Tag Archives: Salvador dali

the devil in the details

An evolving sense of the devil. In the world of Hieronymous Bosch, synonymous with Northern Renaissance painting where in spite of joys and diversions the known world, the worldview is permeated with tragedy, malevolence and the mysterious. But leaping from … Continue reading

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don quixote: erasmian touches

Miguel de Cervantes own account of his captivity by Algerian pirates is borne out by a contemporary who, in a history of Algiers written before Don Quixote had made its author famous, tells us that: According to the testimony of … Continue reading

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homegrown or home blown: no name on the bullet

We wish to glorify War — the only health giver of the world — militarism, patriotism, the destructive arm of the Anarchist, the beautiful Ideas that kill, the contempt for woman. We wish to destroy the museums, the libraries, to … Continue reading

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eccentrics: ruling passions

…An eccentric, it has been said, is a logical person in an illogical world. Consider Sir George Fordyce, the nineteenth century British anatomist. Every afternoon at four he would eat his single meal of the day, a huge ingestion of … Continue reading

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near death: chasing down a soul

Neither our logical systems nor our senses are tuned to that world. In it, Hamlet’s “to be or not to be” simply dissolves, since it is a habit of quanta both to be and not to be. Here then, is … Continue reading

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crossing to ophir: who came first?

Who got here first? Refugees from Atlantis? Phoenicians piloting the children of Israel? Chinese? Egyptians? Or none of them? Is it possible to conceive of the unthinkable with regard to the discovery of America? In 1641 a Portuguese Jew named … Continue reading

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how sweet it was

by Art Chantry: the two great ones collaborating at last. nice album cover, too. this is from back in 1955 when gleason hired dali to design the cover for his record “lonesome echoes”. that’s the artwork used on the record … Continue reading

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the great ones

by Art Chantry: this is one of those ultra-famous vintage LP covers that never fails to surprise people when they see it. it’s from 1955 and it’s a cover by salvador dali! and what’s even more peculiar is that it’s … Continue reading

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collect the gag panels on them

by Art Chantry: this is something else i collect – little corporate booklets of cartoons. basically, big business likes to commission gag comix from cartoonists and publish them in their magazines and advertising. they think that means they ‘support the … Continue reading

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all fall down

Down the labyrinth with no idea how to get out. Seven ways to the center but only one route out. And at that center is a dichotomy; either a minoutaur lying in wait at the end of the journey or … Continue reading

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