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"My admiration for him is total. I consider him a great artist, as great as Picasso and Matisse" ( Federico Fellini)
Master graphic novel artist and major influencer of all things fantastic Moebius died #OTD 2012 in Paris
#WyrdWednesday
@Corvuscorax81 Same... or the somewhat self-referential "Hoard of Dragons"...
@Corvuscorax81 For most of us... that's why I took this one as key visual instead of e.g. the "Hoard of Bison Plushies"... even though I personally find the latter quite appealing as well :-)
"Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave?" (Shakespeare)
Since dragons and treasure go together so well - here are some uncommon dragon hoards by Iguanamouth. More on:
https://t.co/IVtTpTwMB1
#MythologyMonday
Your weekly Wunderkammer #SuperstitionSat safety advice
To prevent your selkie spouse from pining for the sea and wander the coastline, singing heart-wrenching laments, don't steal his or her seal skins!
Thank you. Spit thrice, touch cold iron and be safe.
"Open your eyes at last and see... now I will open the book of the world for you, there are no words in it, just pictures"
Expressionist artist, poet, & playwright Oskar Kokoschka was born #OTD 1886 in Pöchlarn, Austria
🖼️ "Bride of the Wind" (Die Windsbraut, 1913)
"There is in him a stunning, almost mad, absence of two major presences in modern art: theory and cities" (John Updike)
New England poet of the sea Winslow Homer was born #OTD 1836 in Boston
"As I was walkin' all alane
I heard twa corbies makin' mane
The 'tain unto the tither say, o
"Where shall we gang and dine the day, o
Where shall we gang and dine the day?"
"Twa Corbies" (two ravens) tells a grim tale of said birds feasting on a slain knight
#FairyTaleTuesday
‘Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,’
The shade replied,—
‘If you seek for Eldorado!’ (Edgar Allan Poe)
Dulac's take on Poe's moribund knight questing for fabled places
#MythologyMonday