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“My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.” —Agnes Martin (1912–2004), who was born on this day in 1912.

Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

January

We see here the day chosen for exchanging gifts.

Jean de Berry enjoyed giving and receiving; Paul de Limbourg and his brothers used to participate in the festivities, presenting the prince with an object worthy of their artistry. The Duke sits at his table, surrounded by friends.

Behind him the blaze of a large fire in the monumental fireplace is guarded by a wickerwork screen. Above the fireplace rises a red silk canopy bearing the Duke’s heraldic motifs: golden fleurs-de-lys, strewn on a blue ground. Wounded swans and bears symbolize the Duke’s love for a lady called Ursine.

-space

-the ocean

things i am terrified of:

-space

‘Mandarin Ducks and Snow’ (1935).

Woodblock print by Ohara Shōson (Japan, 1877-1945)

you might want to read s 51(xxvi) of the Australia constitution which states:

 that Parliament has the right to make laws with respect to: “The people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws”.

On this, our first prime minister, Edmund Barton said:

that s 51(xxvi) was necessary to enable the Commonwealth to “regulate the affairs of the people of coloured or inferior races who are in the Commonwealth” (X)

The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth (1901) goes on to say:

The section was intended to enable the Commonwealth to pass laws restricting such migrant labourers such as the Chinese and Kanakas. It enables the Parliament to deal with the people of any alien race after they have entered the Commonwealth; to localise them within defined areas, to restrict their migration, to confine them to certain occupations, or to give them special protection and secure their return after a certain period to the country whence they came.(X)

‘Give Peace A Chance’

30 x 30 cm (12″ x 12″), oil on canvas panel