strange victory, strange defeat

Santuario by Leonora Carrington, 1966. Oil on canvas.

from Contes De Fees, 1908.

Scanners (1981) dir David Cronenberg

Maja Klaassens

Unknown Seated Cat c 1890 agate, gem stones Overall: 3.8 x 4.5 cm (1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.) The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hunter S. Thompson aims at his IBM Selectric typewriter, Woody Creek, 1989

Pan Ran.

Assyrian dog figurines with names carved on them, 650 BC “Expeller of evil” (mušēṣu lemnūti) with white pigment and red spots “Catcher of the enemy” (kāšid ayyāb) with red pigment “Don’t think, bite!” (ē tamtallik epuš pāka) with white pigment “Biter of his foe!” (munaššiku gārîšu) with turquoise pigment “Loud is his bark!” (dan rigiššu) with black pigment

mixed media, n.d. — source