drive dumb mankind dizzy

I wish they stayed like that for the whole year 🌸🌼

wips

Let's ambush mama! 😼

"Pallas kittens."

“A Cloisonné Vase Mark of the Hayashi Kodenji Workshop, Meiji Period (late 19th century) Worked in various thicknesses of silver wire and coloured cloisonné enamels on a dark blue ground with a maple tree surrounded by a profusion of flowers including chrysanthemums, irises, wild pinks and grasses, the foot with floral lappets, the neck with a band of geometric pattern, silver rims.”

Karoline Albertine Julie, Countess von Schlotheim and von Hessenstein (1788) by Wilhelm Böttner. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel.

Nordkirchen Castle, North-Westphalia, Germany

Maker: Marcus & Co., New York

Antoine Emile Plassan - A tasty treat (1873)

Stargate SG-1, 02.06 Thor's Chariot

Was Rousseau being intentionally meta here? Given the context and the overall language, I highly doubt it. But there’s something unintentionally fascinating about this phrase, eventually (and still today) being used as a classic example of a person of privilege maliciously or ignorantly not understanding the plight of the poor–when it derives from a passage where Rousseau describes the terrible conundrum of hiding out in his apartments with stolen wine, agonizing over how he can get bread because he’s a gentleman and therefore above going into bread shops, then finally deciding to buy luxury bread so he can hole up in his rooms, drink wine, and eat brioche while reading books in his leisure time.

Red Fox/rödräv. Värmland, Sweden (6 June 2026).

Richard Claremont (Australian), Lights After Rain, 2025, Acrylic