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Merry Christmas Mark.
December 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Merry Christmas Mark.
Forgive my impertinence, but I liked this composition too.
December 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Forgive my impertinence, but I liked this composition too.
Brought to mind David Hockney's recent digital work.
The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Brought to mind David Hockney's recent digital work.
The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
He was off to have tea with Ratty, Mole, and Badger.
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
He was off to have tea with Ratty, Mole, and Badger.
Anticipatory hiraeth.
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Anticipatory hiraeth.
Apparently the artist, Phillipa Jacobs, used to live there. This is from 2010:
news.bbc.co.uk/local/northw...
news.bbc.co.uk/local/northw...
BBC - Artist profile: Philippa Jacobs
news.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apparently the artist, Phillipa Jacobs, used to live there. This is from 2010:
news.bbc.co.uk/local/northw...
news.bbc.co.uk/local/northw...
Suspicious. Definitely a ghost.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Suspicious. Definitely a ghost.
Sounds like the opening to a ghost story. Did you speak to him to make sure he was real?
December 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sounds like the opening to a ghost story. Did you speak to him to make sure he was real?
That's her dating profile photo sorted. :)
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
That's her dating profile photo sorted. :)
You should splatter yourself with wet clay before the event. Maybe daub your face with streaks of glaze for added effect.
December 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
You should splatter yourself with wet clay before the event. Maybe daub your face with streaks of glaze for added effect.
A proposed reconstruction from the British Museum, providing an explanation for the ridges on the back. Looks like a knuckleduster to me.
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A proposed reconstruction from the British Museum, providing an explanation for the ridges on the back. Looks like a knuckleduster to me.
The six ages of woman.
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The six ages of woman.
I don't think it captures the full positivity of his thumb.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I don't think it captures the full positivity of his thumb.
You wouldn't be making baby noises if it bit your fingers off would you? Be more careful next time.
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
You wouldn't be making baby noises if it bit your fingers off would you? Be more careful next time.
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these archivists from the swift completion of their appointed duties.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these archivists from the swift completion of their appointed duties.
Love the matched pair in the center.
October 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Love the matched pair in the center.
It seems he painted this bridge many, many times, from all angles and times of day. Made me think of Cezanne and Mont Sainte-Victoire.
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It seems he painted this bridge many, many times, from all angles and times of day. Made me think of Cezanne and Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Not sure on the "nub".
But while we're at it, that looks like a slot on the top of its head. Are we sure this wasn't a piggy bank?
But while we're at it, that looks like a slot on the top of its head. Are we sure this wasn't a piggy bank?
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Not sure on the "nub".
But while we're at it, that looks like a slot on the top of its head. Are we sure this wasn't a piggy bank?
But while we're at it, that looks like a slot on the top of its head. Are we sure this wasn't a piggy bank?
Very interesting. It's curious that he, as a geneticist, plays down the role of inheritance in his own obvious intelligence - his father was a Nobel prize winner but never acknowledged him as his son.
October 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Very interesting. It's curious that he, as a geneticist, plays down the role of inheritance in his own obvious intelligence - his father was a Nobel prize winner but never acknowledged him as his son.
At first I thought it was a scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
At first I thought it was a scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Maybe they can put these to good use?
October 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Maybe they can put these to good use?
The full poem. I love the last two lines:
But stars from night their lustre borrow,
And hearts are closer twined by sorrow.
But stars from night their lustre borrow,
And hearts are closer twined by sorrow.
October 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The full poem. I love the last two lines:
But stars from night their lustre borrow,
And hearts are closer twined by sorrow.
But stars from night their lustre borrow,
And hearts are closer twined by sorrow.
Seems a little churlish for Hopper to have denied the influence of Lewis, as he apparently did.
September 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Seems a little churlish for Hopper to have denied the influence of Lewis, as he apparently did.
