Thursday, March 27, 2008

Anna Akhmatova part II


Anna was so cool that Modigliani took her as his muse.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Too True

"There are only two things that can destroy a healthy man: love trouble, ambition, and financial catastrophe. And that is already three things, and there are a lot more." --Peter Altenberg, Fechsung

Joseph Cornell I Love You Really I Do





he often conceived of his boxes as love letters sending them to stars of the stage and screen

Ralph Goings




hey all you snobs, i love photorealism. also, ketchup.

Steller's Sea Cow



Sometimes I feel like an extinct animal. This is Steller's Sea Cow drawn by Georg Steller himself. Between you and me, I would not be smiling placidly if my subcutaneous fat were used as a butter substitute.

Anna Akhmatova



well, if you're going to be a tragic genius, get your heart broken all over the place, suffer physical and artistic persecution from your government and stuff, might as well do it looking like this

Saturday, March 22, 2008

A B C X X X



Censorship is bad, but these pictures of censored books are kind of nice.