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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 14/10/2026

We can afford no more at such a price.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

August Macke (German 1887-1914), Portrait with Apples, also known as Elisabeth with Apples, 1909. Oil on canvas, 66 cm × 59.5 cm (26 in × 23.4 in). Städtische Galerie (State Gallery), Lenbachhaus, Munich. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

relinquish this turbulence

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Museum Stories @museumstories.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

8 7/8 inches tall. Cast bronze. A dragon on top, holding the loop it hung from. It's a Korean temple bell, made for indoor Buddhist rituals in 1226. We know the year because whoever cast it wrote it into the metal.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order... I would talk to him about musical problems & he would sit at the piano & show me the answers by playing them. I could watch him play & find out the things I wanted to know." John Coltrane on Thelonious Monk, #BOTD.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Charles Piazzi Smyth, The Great Comet of 1843, N.d.

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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Remembering the incomparable Thelonious Sphere Monk born otd in 1917. 🎂 🎉🎈 Don't Blame Me youtu.be/KshrtLXBdl8?...

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dating to the early fourteenth century during the late Kamakura period (1185–1333), Japan, this sacred image represents Esoteric Buddhism’s (Mikkyō) vision of the Bodhisattva of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel and the Wheel of the Law.

Seated in a pose of contemplative ease (mahārājalīlāsana), this early fourteenth-century wooden sculpture of Nyoirin Kannon—the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in the form of Chintamanichakra—inclines its head gently to rest a right hand against its cheek, absorbed in profound meditation over the salvation of all sentient beings. The six-armed deity sits with the right knee raised and the sole of the foot pressed inward, its fluid, asymmetrical posture balancing supreme celestial authority with intimate, earthly accessibility. Luminous patches of gold leaf (haku) cling to the rounded contours of the torso, face, and tall, braided topknot, softening into the dark, burnished patina of the underlying lacquered cypress (hinoki). One right hand holds the wish-fulfilling jewel (nyoi-hōju) at its chest, while upper arms reach out to hold the wheel of the Law (hōrin) and stabilize the body against the earth. Intricate, microscopic geometric lace rendered in cut gold leaf (kirikane) glimmers along the hems of the flowing garments. The sculpture projects an intensely serene sensory atmosphere: the cool, porcelain-like touch of century-aged wood and smoothed lacquer, the faint, lingering scent of incense embedded in cypress grain, the soft glow of gilded surfaces in low light, and the profound, unbroken silence radiating from downcast, crystal-inlaid eyes.

The creation of such an icon exemplifies the supreme summit of Japanese Buddhist sculpture (busshi) and the spirit of monozukuri (artisanal mastery and sacred craft). Influenced by the realistic innovations of the Kamakura-period Kei school, the statue employs the joined-block wood technique (yosegi-zukuri), which allowed sculptors to hollow out the interior to prevent warping and insert realistic crystal eyes (gyokugan) from within the head.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 09/10/2026

While Elvis Presley has had many reimaginings in popular culture, Japanese noh theater might be a most unexpected context. Nonetheless, his ghost is coming to the stage in Tokyo on Oct. 10 and 11. www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For the "spooky season," I'll feature a Hallowtober deep-space object each week. Week one: the Wizard Nebula, a medieval sorcerer wearing a pointy hat and cloak. Younger astronomers often call it the Harry Potter Nebula. #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #longexposure #eastcoastkin #photography

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

'Ghosts' one of Paul Nash's illustrations for 'Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk' (1658). Its author, Thomas Browne, crafted many a funerary banger: "But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave" #SpookySunday

🎨 Hand coloured lithograph of ‘Ghosts’ (1932)

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Njal Nova @njalnova.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Long Light: Twenty Nordic Landscapes (1880–1920) 2. Akseli Gallen-Kallela – Mäntykoski Waterfall (1892–94, Finnish)

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Designated as a Japanese Important Cultural Property (Jūyō Bunkazai), this monumental sculpture represents Sho Kannon—the primary, unaugmented form of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva who "perceives the sounds and cries of the world".

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 01/10/2026

O barbarous and bloody spectacle!

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Takako Yamaguchi (Japanese, born 1952) Trap, 2024 Oil paint and metal leaf on canvas 60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Judith @zanzibarsunset.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Late September's blooms, Toad lilies and Japanese anemone

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

York-born poet W.H. Auden died on this day 1973 (photo by Jane Bown). On former lead mines of the north Pennines: In Rookhope I was first aware Of Self and Not-Self, Death and Dread: There I dropped pebbles, listened, heard The reservoir of darkness stirred.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Scans from “Nomads” by Itsuro Naraki. Naraki is a Japanese photographer whose work is deeply influenced by Robert Frank. These portraits show people Naraki met on the street between 1986 and 1994. The book is available for purchase at Pinakotheca Books. IG t.archivist

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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Remembering the incomparable Miles Davis who slipped into the cosmic ether otd in 1991. So What youtu.be/zqNTltOGh5c

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“A hospital alone shows what war is.” Erich Maria Remarque

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

20 September 1941 Dale Chihuly, American (1941- ), Salmon Blue Persian Set with Naples Yellow Lip Wraps, 2001, glass, 18 x 35 x 40 in, private collection

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This woodblock print, designed in 1861, is a celebrated portrait masterpiece by the late-Edo period ukiyo-e titan Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)

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M. Elwell Romancito @melwell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"A Rush of Wings," oil on panel by Melwell, 20x28 – Call Parsons Gallery of the West at +1-575-737-9200

An expressive oil painting titled A Rush of Wings, depicting a flock of black-and-white magpies in energetic flight over a golden field beneath a bright blue sky. The birds overlap and wheel in different directions, their boldly simplified wings creating a lively, almost rhythmic pattern across the textured surface. Purple-blue mountains form a low horizon in the distance, while loose violet marks animate the expansive sky.

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This beautiful sea fan is at the foot of a pinnacle at the dive site known as Da Bai Sha (Big White Sand), Green Island, Taiwan. #marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #island #taiwan #asia #eastcoastkin #photography

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武政諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Moths (2008) Available as art print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

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Judith @zanzibarsunset.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The view from my window, glorious September light

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Western Lens @planzing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trout Pond Meditation…

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Boom! A simply brilliant study of a pomegranate from Jacques le Moyne des Morgues. I mean, color, composition, wow. Today is his day.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

the kimono titled "U / Deep Space" (1999) by renowned Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota.

Exploding across the T-shaped canvas of heavy silk with dynamic energy, sweeping tendrils of solar gold and incandescent amber surge across the shoulders, set against a shimmering backdrop of ethereal ice-blue and deep celestial indigo. Downward along the body, the palette plunges into a fiery expanse of crimson, magenta, and rich violet. Thousands of puckered, three-dimensional tie-dye ringlets (shibori) cluster like miniature nebulae across the fabric, their raised ridges catching the light to yield an impression of swirling cosmic currents interlaced with delicate ink painting and shimmering metallic embroidery.

Created in 1999 by legendary textile master Itchiku Kubota (1917–2003), U ("Deep Space") represents a triumphant late work within his grand, lifelong vision, Symphony of Light. At age twenty, Kubota encountered a fragment of 16th-century tsujigahana—a lost Muromachi and Momoyama period textile art combining stitch tie-dyeing, ink drawing, and gold leaf that had vanished during the Edo era with the rise of yūzen hand-painting. After decades of devotion and wartime hardship, he reinvented the medium as Itchiku Tsujigahana. Operating at the absolute pinnacle of monozukuri (uncompromising craft discipline), Kubota treated the kimono not merely as attire, but as a continuous architectural screen. Achieving these complex gradations required an arduous cycle of capping, stitching (nui-shibori), repeated immersion dyeing in hot vats, ink application, and steam-setting upon thick, custom-woven silk crepe (chirimen).

Aesthetically, the work offers a sublime contemplation of yūgen—the profound, shadowed depth that hints at the unfathomable mysteries of the cosmos. Fully extended on its display frame, the monumental silhouette of the garment functions as a sacred kekkai (artistic boundary), mapping the grand forces of the macrocosm onto human proportions.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jean Cocteau and singer Charles Trenet congratulate Charles Aznavour after his triumph at the Alhambra in Paris, December 1960.

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A little elegy for my aunt from the October issue of @theatlantic.com. I am immensely grateful to Walt Hunter for giving it space on the shelf. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Judith @zanzibarsunset.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A late Caturday addition, Richard PB, ex garden cat who came in from the cold, and stayed

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Dr. David Pecotić @djp1974.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As for the usefulness of #poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The poet should speak to all men, for a moment, of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. - #EdithSitwell

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Beth Moon has made it her mission to document the biggest, oldest, and rarest trees in the world. The results speak to their age, but also the delicate duality of their existence. They appear powerful, but also vulnerable to the environmental elements and human intervention.

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Judith @zanzibarsunset.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is Stubbins (McStubbins to some), the household's elder gentleman, peacekeeper and friend to all.

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Western Lens @planzing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Near Cimarron, New Mexico…

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Tramonte's TrailPhotos @tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Another one of the interesting characters in the Bosc de Carlac forest in the Spanish Pyrenees, for #ThickTrunkTuesday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #trails #forests #WestCoastKin

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

And there are things that are hard to talk about—you'll rub off their marvelous pollen at the touch of a word. Nabokov, Letters to Véra, 1923

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Created in 1999 by Japanese modern woodblock master Nishida Tadashige (b. 1942), Shinki Itten (3) ("Change of Heart / A Fresh Start") stands as a captivating example of the artist’s celebrated feline series.

The print features a sleek black cat (kuro-neko) turning its body in a fluid, inquisitive twist to look back over its shoulder. Rendered in velvety, deep obsidian tones with subtle blue-grey highlights along its back, the cat’s lithe form creates a dramatic graphic silhouette. Its wide, amber-yellow eyes hold the viewer with startling intensity, capturing that quintessential feline state of sudden alertness—a fleeting pause where curiosity and poise converge.

Nishida’s composition offers a sophisticated interplay between traditional screen painting techniques and contemporary sōsaku-hanga printmaking aesthetics. The background is printed in rich, metallic gold reminiscent of Edo-period gilded folding screens (kin-byōbu), complete with a subtle wood-grain embossment (mokume-zuri) and delicate panel lines. Inscribed at the top in bold, calligraphic kanji is the four-character idiom (yojijukugo) Shinki Itten (心機一転)—translating to "a complete change of mind," "turning over a new leaf," or "a fresh perspective." The cat's physical pivot mirrors the literal meaning of the phrase, framing the animal's spontaneous glance as a philosophical metaphor for mental transformation and renewed awareness.

In Japanese artistic heritage, cats have long occupied a cherished and enigmatic space, from Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s playful Edo-period woodblocks to Hishida Shunsō’s iconic Meiji paintings. Nishida Tadashige honors this lineage while infusing it with clean, graphic modernity.

Aesthetically, the work relies on the striking contrast between the radiant, enduring warmth of the gold field and the soft, shadowy presence of the black cat, invoking the quiet mystery of yūgen. The animal's unstudied, graceful posture exemplifies iki—an effortless, refined stylishness rooted in urban sophistication.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 03/09/2026

"Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do (1997)." #WendellBerry

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Having worked, / I would sleep Wendell Berry

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In the evening there were flocks of nighthawks passing southward over the valley. The tall sunflowers stood, burning on their stalks to cold seed, by the still river. And high
up the birds rose into sight against the darkening clouds. They tossed themselves among the fading landscapes of the sky like rags, as in
abandonment to the summons their blood knew. And in my mind, where had stood a garden straining to the light, there grew
an acceptance of decline. Having worked, I would sleep, my leaves all dissolved in flight.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. —Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“I could die in peace, I think, if the world was beautiful. To know it's being ruined is hard.” Wendell Berry, RIP

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