I have 5,000 Oscar Wilde stickers

song is Vienna (In Memoriam) by The Army, The Navy :]

In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde. The show was condemned by anti-gay activist Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance.”

i don't need therapy i get to witness oscar wilde editing his manuscript almost in real time

Almost forgot abt this one

The ‘Dance of the Wilis’ Giselle by Ran Chilipye

'Banquet of Mermaids' by Ryoko Kimura

contrapuntal poem for "the picture of dorian gray"

Meanwhile, me: *fascinated by the historical references and the descpritions of cool rocks*

“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Having difficulty drawing these days, so I did a little piece based on this photo from "the Charles de Beistegui ball", held in Venice in 1951. The masks these ladies are wearing in the photo actually seems to be 18th century "moretta"-masks! They're worn with no straps and are held onto the face by a button that the wearer clasps in their mouth!!! Very cool and creepy. I made one of these myself once, they're very easy to make from a standard blank mask, warm recommendation for an easy but creepy costume. The real ones obviously have holes for the eyes, but the quality of the photo had them blend into the black, and I wanted to keep that effect (:

My flesh, my home 🦪 🫧

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Vincent Price as Oscar Wilde in John Gay’s Diversions and Delights, 1978 [link]

a story from the comments here

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie