burning man ... i don't think i'll ever go because of the heat and dust BUT i am fascinated by this great festival ... examples herewith

Robert Hooke, from his Micrographia, c.1665 ... but, much more fun, Jan van Kessel, c.1659

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke

Hooke was the subject of discussion on Radio4's In Our Time this morning ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070h6ww





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Kessel_the_Elder

gratuitous doggy stuff ... pictures by elliott erwitt and richard avedon ... apropos de nuffink in partikuliere ... borrowed from the great italian fashion photography blog "pleasure photo"

https://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/

five pounds, new money

an eastern parable, widely told ... the blind men and the elephant

... and on thursday they'll be discussing the persian poet RUMI on BBC Radio4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ztx2w

here's a YouTube fillum of his telling of the tale ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxMPt0LBHOo

and of course, there's a wikipedia artickle ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant

and after they've put their grubby hands everywhere ....

hunton panto 2016