#william shackleton

[luminous-void]

William Shackleton – Grass of Parnassus (1925–1933)

[portraituresque]

William Shackleton - Self-Portrait-at-the-Age-of-23

[farawayrosewindows]

The Polar Star (1920) by William Shackleton

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Eternal Dream (1924), William Shackleton :: [Guillaume Gris]

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“A billion and a half human souls, who had been given the techniques of music and the graphic arts, and the theory of technology, now had the others: philosophy and logic and love; sympathy, empathy, forbearance, unity, in the idea of their species rather than in their obedience; membership in harmony with all life everywhere.

A people with such feelings and their derived skills cannot be slaves. As the light burst upon them, there was only one concentration possible to each of them—to be free, and the accomplished feeling of being free. As each found it, he was an expert in freedom, and expert succeeded expert, transcended expert, until (in a moment) a billion and a half human souls had no greater skill than the talent of freedom.”

― Theodore Sturgeon, The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume IX: And Now the News...

[diemelusine]

The Burning of the SS Volturno (1913) by William Shackleton. Private collection.

[along-the-meadow-path]

The Rainbow, Malhamdale - William Shackleton

1918 | Oil on paper | ©Bradford Museums & Galleries 

[lestatdelioncoeur]

The Polar Star (detail)

William Shackleton, 1920

[oldsardens]

William Shackleton - A Lover's Moment. 1920