the new emotional blackmailer's handbook

... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

3BT, 16 March 2016

An ancient wood that stretches along a hillside above the curving road is being coppiced. The woodcutters have maste...

i thought i didn't much like poussin's painting style until i just discovered this late work, blind orion searching for the rising sun ... it has an endearingly childish perspective on an ancient myth

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pous/hd_pous.htm from wikipedia ... The legend of Orion was firs...

Saturday, February 27, 2016

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

Thursday, February 18, 2016

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 mornin...

Saturday, February 13, 2016

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/

Saturday, February 6, 2016

five pounds, new money

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

... and on thursday they'll be discussing ...

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

hunton panto 2016

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tristan: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom; you were only supposed to eat the cake, john ... not the flipping candles !

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