ann
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Recovering X-er. Anxious American. Art, verse, music floozy. This account is a kind of diary. No DM. 🎨 (Love to Ukraine! 🇺🇦)
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François Schuiten, Shadow Of A Doubt (2000)
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
François Schuiten, Shadow Of A Doubt (2000)
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G.K. Chesterton
“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
G.K. Chesterton
“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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Egon Schiele, Girl Putting on Shoe (1910)
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Egon Schiele, Girl Putting on Shoe (1910)
Paul Jenkins, Untitled (watercolor, c. 1970)
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Paul Jenkins, Untitled (watercolor, c. 1970)
Kenne Grégoire, Serenade (acrylic on panel, 2013)
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Kenne Grégoire, Serenade (acrylic on panel, 2013)
Carlo Bertocci, Caffè latte (2017)
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Carlo Bertocci, Caffè latte (2017)
Sonja Haroldson, Untitled (colored pencil drawing, 2025)
(note: displayed at the Starbucks Reserve in Greenwich Village (1 7th Ave New York, NY)
(note: displayed at the Starbucks Reserve in Greenwich Village (1 7th Ave New York, NY)
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Sonja Haroldson, Untitled (colored pencil drawing, 2025)
(note: displayed at the Starbucks Reserve in Greenwich Village (1 7th Ave New York, NY)
(note: displayed at the Starbucks Reserve in Greenwich Village (1 7th Ave New York, NY)
Deborah Brown, "Noooo” (oil on canvas, 2021)
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Deborah Brown, "Noooo” (oil on canvas, 2021)
Leonora Carrington, Around Wall Street (or Portrait of Pablo in New York) (1973)
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Leonora Carrington, Around Wall Street (or Portrait of Pablo in New York) (1973)
America is waiting for a message of some sort or another…
Brian Eno + David Byrne, America Is Waiting (1981)
youtu.be/fMTi73h5B_U
Brian Eno + David Byrne, America Is Waiting (1981)
youtu.be/fMTi73h5B_U
America Is Waiting
YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
America is waiting for a message of some sort or another…
Brian Eno + David Byrne, America Is Waiting (1981)
youtu.be/fMTi73h5B_U
Brian Eno + David Byrne, America Is Waiting (1981)
youtu.be/fMTi73h5B_U
Gert and Uwe Tobias (b. 1973), Eulen (Owls) (woodcut on paper)
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gert and Uwe Tobias (b. 1973), Eulen (Owls) (woodcut on paper)
Isabella Kirkland, Edibles (oil and alkyd on polyester over panel, 2021)
(Artist note: "All of these insects (and some spiders) are eaten by people, somewhere around the world, in some form.")
(Artist note: "All of these insects (and some spiders) are eaten by people, somewhere around the world, in some form.")
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Isabella Kirkland, Edibles (oil and alkyd on polyester over panel, 2021)
(Artist note: "All of these insects (and some spiders) are eaten by people, somewhere around the world, in some form.")
(Artist note: "All of these insects (and some spiders) are eaten by people, somewhere around the world, in some form.")
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I am no advocate for entire seclusion. I think, on the contrary, when people shut themselves up entirely from society, it is a very bad thing;
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I am no advocate for entire seclusion. I think, on the contrary, when people shut themselves up entirely from society, it is a very bad thing;
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
Anna Syperek, Sugarloaf From The Mount (oil on canvas, 2010)
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Anna Syperek, Sugarloaf From The Mount (oil on canvas, 2010)
Alison Holt, The View From Above (free motion embroidery on hand painted silk)
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Alison Holt, The View From Above (free motion embroidery on hand painted silk)
Fabiola Gironi, Intertwined (oil on canvas, 2025)
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fabiola Gironi, Intertwined (oil on canvas, 2025)
Cindy Rizza, Mother (oil on linen)
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Cindy Rizza, Mother (oil on linen)
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you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils, because the boat is rocking like a cradle, and you are pitched one way and the other, without the slightest warning
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils, because the boat is rocking like a cradle, and you are pitched one way and the other, without the slightest warning
Jim Hodges, With The Wind (silk scarves and thread, 1997)
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Jim Hodges, With The Wind (silk scarves and thread, 1997)
Agnieszka Nienartowicz, Immaculata (after William-Adolphe Bouguereau) (oil on canvas, 2020)
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Agnieszka Nienartowicz, Immaculata (after William-Adolphe Bouguereau) (oil on canvas, 2020)
Sheila Kruger (collage)
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sheila Kruger (collage)
Lingrou Xie, Thorns (oil on canvas, 2024)
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Lingrou Xie, Thorns (oil on canvas, 2024)
Before the white chrysanthemum
the scissors
hesitate a moment.
Yosa Buson
the scissors
hesitate a moment.
Yosa Buson
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Before the white chrysanthemum
the scissors
hesitate a moment.
Yosa Buson
the scissors
hesitate a moment.
Yosa Buson
E.J. Hughes, Village Wharf (oil on canvas, 1956)
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
E.J. Hughes, Village Wharf (oil on canvas, 1956)