And when it happens...

Hugo Froelich, Keramic Studio Magazine, 1905

My Brilliant Career tells the story of a headstrong young woman named Sybylla (played by the extraordinary Judy Davis, in her debut role), living in the Australian outback just before the turn of the 20th Century. Sybylla is the daughter of an impoverished farmer, but she yearns for something more - chiefly, a life shaped by meaningful work - and even when she gets a chance at finding true love with a handsome, well-heeled property owner (played by an almost criminally charming Sam Neill), she’s not sure love fits into her plans. Sybylla first needs to find out who she is, and to take a stab at getting what she wants out of life. (via TCM)

Love is the Running Towards, Shoreditch Fire Station

Taschen via Sandra Rendgen

who up perceiving and reacting to stimulus

late for Australia but still, I present my terrible comic and terrible poem

Lomochrome color ‘92 Sun-kissed

Cartoon by John O'Brien for NEW YORKER magazine, 1991.

Years ago a friend of mine had a dream about a strange invention; a staircase you could descend deep underground, in which you heard recordings of all the things anyone had ever said about you, both good and bad. The catch was, you had to pass through all the worst things people had said before you could get to the highest compliments at the very bottom. There is no way I would ever make it more than two and a half steps down such a staircase, but I understand its terrible logic: if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.

Phoebe Little (American, 1992) - Complicit Tomato (2021)

Lithograph on Arches, 1958

these are getting weird

Oil on canvas , 41 x 33 cm.