Domitor Invictus

(1) CHUTTERSNAP (2) Vino Li

by Christopher Nevinson

“Life is sex and death, guilt, fear, and ecstasy. The in-between dilutions of these satisfy most people because they know no better. Because Eden has a barbed wire fence around it, most people stay clear of it. But to me the barbed wire is a beacon, a provocation, a challenge, and it shows that on the other side is something, someone somewhere does not want me to see. So I go! It's my nature, and to an extent Coil reflects and contains these principles. We are never as severe, as brave, as complete, as condensed, as I would like us to be. But we are getting denser, tougher, stronger - most hallucinatory and dangerous”! John Balance, from Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations with Coil

Door and Handle (by Tom_Brown 6117)

Fingals Cave, Scotland

Luna moth By: Jane Burton From: The Mating Game 1976

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Hocico - A Fatal Desire

ISAC Museum, The University of Chicago.

La Fenêtre de Mélusine by Rene Magritte, 1953

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), 'Ellen Terry as Lady MacBeth', ''The Art of the World'', Vol. 9, 1896

The Sheep Detectives (2026) I knew nothing about this movie going in. I had no idea it was based on a 2005 German book called 'Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi' (translated into English as 'Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story'). From what I can tell, the book is weirder than the movie and more philosophical in tone and the film diverges from the book quite alot. Am I inspired to read the book? I was not but I am mildly curious, just not THAT curious. As to the movie, it felt like a weightier 'Paddington' film, with our non-human characters having to confront loss and death and all the pathos and joy that being a living being experiences. Thankfully, it wasn't too schmaltzy, had enough sheep and human humor to amuse (the gradual realization of sheep intervention into solving the mystery by our movie's police officer was fun), and allowed itself one good, serious scene of sacrifice that actually caught me off guard (you could see it coming but seeing it coming didn't lessen the impact. Overall, I would recommend giving it a watch. It's light fair. The mystery isn't much of a mystery but it's not really about the mystery, like all good stories, it's really about the relationships and learning to accept and embrace the winter lamb.