Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall
She walks by the railing of a path in Kensington Gardens,
And she is dying piece-meal
of a sort of emotional anemia.
And round about there is a rabble
Of the filthy, sturdy, unkillable infants of the very poor.
They shall inherit the earth.
In her is the end of breeding.
Her boredom is exquisite and excessive.
She would like some one to speak to her,
And is almost afraid that I
will commit that indiscretion.
Illumination from Hildegard von Bingen’s Liber Divinorum Operum.
See also: La Cité des Dames.
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This is just magical.
Introducing: The Political Cartoon Bingo!
Yes, this is biased agianst conservative cartoons, but then again, so is decency, good writing, and reality.
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There is a high probability that Chaucer, on his travels, actually met Petrarch and Boccaccio. Too bad Dante was dead at the time.
You gave me the best and brightest moments of my life, yet my world was brighter before you came and went.
nypl:
In honor of the first Caturday in February, we’re sharing this 1898 Edward Penfield lithograph, which is currently in our Art and Architecture Collection (part of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs). The image encourages a love of both cats and reading, so it’s really a win-win for us. Enjoy!
NASA has just released these truly delicious 64-megapixel photos of our lovely planet.
The images weigh in at a lofty 8000x8000 pixels. We can almost make out the Photojojo office!
NASA’s64 Megapixel Photos of Earth
[See it full size]
So incredibly beautiful.
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