1. 22 May


    (Source: angelclark, via happyacres)

     

  2. 22 May


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  3. 22 May


    retrogirly:

    Linda Francis

    (via girliemagazine)

     

  4. 22 May


    parabola-magazine: PERHAPS NO OTHER single piece of artwork in the entire Western world so deftly summarizes the intersecting forces of Heaven and Hell as Hieronymus Bosch’s THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS. Painted between 1490 and 1510, and now in the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid, the famous triptych is one of the world’s most astonishing accomplishments in cosmological iconography.History has produced a meager share of works by authors willing to tackle questions of cosmology, from Dante’s DIVINE COMEDY through Swedenborg’s HEAVEN AND HELL, Gurdjieff’s BEELZEBUB’S TALES, and Carlos Castaneda’s A SEPARATE REALITY. Because works like these are relatively rare, each achieves its own pinnacle; the task of creating and describing the entire moral and physical universe is not for the faint of heart. The obstacles to achieving an equal level of discourse in a visual medium—let alone one small in scale—are daunting. Short of obvious literalizations spawned by classic Christian theology, there seem to be few ready answers to such a problem. The question is divine; the response can only be human, calling for an unparalleled mastery of metaphor and symbolism.Uniquely, not only among all his peers but throughout almost all of art history, Bosch (1450–1516) managed to confront and surmount these problems and leave us with an esoteric masterpiece that describes the interaction of Heaven and Hell as transmitted through the most tactile and familiar agency possible—mankind―excerpt from Lee van Laer’s: EMANATIONS OF DIVINITY: THE COSMOLOGY OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH: the wonders of Hieronymous Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, from the new summer issue of Parabola: “Heaven and Hell.” Image: Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights (Ecclesia’s paradise). Central panel.

    parabola-magazine:

    PERHAPS NO OTHER single piece of artwork in the entire Western world so deftly summarizes the intersecting forces of Heaven and Hell as Hieronymus Bosch’s THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS. Painted between 1490 and 1510, and now in the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid, the famous triptych is one of the world’s most astonishing accomplishments in cosmological iconography.

    History has produced a meager share of works by authors willing to tackle questions of cosmology, from Dante’s DIVINE COMEDY through Swedenborg’s HEAVEN AND HELL, Gurdjieff’s BEELZEBUB’S TALES, and Carlos Castaneda’s A SEPARATE REALITY. Because works like these are relatively rare, each achieves its own pinnacle; the task of creating and describing the entire moral and physical universe is not for the faint of heart. The obstacles to achieving an equal level of discourse in a visual medium—let alone one small in scale—are daunting. Short of obvious literalizations spawned by classic Christian theology, there seem to be few ready answers to such a problem. The question is divine; the response can only be human, calling for an unparalleled mastery of metaphor and symbolism.

    Uniquely, not only among all his peers but throughout almost all of art history, Bosch (1450–1516) managed to confront and surmount these problems and leave us with an esoteric masterpiece that describes the interaction of Heaven and Hell as transmitted through the most tactile and familiar agency possible—mankind

    ―excerpt from Lee van Laer’s: EMANATIONS OF DIVINITY: THE COSMOLOGY OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH: the wonders of Hieronymous Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, from the new summer issue of Parabola: “Heaven and Hell.”

    Image: Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights (Ecclesia’s paradise). Central panel.

    (via jabbarh)

     

  5. 22 May


    les-sources-du-nil: Yashô (1782-1825) “Bat in Flight” Ink on paper (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. In Maurice Coyaud ‘L’Empire du regard’- Mille ans de peinture Japonaise’ Ed. Phebus, 1981)

    les-sources-du-nil:

    Yashô (1782-1825)

    “Bat in Flight” Ink on paper

    (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. In Maurice Coyaud ‘L’Empire du regard’- Mille ans de peinture Japonaise’ Ed. Phebus, 1981)

    (via fishstickmonkey)

     

  6. 21 May


    jahsonic: Le Silence by Odilon Redon (1840–1916) Inspired by Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener (2010), a book by David Toop, I’ve revamped my silence page. Imaginary soundtrack to this image: “It’s Oh So Quiet” by Bjork. See sound culture.

    jahsonic:

    Le Silence by Odilon Redon (1840–1916)

    Inspired by Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener (2010), a book by David Toop, I’ve revamped my silence page.

    Imaginary soundtrack to this image: “It’s Oh So Quiet” by Bjork.

    See sound culture.

     

  7. 21 May


    The Navigator

    (via la-ville-de-loubli)

     

  8. 20 May


    jahsonic: The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity by Odilon Redon.

    jahsonic:

    The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity by Odilon Redon.

     

  9. 20 May


    jahsonic: A Bigger Splash A Bigger Splash is a large pop art painting by British artist David Hockney. It depicts a swimming pool beside a modern house, disturbed by a large splash of water created by an unseen figure who has apparently just jumped in from a diving board. Inside the room, behind the director’s chair, I imagine the woman of Eric Fischl’s Bad Boy painting.

    jahsonic:

    A Bigger Splash

    A Bigger Splash is a large pop art painting by British artist David Hockney. It depicts a swimming pool beside a modern house, disturbed by a large splash of water created by an unseen figure who has apparently just jumped in from a diving board.

    Inside the room, behind the director’s chair, I imagine the woman of Eric Fischl’s Bad Boy painting.

     

  10. 20 May


    The Old Homestead on Flickr.

    The Old Homestead on Flickr.

     

  11. 20 May


    Clint on Flickr.

    Clint on Flickr.

     

  12. 20 May


    XFV-1 by NASA on The Commons on Flickr.

    XFV-1 by NASA on The Commons on Flickr.

     

  13. 19 May


    geneticist:

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    High resolution hypersaturated photo of the moon by Noel Carboni. 

     

  14. 19 May


    (Source: chasing-equilibrium, via thegiftsoflife)

     

  15. 18 May