Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. - Albert Camus

No hope, no fear. -the motto of Caravaggio, post Renaissance artist (1574 - 1610)

We are living in an era of premeditation and perfect crimes. Our criminals are no longer helpless children. No, they are adults, and they have a perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for anything, even transforming murderers into judges. - Albert Camus

Happy Caturday 🐈

📷 William Eggleston.

We are going from emptiness to emptiness. -said yesterday by an unidentified Palestinian woman returning to the north of Gaza. Lithograph by Anne Philipson.

Portrait of my father. 🎨 Stephen Kaltenbach. (close-ups in lower shots)

No, we're never gonna survive Unless we get a little crazy. - Seal

Three Flags. 1958. 🎨 Jasper Johns.

📷 Rudi Meisel.

RIP David Lynch 🌹

🎨 Mark Leen.

A writer's life is a dog's life, but it's the only life. - Gustave Flaubert 🎨 Karlotta Freier.

You, shut your mouth, How can you say I go about things the wrong way. I am human And I need to be loved, Just like everybody else does. - The Smiths

📷 Flore Scholte.

Underwater Multiverse. 📷 Gabriel Holguín.

I want to be Under the sea In an octopus's garden In the shade. - The Beatles

📷 Robert Mapplethorpe.

A painting should convey the sensation without the boredom of it's conveyance. - Francis Bacon

📷 Tim Graul.

The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state that the dog is full of love. I've also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest. - Ogden Nash

James Joyce and Sylvia Beech in the open doorway to Shakespeare & Co. Paris, 1922.

Hello Bluesky. I'm newly arrived in the neighborhood, having escaped the Hottentot stench of he whose name sounds like a newfangled nerve agent. Already my spirit feels lighter, and I'm greatly looking forward to making many new friends here. Artwork by Inka Essenhigh.