lilting penumbra

The Moon tarot card from the Marseille Tarot

Claude Burdel, 18th century

René Jules Lalique

Drawing, 1910, Height: 11 in, Width: 8.75 in

Design for a pendant.

Painted enamel plate representing the twelve zodiac signs.

Islamic art, 16th century, signed Abd-ol-Vahed Iran, 1563

Location: Berlin, Germany, Museum für Islamische Kunst (SMPK)

At the (tediously common) adolescent age of bewilderment and antagonism, I was accidentally introduced to Leonard’s music by an older schoolmate. Upon further, obsessive inspection, I realized it was specifically the lyrical content of his work that paralyzed me. I think Cohen was the foundation that set my pursuit for lyrical value in music, and why I can’t manage to appreciate a ‘tune’ unless it weaves lyrical ingenuity.

Indian "sissors" katar, 18th to 19th century, L. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Wt. 30.5 oz. (864.7 g), Met Museum, Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935.               

Set of surgical instruments, German, ca 1600.

Ivory, silver fire-gilt, iron.

Tadek Beutlich, ‘Moon’, Wall hanging, UK, ca.1963

Woven linen, ramie, camel hair, honesty seeds, x-ray film and charred wood veneer

'Moon' was produced by Polish-born weaver Tadek Beutlich around 1963, and was shown in the exhibition 'Weaving for Walls: Modern British Wall Hangings and Rugs', which opened at the V&A in 1965. Having studied in Poland, Germany and Italy, Beutlich graduated in textiles from Camberwell School of Art and Crafts in 1950, and subsequently taught there from 1951 to 1974. His early work utilised more traditional tapestry techniques, but he became more experimental, using open-weave structures and incorporating ususual materials, such as in this wall hanging. Here, Beutlich has woven with ramie and camel-hair, then inserted honesty seeds, x-ray film and strips of wood veneer.

Paula Rego

Balzac and other Stories

Nude with Back Turned

Nick Cave 

Reliquary Hand

Date: 13th century

Culture: French

Medium: Copper, silver-plated

Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 1 7/8 in. (23.2 x 12.3 x 4.7 cm)

Henri Matisse's etchings for James Joyce's Ulysses, 1935