"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." ~Oscar Wilde
A few more of the Iris prints (Japanese, circa 1910).
1) The Mirror of Yedo (Yedo Kagami)
2) The Feather of a Big Bird (Otorige)
3) The Faithful Wild Fowl (Kigaunomisao
4) The Singing Bird (Meiran)
5) The Wave of Eternity (Congratulatory) (Bandainonami)
6) Flower of Hollyhock (Hana-Aoi)
7) Wave on a Rugged Shore (Isononami)
8) The Still Pool (Oyodo)
9) Tiger’s Dance (Tora-Odori)
10) Enjoyment in Peace (Taiheiraku)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Catalog Photo
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Try to be better than yourself.
House in Estrela / Aires Mateus
ph: João Guimarães, Francesco Martello
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“Yes, in winter there must be / some healing,”— Bella Akhmadulina, from “Winter” (tr. Geoffrey Dutton and Igor Mezhakoff-Koriakin)
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Kiss me, so I remember how.
