Venus In The Grotto

In 1882, Oscar Wilde went on a lecture tour of the United States. When he was entering America, the Customs officer asked him: ‘Do you have anything to declare?’ Wilde answered: ‘I have nothing to declare but my genius.’ When he left America, he said: ‘I have civilised America.’

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The Monster at the End of this Book, 1971 Written by Jon Stone Illustrated by Michael Smollin

Is the essay available in english?

“PANI” 06/2014 Come off it!  Illustration for psychological essay by Zyta Rudzka about mood swings and tendency for exaggeration amongst women.  © GOSIA HERBA 2014

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I’ve been thankin’, I’ve been thankin’.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray (via theredmatinee)

The Joy of a Hell of a Life

The joy of life (1906), Henri Matisse / Hell of a Life, Kanye West

Italo Calvino

Luke O’Sullivan’s Fantastical Urban Environments.

Artist Luke O’Sullivan goes beneath the surface of his neo-noir metropolises discovering a subterranean world alive with wonderful curiosity.  The work, inspired by sci-fi films to classic video games, reminds me of two dimensional drawings I myself would create as a youngster; absolutely sure that there was an entire world hiding beneath the soil.  Luke’s work takes me right back to that childhood dreamland and that’s just what good art is suppose to do.

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