kindness of strangers

guernicamag: We’ve been launching wars and pursuing a “global...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:29:07 -0400

We’ve been launching wars and pursuing a “global war on terror.” We’ve poured money into national security as if there were no tomorrow. From our police to our borders, we’ve up-armored everywhere. We constantly hear about “threats” to us and to the “homeland.” And yet, when you knock on the door marked “Enemy,” there’s seldom anyone home.

via Tom Engelhardt: The Enemy-Industrial Complex- Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics

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artjournaling: by theartjournaler

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:14:03 -0400

artjournaling:

by theartjournaler

fuckyeahbookarts: An Unwritten Book by Fiona Watson...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:13:30 -0400

fuckyeahbookarts:

An Unwritten Book by Fiona Watson (wildgoosechase)

sovietpostcards: 1972

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:53:48 -0500

sovietpostcards:

1972

paperimages: George Sotter (1879-1953), Silent Night (detail),...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:49:49 -0500

paperimages:

George Sotter (1879-1953), Silent Night (detail), ca. 1923

artemisdreaming: Madonna, the Infant Jesus, and St. John the...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:46:49 -0500

artemisdreaming:

Madonna, the Infant Jesus, and St. John the Baptist detail, 1881

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

likewinethroughwater: - Illustration for Jane Eyre by the...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:40:32 -0500

likewinethroughwater:

- Illustration for Jane Eyre by the Balbusso twins

theforbiddencolors: by MissouriBendStudio

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:29:57 -0500

theforbiddencolors:

by MissouriBendStudio

laurabfernandez: Ents. ©2012laurabfernández

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:27:58 -0500

laurabfernandez:

Ents.

©2012laurabfernández

limilee: cocoroachchanel: wool socks, Iran, 19th century

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:24:39 -0500

limilee:

cocoroachchanel:

wool socks, Iran, 19th century

Heather Marks photographed by Xevi Muntane for Harper’s Bazaar...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:11:32 -0500

Heather Marks photographed by Xevi Muntane for Harper’s Bazaar Spain, December 2012

boyprincessdiaries: hobbitdragon: bborgia: The MET has got...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:02:43 -0500

boyprincessdiaries:

hobbitdragon:

bborgia:

The MET has got some wonderful, fully illustrated textbooks that are available online for free! (X)

DOWNLOAD

Art of the Islamic World

The Art of Africa

The Art of Ancient Egypt

The Art of the Ancient Near East

The Art of Renaissance Europe

The Art of South and Southeast Asia

The Arts of Korea

Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais

Greek Art from Prehistoric to Classical

Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning

A Masterwork of Byzantine Art — The Story of David and Goliath

Medieval Art

Nature Within Walls: The Chinese Garden Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roman Art

omg this is rad

i’m not particularly into art history but i’m reblarging it for followers because I’m all about free educational resources.

"You, too, have mysteries of your own. I know that you must have dreams that you don’t tell me. I..."

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 07:47:27 -0500

“You, too, have mysteries of your own. I know that you must have dreams that you don’t tell me. I don’t want to know them. But I can tell you: live those dreams, play with them, build altars to them. It is not yet the ideal but it points in the right direction. Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world someday remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day, otherwise we just aren’t serious. Don’t forget that!”

- Hermann Hesse, Demian
(via kodistes)

artjournaling: point-of-view (by mumkaa_)

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:18:11 -0500

artjournaling:

point-of-view (by mumkaa_)

"Here is a start: Look around your living space. Do you surround yourself with things you really like..."

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:36:02 -0500

“Here is a start: Look around your living space. Do you surround yourself with things you really like or things you like only because they are absurd? Listen to your own speech. Ask yourself: Do I communicate primarily through inside jokes and pop culture references? What percentage of my speech is meaningful? How much hyperbolic language do I use? Do I feign indifference? Look at your clothes. What parts of your wardrobe could be described as costume-like, derivative or reminiscent of some specific style archetype (the secretary, the hobo, the flapper, yourself as a child)? In other words, do your clothes refer to something else or only to themselves? Do you attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or ugly? In other words, is your style an anti-style? The most important question: How would it feel to change yourself quietly, offline, without public display, from within?”

- Christy Wampole, a professor at Princeton, in a column for The New York Times. (via ididthistoimpressagirl)

artpropelled: Mandy Pattullo

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:25:38 -0400

artpropelled:

Mandy Pattullo

Photo

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:52:46 -0400

Photo

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:47:55 -0400

lotsofwildthings: Mountain Hare looking inquisitive (by David C...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:33:50 -0400

lotsofwildthings:

Mountain Hare looking inquisitive (by David C Walker 1967)

journalofanobody: The fact that life has no meaning is a reason...

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:48:53 -0400

journalofanobody:

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.
—Emile M. Cioran