i call you from the comet's cradle

Maker: Herter Brothers (German, active New York, 1864–1906)                Date:1879–82                                                                                     Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States 

magic hands ... more of my favs. i've gotten really confident crocheting hands recently. i'm better than a machine ... i'm the machine. i'm the hand machine

(this is probably somewhat related to my other favourite genre of painting, Husband With Multiple Kids Making Come Hither Eyes At His Wife)

The left is “the busy father” by Theodore Weber, the right one is “At the china repairer’s “ by Wenzel Tornoe. All dads who are actively involved in childcare and a painter who thought it was a cute topic rather than anything ridiculous.

Italian Winegrower And His Daughter by Francesco Baratta (1590-1666)

from today 🍄‍🟫

Emerald, Shinjuku 新宿

Gatton Creek trail - near Lake Quinault

photographer: Hiroshi Manaka // model: Naomi Watanabe

The Birthday Phone Animal comes to those deep in grieving on their birthday, and follows them around. Opening its mouth as if to bleat, the tinny sound of a phone ringing comes out. if you pick up, you’re rewarded a short phone call with the deceased person you wish to hear from most.

Viktor Schramm - "During the fitting" (1900)

Curating the Anthropocene: “Imagine a future archeologist on a dig in what was once downtown Los Angeles, excavating, exposing layers of history, like the paleontologists at the La Brea Tar Pits are doing today, finding bones of saber-toothed cats, mammoth, and dire wolves. What does the archeologist of the future find?”

My master thesis on The Bed

imagine visiting someone's house for a party, it goes late. 1 in the morning. you're drunk and high. you have to go to the bathroom before going home. hallway lights are off, its like a train tunnel. this thing is at the end of the hallway