Between 1916 and 1925, Paul Klee (BOTD 1879) created around 50 hand puppets for his son Felix; 30 survive. For the heads, the artist used materials from his own household including bones, electrical outlets, bristle brushes, springs, wire, leftover bits of fur and nutshells.

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The legendary Liv Ullmann turns 82 today! Here’s the wonderful interview did w/ her for our Ingmar Bergman issue back in 2018. https://t.co/3LE10auaqU

(artwork by )

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Happy Birthday Sir Jackanory! Illustrator extraordinaire for and so many more, our first Children's Laureate and lover of birds THE was 1932

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“Fear is the relinquishment of We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway.”

Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) in

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Writer Shirley Jackson was Dec. 14, 1916 Known for horror, mystery & "The Lottery" (1948). Wrote 6 novels, 2 memoirs, & over 200 short stories. Suffered from smoking, alcohol, pills, & Passed in 1965 (age 48) Cardiac arrest.

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https://t.co/ZCa5IrFHSV

『愛の妖精アニー・ベル』主題歌
1975
歌リンダ・リー
音楽ビクシオ、フリッツィ、テンペラ

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Jean-Luc Godard 1930
My Life to Live Vivre Sa Vie
Breathless À bout de souffle
Contempt
Pierrot le Fou
Love and Anger
Sympathy for the Devil
Alphaville
Made in U.S.A
Masculin Féminin
Weekend
Band of Outsiders
A Woman Is a Woman
https://t.co/CRnpDNjiSq

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Ridley Scott (1937), a director with a stunning visual style that helped produced amazing films like the horror classic Alien, the neo-noir sci fi thriller Blade Runner, the fantasy adventure of Legend, and his great road trip adventure Thelma & Louise.

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Alfred Schnittke in 1934: Requiem performed at

by Gérard DuBois (Dark was the Night)

https://t.co/khDbvAGtfI

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Terrence Vance Gilliam 1940...who should've directed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!

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Richard Pococke (1704-1765) painted by Jean-Etiènne Liotard (1740), in oriental costume. Courtesy of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire do la Ville de Genève 🧵👇#Travel

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"The line does not exist, it is already form. Shadow does not exist, it is already light."

Jacqueline Lamba (1910–1993) in

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Born on this day in 1877, William Hope Hodgson, author of the towering monument to cosmic horror, The House on the Borderland.

1980 Sphere edition. Cover art by Terry Oakes.

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