Tuesday, October 10, 2023

THE MODERATION OF COMMENTS ... i had never noticed that comments needed to be moderated ... so there was a backlog ... i owe a lot of people a lot of apologies !

 

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Zhoen commented on "my episodic memory"
Jul 19, 2022
This is all beautiful and sad. My condolences on your loss, however much time as passed, it is still there.
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Mar 25, 2022
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Rouchswalwe commented on "jacob george strutt ... sylva britannica"
Jun 23, 2021
Beautiful! I'm just reading Wohlleben's book "The Heartbeat of Trees"!
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Eric commented on "jacob george strutt ... sylva britannica"
Jun 20, 2021
1000 thanks for this incredibly beautiful and interesting blog
eric, brussels
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Rouchswalwe commented on "wimmin in white, part xvi ..."
Jun 18, 2021
Always love this series!!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "a few nativity scenes ..."
Dec 25, 2020
Happy Christmas, dear Tristan!
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Eric commented on "British moon flasks at the Met"
Oct 30, 2020
So beautiful... T5ks for sharing. Eric
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Zhoen commented on "the colour purple ... a true story ..."
Oct 3, 2020
HA! Well, nothing wrong with unusual company. As long as they still give you coffee when you go in alone next time.
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Rouchswalwe commented on "black dress, etc, etc ... i've collected thousands of images of "wimmin in white", and quite a few of "red dress" ... but i guess the black dress has always been what smart wimmin aspire to look their very best in ..."
Sep 12, 2020
The Kennedy King photo always brings a tear to my eye.
I had not seen the Marlene photo before ...!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "wimmin in white ... part xiii"
Sep 12, 2020
Some absolute gems here, Tristan! Fabulous!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "Watanabe Seitei ( Shotei ) 1851 to 1918 ... pictures in random order ..."
Sep 12, 2020
Amazing ... these are wonderful and take me back to my time spent in Western Japan. Thank you so much!!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "basho's epic journey to the north ..."
Sep 12, 2020
Wow! Thank you for these, dear Tristan!!
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Zhoen commented on "ancient bronze vessels from china ... we saw a room full in nara and i felt a kind of resonance, and harmony from their proximity ... what follows is in no particular order"
Aug 25, 2020
These are wonderful. My hand reaches out.
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Zhoen commented on "irving penn ... one of the gods of 20th century photography"
Mar 14, 2020
I found this,

https://www.maureenfaithoconnor.com/work

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Rouchswalwe commented on "gears are a bit like mandalas ... discuss and deride if appropriate ... for me it is about the vast rhythms of time"
Jan 30, 2020
Oh!! This is wonderful!! Thank you, dear Tristan.
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Zhoen commented on "satin and silk"
Jan 24, 2020
Ever see A Stitch in Time?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l2qzs

Or Bernadette Banner on u-tyube?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHtaUm-FjUps090S7crO4Q
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Zhoen commented on "hair ordered and disordered"
Jan 24, 2020
Ok, I love this series. The one right under Durer especially. And I love the Rapunzel.
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Zhoen commented on "spectacles"
Jan 20, 2020
I wonder if the cultural assumption that glasses=smart has to do with readers being more likely to need glasses and are therefore more educated, not to mention wealthy enough to afford lenses, and be better educated?
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Zhoen commented on "orpheus in the underworld ... the offenbach version, mostly ..."
Jan 20, 2020
Ever seen Black Orpheus?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orpheus
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Zhoen commented on "on a whim ... let's see if there are any other sets of allegories of the five senses before or after the ones painted by goltzius and engraved by by jan saenredam ? this is gonna take a while ..."
Jan 16, 2020
The five senses are a bit like the four humours. Which is to say, not based in fact, a mythical ordering of the world. There are more than five, for a start.
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Zhoen commented on "whiteford lighthouse"
Jan 16, 2020
Stunning. Lighthouses are lovely.
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Zhoen commented on "we will be staying home for a quiet christmas ... bless y'alll and stay cosy !"
Dec 25, 2019
Happy Christmas and I'm sure you'll get the swamp stains out of the rug.
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Maharaja Expresss commented on "Winnicott, Bowlby, Melanie Klein, Etc"
Dec 6, 2019
maharaja express route
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Zhoen commented on "buttons and bows"
Nov 29, 2019
I only remember the Bob Hope version.
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Zhoen commented on "dai jin ... one of the few classical chinese painters to have a go at depicting falling rain ... returning home in the wind and rain"
Oct 12, 2019
That's actually pretty well observed. And it's nearly impossible to take a photo of rain, it just doesn't show. Sometimes it's hard to tell in life, I've had to check puddles, unless it's teeming.
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Shark Fishing in Wales commented on "in japan on the train to okutama"
Sep 19, 2019
Are you a Rugger Bugger?
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Shark Fishing in Wales commented on "in japan on the train to okutama"
Sep 19, 2019
Are you a Rugger Bugger?
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Zhoen commented on "piranesi ..."
Jul 6, 2019
The tools and locks draws me more than the expansive views. The detail and clarity appeal.
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Zhoen commented on "i've always loved maps without ever being able to grasp the complexities of making them ..."
May 19, 2019
These are all wonderful.

Ever read No Longer on the Map?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3299051-no-longer-on-the-map

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Unknown commented on "robert indiana ... iconographer"
Apr 28, 2019
Relevant? http://thisisdrivel.com/2018/08/26/love-and-art/
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Zhoen commented on "cristina garcia rodero"
Apr 21, 2019
Wow. She is magnificent.
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Rouchswalwe commented on "Matsuo Bashō ... poet of the little moments"
Apr 3, 2019
Arigatou for this, dear Tristan!
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Emily Shorette commented on "wanda ... it had never occured to me that the creator of such a silly book might be so beautiful and sensitive"
Mar 17, 2019
Tristan:

If you have a minute, I’d really appreciate it if you took a look at Emily’s Virtual Rocket. This is a serious newsblog which has been taken from e-newspapers and e-magazines from around the world, with an emphasis on transgender issues. Also, with his election, I look for articles which critique Donald Trump.

I hope you enjoy this. Please paste the following:

Emilysvirtualrocket.blogspot.com

If you like it, please consider putting it among your favorite blogs. I would greatly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Emily Shorette
thoreaugreen@gmail.com
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Zhoen commented on "cat stuff ... for a few months i have been sending cat pictures to a friend's facebook page ... i may as well assemble them here for a wider perspective ..."
Feb 9, 2019
Spectacular. And honored that one of them was a photo of mine, thank you.

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Rouchswalwe commented on "chip thomas ... photographer, artist & physician working for many years in the navajo reservation"
Jan 12, 2019
Stunning. Thank you so much for this, dear Tristan!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "masks"
Jan 12, 2019
Amazing!! More please!!
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Unknown commented on "chip thomas ... photographer, artist & physician working for many years in the navajo reservation"
Jan 9, 2019
I love them all, but the clouds with the laughing face is especially good!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "wimmin in white, part iv ... some time ago, on 27 june 2015, i started a wimmin in white blog ... it got outta hand and i stopped at 500 images ... wimmin in white part iii ( 23 JULY 2018 ) raeched 364 images ... wimmin in white part ii ( SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015 ) reached 625 images ... so its time to start anew ..."
Dec 25, 2018
Very nice in Weiß!!!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "masks"
Dec 25, 2018
Luvin' this post!!!
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Rouchswalwe commented on "noh robes ... want !"
Dec 25, 2018
Oooooo! Sugui! Many thanks for this, dearest Tristan! And Happy Christmas, too!!!
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Zhoen commented on "if i were teaching a class about religion then i'd be tempted to use philip larkin's poem, WATER ..."
Dec 5, 2018
The highest good is like water.
Water give life to the ten thousand things and does not strive.
It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao.


Tao te Ching, 8.
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Zhoen commented on "grayson perry's map of days, a mind-map like no other ... too big for my camera, especially in a confined space that is unevenly lit, and i can't find a completely legible image on-line ..."
Nov 3, 2018
Greyson is uniquely amazing.
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Rouchswalwe commented on "chris antemann ... the one and only ... i'd forgotten her meissen work until the topic of forbidden fruit arose in the previous blog ..."
Oct 29, 2018
Ach! I learn something new every day ... who know?!
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Unknown commented on "not because i like him, but out of morbid curiosity ... fidus ... real name hugo hoppener ... who was part of the culture that evolved into nazism"
Oct 23, 2018
Reminds me of William Blake.
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Zhoen commented on "symbolic icons in fillums"
Oct 10, 2018
I think symbolism needs a light touch, though. Heavy handed, obvious, unambiguous, symbolism... well.
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Zhoen commented on "strollers and swimmers panoramics ... during our first summer in tenby i've been out taking pictures ... i particularly enjoy learning to use the panoramic format my phone offers ..."
Oct 7, 2018
Gorgeous.
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Zhoen commented on "Soga Shohaku ... thought to be "mad" in his day."
Oct 2, 2018
Japan’s Hieronymus Bosch.
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Rouchswalwe commented on "flora"
Sep 26, 2018
Stunning!
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Zhoen commented on "i've always loved frank stella's "protractor" series of large prints/paintings ..."
Jul 28, 2018
They are impressive in person. In reproduction, not so much. The oversize scale makes a difference.
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Zhoen commented on "andrea kowch ... in no particular order"
Jul 16, 2018
A fellow Detroiter. And Michigander.
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Zhoen commented on "three months in tenby ... stuff since we moved"
Jul 16, 2018
Gorgeous. Thanks for the tour.

Love the plaid elephant.
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Zhoen commented on "i found the yellow brick road"
Jul 16, 2018
Not the song that came into my head, thankfully. Interesting.
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Zhoen commented on "a muse who transcends whatever it was you thought a muse should be"
Jun 5, 2018
Thank you, she's amazing.
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Zhoen commented on "spencer alley"
May 24, 2018
Although his women were... young men with ice-cream-scoop breasts stuck on. At best.
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Rouchswalwe commented on "schrodinger's old tom cat has probably appeared in this blog and on my facebook page enough times to fill a couple of calendars ... i'm just assembling some of his appearances here to chart his charismatic progress as the page three cat of our troubled times, innit ?"
Apr 24, 2018
Prost to 'old tom cat' ... I remember most of these! Meowww
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Rouchswalwe commented on "schrodinger's old tom cat has probably appeared in this blog and on my facebook page enough times to fill a couple of calendars ... i'm just assembling some of his appearances here to chart his charismatic progress as the page three cat of our troubled times, innit ?"
Dec 29, 2017
Oh, this makes me happy! I adore his curious little face and the way he walks.
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Rouchswalwe commented on "3BT"
Dec 15, 2017
Brilliant
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Lucy commented on "3BT"
Aug 5, 2017
I want to go to Lord Leighton's house now!
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Zhoen commented on "3BT"
Jul 29, 2017
(o)
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Rouchswalwe commented on "thrifty triceratopses ..."
Mar 3, 2017
oh my goodness ... this is wonderful, dear Tristan!
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la peregrina commented on "there'll be an exhibition of watercolours by john singer sargent next year at dulwich ... but if you can't wait, here are some images plundered from the internet ... file under easy when you know how"
Feb 23, 2017
I love his watercolors more than I do his oils, I think.
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la peregrina commented on "meg lawrence's blake window at felpham church ... i am gonna have to go back with a telephoto lens to study the upper half of the window, but here are a few shots for us to be going on with ..."
Feb 23, 2017
Beautiful. Are these windows both old ones and new ones?
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Jenny Woolf commented on "there'll be an exhibition of watercolours by john singer sargent next year at dulwich ... but if you can't wait, here are some images plundered from the internet ... file under easy when you know how"
Feb 23, 2017
Looks as if there are a lot of sketches, should be a lot more interesting than the society portraits in the last show of his work that I saw.
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Jenny Woolf commented on "temporarily fascinated by leonor fini ... her person, her art"
Feb 23, 2017
New to me but I will follow up.
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Rouchswalwe commented on "colin and sylvia soak up the afternoon sun"
Jan 2, 2017
Happy New Year, dear Tristan!
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Lucy commented on "colin and sylvia soak up the afternoon sun"
Jan 2, 2017
Treasure!

Happy New Year Tristan.
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Zhoen commented on "colin and sylvia soak up the afternoon sun"
Jan 2, 2017
So much.... gorgeous!
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Lucy commented on "3BT, 24th November 2016 ... no, there were 4 !"
Dec 19, 2016
Rapturous about raptors!
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Zhoen commented on "there'll be an exhibition of watercolours by john singer sargent next year at dulwich ... but if you can't wait, here are some images plundered from the internet ... file under easy when you know how"
Dec 10, 2016
Sent this to my husband, who also has a soft spot for Sargent. He sends his thanks in return.
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Zhoen commented on "there'll be an exhibition of watercolours by john singer sargent next year at dulwich ... but if you can't wait, here are some images plundered from the internet ... file under easy when you know how"
Dec 2, 2016
Fabulous, thank you.
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Zhoen commented on "3BT, 24th November 2016 ... no, there were 4 !"
Nov 24, 2016
Mole? Oh, wait, I thought you meant mo-le. the wonderful Mexican sauce...























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The Vicarello Goblet ... 25 BC to AD 25


 



































https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1966.371


This masterpiece of the Roman silversmith’s art is exquisitely worked in relief. 


The multifigure scene centers on a rustic shrine of the ithyphallic fertility god Priapus, son of Dionysos. 


He takes the form of a stylized boundary marker atop a column, where a woman seems to have brought him to life by touching him. 


To the left sits a table with votive offerings to the god. 


Flanking the shrine are a satyr and maenad, dancing ecstatically.




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Friday, October 6, 2023

a mind-bogglingly opulent illuminated bible from italy ... via the library of congress website ...





















































































































... to be continued ...


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Thursday, October 5, 2023

the astonishing david rumsey map collection ... and the man himself















https://www.davidrumsey.com/
















https://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2023/9/21/john-hessler-in-conversation-with-david-rumsey


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


if your graphics card can handle it, interact with a coronelli globe from the 1690s ...










https://www.davidrumsey.com/globes/coronelli-celestial-globe-1693


or, maybe ... navigate your way from guernsey to poole harbour using a chart printed in revolutionary france on 1799






















https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~352098~90119281:Carte-Reduite-De-La-Manche---Tom-3-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort&qvq=w4s:/where%2FEngland;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=28&trs=4077



they have recently developed an app that will find you a village on an old map










https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~284505~90057047:jarandilla-de-la-vera?annotIds=365976999%2C365977091%2C365977079%2C365976974



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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

a nice bit of 3245 year-old wall painting ...

 i hadn't realised that tutankhamun was only 19 years-old when he died ...










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Monday, October 2, 2023

A SOBER MEDITATION ON DEEP TIME AND FORGETFULNESS

DRACO CAMBRENSIS


A LIVING EXAMPLE OF HOW EVOLUTION AND MYTH ARE NATURALLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF ALL CULTURES,

and

HOW AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS DISCUSSION MIGHT BE THE HEALING ROLE OF FORGETFULNESS.





 






First, let us remember that Charles Darwin argued less for THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, and more for THE SURVIVAL OF THOSE SPECIES WHICH CAN BEST ADAPT TO CHANGE.

Nowadays, there are MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE who believe the various triceratopses became extinct in the great cataclysm 66 million years ago.  

THE WELSH KNOW BETTER.

Long before that terrible EXTINGUISHING METEOR STRIKE, long before the drifting continents had clashed but then separated, a whole sub-species of triceratops had been drawn to Wales by the INTOXICATING SCENT of the GIGANTIC LEEKS that carpeted the mountain sides and the SHOULDER-HIGH WILD GARLIC that had flourished in the woods and valleys during that halcyon period when the climate was so much kinder.

This offshoot species, DRACO CAMBRENSIS, lived in peace, their vigour and virility undiminished, EVEN refined as a matter of fact, grazing happily and paying attention to their personal hygiene by regular interludes of SEASONAL BATHING in the trout pools, and so at first they multiplied exponentially until the arrival of the first IBERIAN DRUIDS in about ONE MILLION BC.

Of course, even as the species multiplied, so their food sources had diminished, and THE CONSEQUENT DIMINUTION IN THEIR NATURAL STATURE was inevitable in the face of mass starvation.  Their only consolation during these years of hardship lay in communal song and so the hills echoed to their RESONANT HARMONIES, especially up in Cwm Rhondda.

Alas, ALL TOO SOON, the Druids were feasting on LEEK AND DINOSAUR PIE and so the supply of dinosaur fodder diminished even further and their opportunities for maintaining personal hygiene standards became intermittent as the hunters and trappers vied for fishing rights beside every pool.  This accelerated the species’ diminution.  

Only the smaller triceratopses were able to hide amongst the heather and bracken, and only the fattest of these could store enough energy to hibernate throughout the GREAT and LITTLE ICE AGES when the last and hardiest of their species were driven south into the few coastal margins and estuaries unscathed by the advancing glaciers.

Nowadays they still roam in packs through the undergrowth and have become increasingly elusive.  Only pure-blooded Welsh children with the brightest eyes and the most turned-up noses ever glimpse them, and in their innocence and naivety, have long believed them to be BABY DRAGONS NOURISHED WITH MAGIC MUSHROOMS … not Tudor Dragons nourished on the blood of Norman Invaders.  

Don’t you think it is the right time to re-design the sad travesty of medieval heraldic pomposity that festoons every Welsh flagpole ?   

Isn’t it time that DRACO CAMBRENSIS assumed his / her rightful hereditary status IN OUR GREAT NATION ?   Every true patriot surely agrees !

 
















... and we shouldn't forget there is a Welsh Dragon among the stars, somewhere above Tenby ...














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Sunday, October 1, 2023

The Amygdalae ... we all have them ... but there are surprising variations in size, structure, and function ...


 



































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


a lot of the basic characteristics of your personality are mediated here ...




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Thursday, September 28, 2023

Leonardo's so-called "Cartoon" ... hesitating on the borderline between Enigma and Allegory


 













Leonardo’s so-called cartoon … why did he keep it beside him ?  Why was it unfinished ? 

These questions continue to annoy me. 

First guess … he might have abandoned it to finish other paintings.

Second guess … he wasn’t sure HOW to finish it … he might have been undecided about the background … he was certainly undecided about the foreground.  He might have been “paralyzed” by a difficult choice.

Third guess … he hesitated to include imagery that might have been unacceptable to the church if it conflicted with their dogmatic adherence to the standard biblical narrative.  He might have wanted to depart from the Church’s conventional iconography in some small way.  In those days patrons and purchasers were inclined to specify and even dictate the details to be shown by the artist.  Strict contracts were often agreed by artist and patron.

The notes in Wikipedia are very helpful, but not fruitfully speculative.

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

The Cartoon’s vaguely sketched foreground intrigues me.  At first I never noticed it.  I think Leonardo hesitated because he had two or three choices. 

First Choice … It is possible a client wanted the Queen of Heaven to be royally shod as befitting her status.  In both versions of THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS Leonardo didn’t show her feet.

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

 

























Second Choice … if her feet were to rest on solid ground, then there would be the question of appropriate flowers and plants, or floor boards or flagstones, etc.

Third Choice … I like to think that the unshod foot and the vaguely drawn stones or pebbles in the foreground of The Cartoon were intended to be partly submerged in a crystal-clear stream … some kind of metaphor for the “River of Life”. 

For instance, water might offer a hint that one must dip one’s toe in the stream of life in order to reach one’s supposed destiny.  It might be that a stream would represent a moment of choice when one must either cross or turn aside.  Or ... it might only be that the Lady was just enjoying the sensual coolness of the water after a long walk.  I’m not sure such a simple human pleasure would have been on any client’s agenda back in those difficult times.

There is no reasonably strong justification for my suggestion, but this is the helpful advice I would have given Leonardo if he was well-and-truly, nail-bitingly stuck ... and if he’d asked me nicely, man-to-man.



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