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Concept art by Brian Froud for The Dark Crystal (1982), depicting a pair of Gelfling astride Landstriders. (Left top)
Character sketches by Brian Froud for Jim Henson’s LABYRINTH (1986).(other pics)
#WyrdWednesday
"As I became a creature of the empty tunnels, survival became easier and more difficult all at once. . . My enemy was solitude, the interminable, incessant silence of hushed corridors." ― R.A. Salvatore, Exile
Art by Kristina Carroll
#dontgointothewoods
Uncanny and exquisite aesthetic
Sinister and gloomy art by Japanese artist Takato Yamamoto.
#ofdarkandmacabre #artwork
The Comet Book (1587), details, “16th-century treatise on comets, created anonymously (or maybe it was a woman who endured erasure) in Flanders”. Originally named in german Kometenbuch.
#BookWormSat
Swan Lake by Lisbeth Zwerger
“With a flash, the lake was bathed in a shimmering light, and before him stood the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
“I am the Swan Queen,” she said. “I am the swan that you tried to kill.”
#BookWormSat
"Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest."
Beatrix Potter,creator of the beloved tale of Peter Rabbit, the book, which was also illustrated by Potter.
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Indrajit, a rakshasa in the Indian epic Ramayana ,acquired many kinds of celestial weapons from his Guru Shukra to defeat the Gods (Devas) in heaven. Using Brahmastra, Indrajit killed 670 million monkey-like people living in forests.
#MythologyMonday
“The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.”
- Lord Byron
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“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.”
Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009)
Art : Anna Berg (Swedish, 1875 - 1950): Winter garden (via Bukowskis)
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Alps , the nocturnal imp in Germanic myths ,cause sleep paralysis by sitting on sleeping persons chests and are sometimes blamed for visions of sleep paralysis demons. They ride on a ghost like horse to get to many people during the night.
#MythologyMonday