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Uncanny and exquisite aesthetic
Sinister and gloomy art by Japanese artist Takato Yamamoto.
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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.
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"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.
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“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.
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Nuckelavee are among the most feared sea monsters on The Frontier. Resembling a skinless rider attached to a horse with a giant eye, this demonic creature is a plague spreader that can infect entire communities with its poisonous breath.
#WyrdWednesday
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —Only this, and nothing more."
Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven (1845 / Engraving), by Gustave Doré.
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Warm and cozy cottage aesthetic from the children's book of 1980s.
Illustration for Autumn Story (Brambly Hedge ), Jill Barklem
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