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Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Apollo and Daphne, probably 1470-80. Oil on wood, 29.5 x 20 cm. The National Gallery, London.

Ink & oil pastel, 35 cm x 34 cm

© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society

I cannot get over this song…

The bride surnamed Li cut her wrists and tried to commit suicide after her boyfriend broke up with her just before the marriage.

An outtake from the Hounds of Love cover shoot in 1985.

frog riding snake

In remote northeastern Poland there lives a group of elderly Orthodox devotees who are said to possess special powers. They can heal the sick, cast out demons — even still a foe’s heart. Living at a mystical crossroad of Christian faith and folkloric superstition, they consider themselves members of the church, though the church does not. They are called “Whisperers or Szeptun in Polish.

Saint George Killing the Dragon (detail)