death nurse

scumscumscum. gouache painting on paper, 3x3.75 inches. this one was a challenge. prints and original are up, you know where to find them

Gerhard Richter, Dead, 1988, Oil on Canvas

Master Gislebertus, Suicide of Judas, 1120

from the introductory slideshow of a carmelite monastery’s website

'Hypnosis' by Sascha Schneider, 1904.

- Pharmakon: Yes. Let’s say there was a drought or some sort of hardship, they would choose one person who would be considered unnecessary to society and they would become the scapegoat (pharmakos). They would sacrifice him and send him into the woods to die alone. This was seen as a cleansing for the hardships of society. It’s an extremely fucked-up idea! But it’s also this deep-seated thing in humans – the need of catharsis. (The Pharmakon project is) about connection with what is deeply rooted within human nature, accosting people with these dormant feelings in order to make them truly feel something.

Éric Rondepierre | Loupe/Dormeurs (livre n°4)

Native Halibut Hooks, Alaska

minayoshi takada

In the 1976 adaptation of Carrie, Brian De Palma based Carrie’s posture and walk at the end of the film after Gustave Moreau’s 1851 painting The Study of Lady Macbeth.