The Black Dot On The Upper Left Is Mercury Passing In Front Of The Sun

How to Attract the Wombat, Will Cuppy, 1949

Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn’t here yet, whatever it’s going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That’s it.

Renaissance-style necklace, 1905, France.

A giant helium balloon bearing the face of an ojisan (middle-aged man) appeared in the sky in Utsunomiya on Sunday, in an event organized by the Utsunomiya Museum of Art to bring artwork to the public outside museums.

The balloon measures 15 meters in diameter and features the face of a man who lives in the city. The man was selected from 218 applicants.

Antonia dancing in the flames - one of the most striking images from Powell and Pressburger’s The Tales of Hoffmann.

Say what you mean and mean what you say because the people that matter don’t mind and the people that mind don’t matter.

Dr. Seuss (via smilingspider)

Sketches on war by German painter Otto Dix

Unknown Artist

Portrait of a Lady, 1490 (detail)  

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