i dreamed i found you by the sea

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[outofeverythingthisnamewasleft]

Crime scene (France). Ca. 1910. (Photo by adoc-photos/Corbis)

[smsomah]

Yao manuscripts are traditional ritual and cultural texts used by Yao shamans and communities. They often contain religious instructions, ceremonial rites, genealogies, astrological knowledge, and local lore.

[whitehotel]

Richard Long, Walking a circle in mist, Scotland (1986)

[whitehotel]

Derrick Guild, Sidney’s expulsion (2013)

[jareckiworld]

Derrick Guild — Label Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez and del Mazo (oil on linen, 2025)

[arte-artem-artibus]

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis - Sonata No 6, (Sonata of the stars), Allegro, 1908, tempera on paper, 72.2 x 61.4 cm

[leregretdestempspasses]

Dolný Lopašov near Piešťany, Slovakia, 1955 (J. Pátková)

[pippimaraschino]

A Coptic magical text (Spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice), 6th–7th century CE, from Egypt. Ink on papyrus, now part of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. (Translation in the comments) [4996x6640]

[lawrenceleemagnuson]

Annamariia Potamiti, living Scotland new work July 2026 Deux chevaux acrylics on watercolor paper 14 x 19 cm

[graceebooks]

i’m just having fun. hatred is involved but i’m just having fun

[vintage-sweden]

Sickan the horse, 1895, Sweden.

[fur-gloves]

Folio from a Dispersed Nuzhatnama, Early 15th Century

[smsomah]

In the absence of paper, the shoulder bones of camels (slait) were employed traditionally as writing tablets in Quranic schools. Scanned from the book The Craft Heritage of Oman; 2003; Neil Richardson & Marcia Dorr

[smsomah]

Aït El-Kaïd mountain village, Algeria. Scanned from the book Imazighen: The Vanishing Traditions of Berber Women; 1996; Margaret Courtney-Clarke

When plague survivors fled nearby Aguemoum, one ancestor of the current owner built this small house on a rocky ridge above a narrow gorge, at the heart of Aït El-Kaïd. At the time these photo were taken, Ahmed's 80-year-old mother, who had painted the interior, was dying in an adjoining room. Twenty years earlier, having no daughter to continue the tradition, she had chosen weather-resistant paints for the walls and her ceramics.

[ckmakes]

Tapestry diary - April 15 2025 to April 14 2026

[charnel-grounds]

Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015), “Daphne”

etching, n.d. (c. 1960-87)

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[nemfrog]

"Varied forms of seaweed." Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia. 1924.

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