Tide Pool (1980) by Jeremy Miranda

looking at the moon and experiencing a very deep yearning

Illustrations for Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves | Shiosai | 潮騒, by Lâm Tùng Nguyễn.

American vintage postcard

Photograph: Minqiang Lu/2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Photograph by VCG via: China Plus Culture

Perfomer of the Aztec Baile de los viejitos. Patzcuaro, Mexico. 1958.

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Zuñiga is best known for his sculptures of women, as well as his focus on themes of motherhood. His massive works were primarily executed in onyx or cast in bronze, and fused classical sculptural methods with indigenous archetypes. His paintings and drawings also showed Western influences, but maintained a clear connection to Pre-Hispanic art.   Exuberant, sensuous volumes and majestic proportions lend each Zuñiga woman a sense of sculptural and metaphysical completeness. Zuñiga’s drawing goes beyond simple technical virtuosity in search of an expression of human values. His poignant sculptures and drawings depict Mexico’s indigenous peoples. The familiar cast of characters is presented without smiles or tears. Each sturdy model reflects a resolute resistance to the hardships of everyday life. Each image is infused with a silent intensity and purity of form that also shows in his sculptural work. Francisco Zuñiga’s work reveals an inner strength in his subjects and insists on an unpretentious personal standard of beauty that is neither, “chic or pretty in a Western European sense.” His Mexican woman sit wrapped in fabric that is sculpturally modeled in rich tones with their faces revealing an unbending determination. (adapted from several sources)