genius and excellence

I think it's important that you look at this snail. He comes from a Book of Hours written in around 1500.

British Library, Harley MS 3244, c. 1236-1250, folio 64r

Book of Hours, France, ca. 1430, MS M.64 fol. 10v

ruins of St Andrews Cathedral in Fife, Scotland

Kyoko Imazu

Kawanabe Kyosai, White Heron in the Rain, colour woodblock print, Japan, 1880

Abandoned tree house mansion in Florida by Drew Perlmutter

Vietnamese Mossy Frog *(Theloderma corticale)* ✾ Moss that blinks

Isamu Noguchi 1939

The Aeolian Islands , from 'Secrets de l'histoire naturelle' illustrated by Robinet Testard, Cognac (France), ca.1480-1485

Louise Bourgeois. Plate 8 from the illustrated book He Disappeared into Complete Silence, 1947

Shin bijutsukai - Kōrin Furuya - 1902 - via Internet Archive

Leaf shaped brush washer Asian; Chinese, Jingdezhen c. 1723–35 Porcelain with camellia-leaf green glaze; overall: 19.7 cm

Andy Goldsworthy’s Ice and Snow Ephemeral Sculpture