, in the infield was patty peccavi, 1981

[kat4884]

didn’t jesus do something similar to that

[pmamtraveller]

"Love Letter" by artist Rebeca Fleur.

[lydia-ace]

year of the horse

[starjasmines]

symbols have been fun but it's time for truth now.

[ialwaysbelieve]

[stlamb]

lane stark otto project yellow leather fawn bag

[3rabbit]

daughter (non-practicing)

[3rabbit]

sister (deadbeat)

[hyperions-fate]

No tech CEO or NYT bestselling novelist will ever match the creativity of a humble French postman who decided on a whim to spend thirty-three years building a surreal, majestic palace with the bricks and mortar of his dreams.

[hyperions-fate]

[wlwillow]

[eek-a-tron]

Couple of interesting additions:

1. Ferdinand Cheval tripped over a stone and was inspired by its shape, eventually stating, "It represents a sculpture so strange that it is impossible for man to imitate, it represents any kind of animal, any kind of caricature. I said to myself: since Nature is willing to do the sculpture, I will do the masonry and the architecture."

Here's the tripped-over sandstone in question, which explains some of the abstract design:

Oh, and also:

2. He tripped and started this when he was 43.

[etsyifyourenasty]

[dogpuppy]