Takahashi Shotei - Thunderstorm at Tateishi (c.1920s) Japanese woodblock print, 15 x 6.75 in (click on image for full dimensions) 'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad. - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (photo) via Kazuko M. @EstherHawdon
Darius Milhaud - Pastorale (1935) Katie Oprea - oboe; Elisabeth LeBlanc - clarinet; Rachael Elliott - bassoon. Performed on Oct.15, 2011 at Richmond Free Library in Richmond, Vermont. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5iE...
Happy Birthday, Italo Calvino! (b.Oct.15, 1923) Italo Calvino - The Distance From the Moon (1965) Shulamit Serafy, graphic designer and illustrator, animated film adaptation (2008) of a short story from Calvino's masterpiece 'Cosmicomics' (1965). www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9c...
Arthur Wardle (British, 1864–1949) - A pair of salmon-crested cockatoos among foliage (n.d.) Pastel, ink on toned paper, 15.25x20 in (38.7x50.8 cm) www.artnet.com/artists/arth...
Ansel Adams - Road and Fog, Del Monte Forest, Pebble Beach, California (1964) www.instagram.com/anseladams “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” — A.A.
Trio of Bloom - Nightwhistlers (2025) Craig Taborn - keyboards; Nels Cline - 6-string and 12-string guitars, lap steel guitar, bass on tracks 4 and 10; Marcus Gilmore - drums and percussion. youtu.be/S-yX15E8ZGI?...
We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has… blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it. The Machine Stops E M Forster 1909 #BookWormSat 📚💙
