“His wit’s as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard.” Henry IV Part 2 (Act 2, Scene 4) #ShakespeareSunday

“ #Words are the most subtle %symbols which we possess and our human fabric depends on them. The living and radical nature of %language is something which we forget at our peril.” - #IrisMurdoch

So beautiful together...💙 youtube.com/watch?v=pLfH...

"Your thought sees power in armies, cannons, battleships, submarines, aeroplanes, and poison gas. But mine asserts that power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end." ~ Kahlil Gibran, "Your Thought and Mine."

I read this book because I adore @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social’s work & I loved this book because of his writing & what he’s done here. I now see more kindness in #Schopenhauer & his ideas than I thought possible. Congrats @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social #Philsky #booksky

Selected images of Paris. 1938. Fritz Henle.

Good night, dear friends. It looks like we won’t get a chance to sleep tonight—we’re heading to a short rest instead. Please don’t ignore the air alert. Stay safe. Stay alive. Hopefully see you tomorrow.

Share one of your favourite film posters...🎬 Metropolis" (1927), Directed by Fritz Lang. #FilmSky

Hello LES GENS Vendredi, 17:58 - Bonne soirée - Good evening - Schönen Abend - Buenas noches - Buona sera - Boa tarde #PortezVous bien

Racism is and has always been central to fascist political ideology.

You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise... ~ Maya Angelou ~ #PoetrySky Still I Rise | The Poetry Foundation share.google/jw85PHw0WnuV...

Working in both oil and watercolor, Joseph Alleman's paintings have become recognized and collected for their visionary portrayals of the Contemporary American West. Residing in Northern Utah, Joseph finds a great deal of inspiration in the regions land, towns, and people which make it unique.

"Tell me you're an elitist, without really telling me." 😂 The Dowager Countess (the incomparable Maggie Smith) asks, "What is a weekend?" when Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) mentions it in a conversation. youtu.be/4KBAXMpklDU?...

Don't Give Up (feat. Kate Bush) by Peter Gabriel www.shazam.com/track/518562...

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." Marie Skłodowska Curie, (1867~1934) 🔬📚 #WomeninScience

Caspar David Friedrich, German, Romantic Painter (1774-1840). 'Two Men Contemplating the Moon' (c.1825-1830). Oil on canvas.

"The movie never changes. It can't change. But every time you see it, it seems different because you're different. You see different things." 🎬 (James Cole, Bruce Willis) #FilmSky

Vaccines have saved more human lives than any other medical invention in history... www.who.int/news-room/sp...

People will come and go in your life, but the person in the mirror will be there forever. Be good to that person. Love that person🩶

Barbara Sukowa gives a brilliant performance as Rosa Luxemburg (1986) 🎬🌟 "Who does not move, does not feel his chains." Wer sich nicht bewegt, der spürt seine Fesseln nicht. ~ Rosa Luxemburg ~ (1871~1919) #FilmSky

“More of your conversation would infect my brain.” Coriolanus, (Act 2, Scene 1). #ShakespeareSunday

. One more for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Clouds. I loved the almost steampunk vibe of these normally quite unattractive fuel storage tanks. Also from 2023. #EastCoastKin #monochrome #ClassicMono #photography #blackandwhitephotography #Montana

To deal with the winter cold, share one of your favourite winter movies! 🎬🌟 #FilmSky youtu.be/7N44F9VZjkY?...

'Preparing London for the Summer: Exhibition Road, South Kensington' (from The Graphic, 23 April 1927) by Stanley Roy Badmin chrisbeetles.com/artwork/4283...

A great selection of films: 'Sorcerer' (1977) Directed by William Friedkin, is an amazing film, starring one of my favourite actors Roy Scheider. 🎬 #FilmSky 10 Greatest Action Thrillers of the Last 50 Years, Ranked share.google/qM5yWGARS62q...

Peder Mørk Mønsted, Danish painter, 1859-1941. To unge mennesker i en robåd på Sæby Å. (Two young persons in a rowing boat on Sæby Å), 1913. Oil on canvas. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Marianne Gram Hansen | Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers

Solitude at sunrise. A magical morning on Glastonbury Tor. Photo taken today at sunrise.

Modern Times (1936), Starring Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard.

@leemeade.bsky.social What an amazing match. Carlos Alcaraz is an exceptional player. 🎾 #AussieOpen

"I don't know if we have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental —like on a breeze, but I think maybe it's both.” “Some people don’t think miracles happen; well, they do.” " I am not a smart man, but I know what love is." ~ Forrest Gump ~ (1994) 🎬 #FilmSky

It is no accident that the purveyors of hate have moved to take control of major news and social media platforms through a combination of money and pressure tactics, and to discredit and defund those they can’t control...

"It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build." 🕊️ ~ Nelson Mandela ~ (1918~2013)

"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Howard Beale (Peter Finch), Network (1976) directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky.🎬 #FilmSky

Sunset 😊 Baltic Sea Latvia 🇱🇻 #Sunset #BalticSea #Latvia #Sun

marc riboud #streetphoto #moscow #winter #monochrome

Shankill Road, Belfast (1989) Photo: Gilles Peress / International Center of Photography

"Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently." Rosa Luxemburg, (1871~1919) From her 1918 essay, The Russian Revolution, written while she was in prison.

"When I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more." — Anne Frank, 1942. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Photo by Jay Smith©️ | Cloud Appreciation Society

Aerial View of Notre Dame, Paris #Winter #Paris #NotreDame

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“No major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities since World War II,” the study said. "Only the dead have seen the end of war." George Santayana, Soliloquies in England & Later Soliloquies (1922). www.csis.org/analysis/rus...

Use this post as an excuse to post one of your favourite characters. 🎬 "I need a large Whisky and a Psychiatrist!"🥃

"Great art is the outward expression of an inner life of the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.” ~ Edward Hopper ~ American Painter and Graphic Artist (1882~1967) At the Window - (1940) Oil on Canvas.

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"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." Marie Skłodowska Curie, (1867~1934) #WomeninScience

‘St Paul’s gyratory transformation project’ definitely sounds like a bishop with a hula hoop is involved.

Good evening! This week's theme is London Illustrated. ----- 'St Paul's Cathedral and the slums' (from 'London: A Pilgrimage', 1872) by Gustav Doré

Paul Evans is one of the most successful contemporary landscape painters in Britain, recognized for his ability to capture the "quiet drama" of nature. His work focuses on the British countryside and coastlines. He is known for capturing seasonal changes, particularly winter scenes and sunsets.

With each stroke, let go of the past and pull yourself into the present moment.