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Monday Memes

Temple of Himself: Artistic Object Lesson

Whenever he revisits something he believes he once understood – an idea, a book, someone’s life – he finds that not only has the thing changed, but the terms upon which he understood the thing have themselves changed, or disappeared, or lost their meaning. He no longer understands.

The Spectre of Chromatopia

COLOR: the universal solvent of all that is visible, and a sovereign remedy for melancholy. Abundant beyond measure, Color bathes the world, infusing all it touches with the eye’s blessing.

Pitcher Plant

This is one of a series celebrating and reinterpreting the glories of botanical subjects as portrayed in classic wood engravings.