Ballcourt hoop, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, 900-1250 CE. Rings through which players had to pass the rubber ball. It has a pair of feathered rattlesnakes whose undulating bodies intertwine around six concentric circles. The motif may express the metaphor of cyclical time of the underworld, life and death

The Garden Terrace at Les Lauves, 1906 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13533

Can you believe it's just oil paint on flat panels? Almost miraculous. Annunciation as trompe l'oeil sculpture by Jan van Eyck, d. OTD 1441.

funny how that works

This brief somewhere in some way beyond

#ARGvsCBO The Aguada culture flourished in early medieval Argentina but suddenly collapsed in ~1000, in part due to repeated forest fires. They had a complex social structure, with a religion involving pyramid construction and human sacrifice. The yaguareté (jaguar) represented power and status.

Just after the battle of Gettysburg, Lt. Frank Haskell of Wisconsin set down his memories of the fight as he had witnessed it from his perspective as a division commander’s aide de camp. I like to revisit it every year because of the way Haskell uses his words to paint a vivid picture for the reader

The Last Museum has cataloged 5.8 million artworks from old masters to obscure comics, and it's the kind of site that eats an afternoon.

Up With Person.

˜ all we do in life we cast shadows as we go and then we move on ˜ #haiku #spiritualhaiku

A wooden statue of the priest Baozhi with the inner Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, manifesting from within at the moment when he reaches enlightenment: his earthly shell opens, revealing to the light his true essence - Buddha. #buddha #buddhism #Japan #baozhi #heianperiod #11thcentury #enlightenment

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. ~Albert Einstein

'The skull of an ancient Greek girl buried with a crown of ceramic flowers, 400-300 BCE, now housed at the Archaeological Museum of Patras in Greece' greekreporter.com/2025/07/29/a...

Morning folks! Have a great Sunday 🌞

The canopy that once formed part of the medieval shrine of St. Edburg - a 7th century Anglo-Saxon saint. It was rescued from Bicester Priory during the Dissolution, and is now located in St. Michael’s Church at Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday

Masterpiece: ceramic Guaytán Bowl, Maya, 600-900 CE, from San Agustín Acasaguastlán, El Progreso, Guatemala. The exterior surface features extremely complex carving that shows human figures intertwined with mythological creatures, deities, and serpentine elements characteristic of Mayan cosmology.

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Detail from an ivory box (1250 BC). It depicts a goddess as a mistress of animals, possibly Astarte or Asherah, flanked by two mountain goats. From Mīna al-Bayḍā near Ras Shamra (Ugarit), Syria. (13.7x12cm) Louvre Museum, Paris 🇫🇷 #archaeohistories

I really like Hockney's photo collages.

We've had the World Cup for about 6 hours and we've already gotten a generational meme Credit: www.reddit.com/r/WatchPeopl...

When I’m fully dissociated and I forget to put on my active listening face

Funerary urn of Pitao Cocijo, the rain god, an important deity of the Zapotec in Monte Alban Oaxaca. The elements of the rain god: a mouth mask, circular goggles, a forked tongue that resembles a lightning bolt, a large headdress decorated with sacred glyphs linked to water and fertility. 200-800CE.

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77-Year Old Ball Dude, Web Gem

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Whistling Water Jar with a sculpted Cat Nazca Civilization, Ancient Peru, 1st-8th Century A.D. Ceramic #MenWithCats

When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans. Marcus Aurelius, meditations, book 7, 65

hands rise into hush I #presume your name is light guiding every wish #Haikufeels #Poetry #ShortPoem

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Reminder: All experiences you encounter shape you to be the highest version of yourself. You are equipped with all the tools you need to walk through this experience with dignity and grace. You trust and believe that everything is always working out for your highest good. I'm proud of you

Japanese National Living Treasure Kawase Hasui’s woodblock print of waves crashing on the rocky coast below a soft dawn sky (Morning at Cape Inubo, 1931)

I meant to bring this up yesterday but....remember that time how I told you that France was able to re-institute slavery on the island after it had been abolished? I've had 5 months to deep dive into this, and this woman is at the climax. They killed her, but why....is the best part of the story

The Approach by John Stezake

life is tough at times may we live purposefully with an open heart #haiku

Vivi Silveira is a ceramics artist from Mata Ortiz,in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico #WomensArt

The muqarnas ceiling at the Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran.

Amazing footage of Babe Ruth hitting a HR during a Boston #Braves vs. Newark Bears exhibition game in New Jersey! (1935) #MLB #History

Introduce yourself with 10 bands / musicians you've seen live Aerosmith INXS Primus Skankin Pickle Babes in Toyland Joan Baez Ani Difranco The Other Ones The Warlocks of Tokyo Niyaz

Ragnar Ungern (Finnish, 1885–1955) Apple blossom, 1944 Oil on board 13 x 12 cm. (5.1 x 4.7 in.) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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@rejectednytwords.bsky.social tule. East coast bias.

Richard Calver (Canadian Artist, 1946–2021) "Dandelions Rejoicing", 1989. Color Linocut on Paper, 45.7 × 33.7 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

The packages and signs state a price for a “12oz pack of cheese” and he finds almost all of them are 1-5ozs light. It has been awhile since I’ve looked closely at any grocery store weights and prices but I’m about to be a grocery store detective. www.instagram.com/reel/DYZ3Iqe...

may we develop compassion for all beings for self and others life on earth is tough that is one of the blessings of incarnation #haiku

Reminder: How you feel matters. How you make other people feel matters. When things become too much, you will take a moment and breathe. Center yourself. You can find peaceful meaning from anything. You can find beauty in anything. You are fully here. I'm proud of you

In our research in the British Library's medieval collections, we have identified a previously unnoticed document that provides fresh insights into the survivors of the outbreak of plague known as the Black Death (1346–53). The document—a scrap of parchment inserted into an account of the Ramsey