“In each picture is a whole lifetime imprisoned, a whole lifetime of fears, doubts, hopes, and joys. Whither is this lifetime tending? What is the message of the competent artist? … To harmonize the whole is the task of art” – Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art Pavel Tchelitchew (1898, Moscow – … Continue … Read more
In 1937 Fred Harris had a small shop in Sussex Street, Sydney. Sailors provided most of the canvases for Fred’s skin paintings but he also tattooed horses on jockeys, flowers on legs and women with beauty spots. Among the more popular tattoos were Australian flags and Kangaroos for sailors of the visiting American Fleet. The … Read more
For what we do presage is not in grosse, For we are brethren of the Rosie Crosse; We have the Mason Word and second sight, Things for to come we can foretell aright. — Henry Adamson, The Muses’ Threnodie (Perth, Scotland, 1638) These pages are from the work ‘Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians from … Continue … Read more
The cartoonist’s job is to seek truth and skewer prejudices of every sort. Martini savages humanity with a sharp, dirty, disgusting and ebullient wit.#Danza #Macabra #Europea #Alberto #Martinis #Depraved #World #War #Postcards #Flashbak
Photos Of Johnny Cash And June Carter At Folsom Prison#Photos #Johnny #Cash #June #Carter #Folsom #Prison #Flashbak
Jaw-Dropping Christian Ephemera From The 20th Century#JawDropping #Christian #Ephemera #20th #Century #Flashbak