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Sopheap Pich (Cambodian-American, b. 1971) - Green Stripes in Dark Circle, bamboo, rattan, metal wire, burlap, plastics, 200.0 x 200.0 x 10.0 cm (2014)

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From an interview with Ursula K Le Guin

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Alex Colville ‘Family and Rainstorm’ 1955

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Tô Ngọc Vân, Les Brodeuses, 1932

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Ants marching in a death spiral By: AMNH From: The Science of Zoology 1966

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Found this randomly on a walk. I didn't see any sharp blades or anything anywhere so I'm???

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Zé das Medalhas works in a pharmacy in Copacabana. His bracelets, necklaces, medals and rings were presents from friends and admirers. They take him three hours to put on each morning, and he never forgets their order. i-D magazine 2007

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Henni Alftan (Finnish, b.1979)

"Visitor," 2019

Oil on canvas

130 x 195 cm

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Koral Carballo, selection from El último día del mundo, 2014

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Chika Osaka (Japanese, 1984) - Blizzard Sound (2023)

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Pescatorierranti, Photo by Piero Pompili, 2019

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Cover illustration by Maruo Suehiro for the script of Tokyo Grand Guignol's stage play Mercurio - マーキュロ (1985)

scan from June - 小説ジュネ 1986.2 no. 17

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Shiro Kasamatsu, "Summer Night, Fireworks", 1957, Woodblock print on paper, 14 1/2" x 9 5/8"

(Personally, although big displays of fireworks are pretty.....the small ones going off in neighborhoods are horrible to wildlife and pets!)

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Self-Portrait in Hell  by Edvard Munch 

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at the fishing tournament yesterday btw there were age categories bc it was all-inclusive and we didn't want like 60 year old anglers competing against 4 years olds obviously.

so anyway this 14 year old boy entered in the 11-15 age bracket and he saw a huge fish in the water he became absolutely determined to catch. i don't think he even wanted to win anymore. he just wanted that fish specifically. but his line wasn't strong enough for such a big fish and didn't have the ideal bait.

enter: two 15 year old boys who didn't know him. they saw what he was trying to do, and they were clearly experienced anglers, and they got involved in the chase. they got the right bait and the three of them spent hours with their lines in the water, until the first boy finally hooked the fish. they talked him through the slow challenge of endurance. he couldn't reel in all at once because the fish was too heavy for his line and it'd break.

he finally reeled it in, but they didn't have a net. it took all three of them, lying on their bellies, six hands on the fish, to pull it out of the water. they put it in a big bucket of water for the weigh-in (we just subtracted the bucket+water weight after), gave their new friend careful instruction on how to handle the fish so he could pose for a hasty photo without injuring its spine, and then carefully placed the fish back in the water.

in the end, he won first place in his age bracket. one of the other boys who helped him tied for second with a 12-year-old competitor, and he gave her the trophy.

then during the drawing, where participants won prizes randomly if I pulled their name from a box, I happened to pull his name and he got a great prize so it all came around.

Idk. the teamwork. the serendipity of friendship. the graciousness. the consideration for the fish. Just some things that made me happy.