Magnificently Elegant, Elegantly Simple! 👏😍🙏

What a striking image!!

“Swimming in Crimson” - Two boys contrast against the surreal red of Lake Retba, a natural marvel in Senegal known for its vivid hue.

#timeless wisdom Words to Live By

This is a fascinating story on multiple levels!! 😎

Painted on a thin plate of ivory just 2.6 x 3.1 inches, this “self-portrait” of the painter Sarah Goodridge’s breasts was given (as a kind of “proto-sext”?) to the recently widowed US senator Daniel Webster in 1828. ⁠

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It is a painting so seductive, so intriguing, we cannot help but want to know the story behind it. Adding to the seductiveness is the fact that these pale breasts encircled by a swirl of cloth, painted on a thin plate of ivory 2.6 inches high and 3.1 inches long, belonged to the woman who painted them: an accomplished miniaturist named Sarah Goodridge (b. 1788). Adding to the intrigue is the fact that Goodridge sent this particular miniature (enclosed in a leather case that could be closed with two clasps) to the recently widowed United States senator Daniel Webster in 1828….

Continue Reading: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sarah-goodridges-beauty-revealed-1828

We always knew that’s what Bond was REALLY saying, but you couldn’t say that in a film made in the ‘60’s! 😉

#politics #political #government 

Forced Confessions

Just a quick note. 

Don’t believe when the terrorist organization occupying Iran claims that so-and-so confessed to murder or injuring a Basiji. 

Majidreza was tortured. In every photo following his arrest, his arm was broken and he looked like he was beaten. These are FORCED confessions. When you’re being tortured, you’ll say anything to make it stop. 

And if you hear or read anyone claim otherwise, please say something. Do not let this terrorist organization perpetuate lies about our heroes.

This is a work of art…both the photo AND the woman! 🔥😍👌

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I've read some protestors were already sentenced to death. I'm not sure if these are final verdicts and if they will be executed. Still, the threat is quite real. Only international attention might prevent the Islamic Republic from executing these young people.

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Reminds me of Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus!”

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MoC

Gotta love her!!

Marissa Tomei