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From the series “Fractal State of Being” © Sara S. Teigen

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Case for a Book, possibly belonging to a bishop, French (?), 15th Century

From the Met Museum

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Sweet chestnut leaf with gold calligraphic inscription, Turkey, 19th century

The leaf is inscribed with a Qur’anic verse from Surat al-Isra’ (“The Night Journey,” Q17:80): “And say, ‘Lord grant me a good entrance and a goodly exit, and sustain me with Your power.”

Aga Khan Museum

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EATEN ALIVE!! I don't think about stuff much anymore

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Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Japanese, ca. 1615–1868 (Edo period)

Met Museum

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"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

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in a parasocial relationship with the 5,200 year old corpse otzi the iceman

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Carol Schell Letosky Since everyone loved the deer photo I thought I’d share the rest I took these this morning! Playing in the Tuscarawas river!

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Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun

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A sunlit cascade, Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming

© gif by riverwindphotography, April 2023

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