secretive dreams

Wrapped Book, 1973 by Christo

No sign of life, Sinziana Velicescu (because)

🐠 The cruise of the Tomas Barrera New York, G.P. Putnam’s sons, 1916. Original source Image description: Illustration of a rock beauty angelfish (Holacanthus tricolor) displayed upside down. The fish has a bright yellow head and fins, with a large, distinctive dark black patch covering most of its body and extending to the dorsal fin, which is tipped with yellow and red. The detailed scales are visible, and the fish’s eye is prominent near the yellow face. Its angular fins and tail show vibrant orange and red accents. Text beside the image notes it as a reef fish from the Colorado region, courtesy of the U.S. Fish Commission, from the 1916 publication “The Cruise of the Tomas Barrera.”

Medium: oil,canvas

Emily Dickinson

detail for “judith” from eglon hendrick van der neer

Torii Kotondo, Beauty Combing her Hair, 1933 © The Art of Japan

Robin Isely, Hans Memling. Man of Sorrows c.1480.

Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries (1625) by Clara Peeters

The White Duck (1753) by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Houghton Hall.

Paris 1963

Children’s dolls of the Teryukhan people in folk and everyday costumes, early 20th century

David Lynch

Late 17th-Early 18th Century　H 103.51 cm x W 128.27 cm x D 1.91 cm   via

Iran, 1880

Zarina Hashmi