#John Gould art

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Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1940

John Gould

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Artis Library, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (19th century library)

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Phaëthornis augusti, Salle's Hermit. [Pl. 29] | A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds v.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr

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John Gould (1804 - 1881) - Long-Billed Cockatoo (Licmetis Nasicus). 1840. Lithograph.

[psikonauti]

John Gould (English,1804-1881)

Cacatua Gymnopis Sclater, from “The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papaun Islands”

Lithograph with hand-coloring

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03/10/2023

But bro, like, what if DARKNESS... is just the absence of LIGHT?!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: Jesus waits by a well until a Samaritan woman arrives with a bucket to get some water.  Jesus offers the woman living water, but she notices He doesn't have a bucket and wonders how He could get any water from a well without one since the well is deep.  She means "deep" as in "the water is very far down and you'd need a bucket on a rope to reach it and scoop some water out."  In this cartoon, she calls the well "deep", but then the well spouts some silly nonsense and we realize she doesn't mean deep as in physical depth, but deep as in philosophically complex.  The joke, of course, is that wells are not very thoughtful and are actually quite dumb.  So dumb, in fact, that most of them appear incapable of speech.

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The Music of Arnold Schönberg, Vol. VII, Columbia Masterworks / Columbia Records, 1969

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy belated #WorldTreeKangarooDay! Tree-kangaroos are aboreal Australasian macropod marsupials, genus Dendrolagus with 14 species - all listed on the IUCN Red List.

Top: Plates 26 + 27 in John Gould's A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos (1841-2) Bottom: Plates 49 + 50 in Gould's The Mammals of Australia (1863)

Left: Ursine Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus) Right: Grizzled Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus)

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John Gould A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of Toucans. London: the author, 1834.

FIRST EDITION, folio (540 x 363mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 33 hand-coloured lithographed plates after and by John Gould, Elizabeth Gould, and Edward Lear.

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Dime Detective Magazine - September 1942 // Cover by John Gould

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[oakendesk]

Dime Detective Magazine May 1938

John Gould

Daring Detective May 1938

Stockton Mulford

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Let’s Hug Day

Grab a friend, family member or other beloved person and get ready to show them how much they are loved because it’s time for Let’s Hug Day!

History of Let’s Hug Day

Hugging has probably been around since humans discovered what a delight it is to embrace and wrap arms around each other. However it began, it continues to be a way that friends and family members show affection to each other.

And it is interesting to note that the hug is a universal form of showing affection. While certain forms of greeting might change based on culture, like the handshake or the bow or the high five, the hug seems to be universal among almost all cultures in places all over the world.

What was probably known all along but not able to be scientifically proven is the fact that hugs are necessary for humans to thrive. This is especially true for babies after they are born. Children who do not receive hugs and cuddles when they are small usually fail to thrive and grow in the way healthy, well-loved children will.

And adults can certainly benefit from hugs also. In fact, many studies have been made to reveal that hugs can be healthy not only for the mental and emotional benefits, but hugging is also a helpful way to promote better physical health.

So don’t be shy – get ready to celebrate and hug someone on Let’s Hug Day!

How to Celebrate Let’s Hug Day

Try out some of these delightful ideas for enjoying and celebrating on Let’s Hug Day:

Hug Someone on Let’s Hug Day

Of course, the most important thing to do on this day is to give someone you love a big hug. First thing in the morning, grab a family member and give them a big bear hug. Or call up a friend and meet them for coffee, adding in an additional hug just in honor of Let’s Hug Day.

Of course, this day is just the beginning and can act as a great reminder that hugs are fun and healthy any day of the year!

Learn About the Health Benefits of Hugs

Who knew that hugs are not only enjoyable but they can actually assist in improving a person’s health? In celebration of Let’s Hug Day, take a look at some of the ways that practicing regular hugs with beloved people can give a health boost to children and adults alike:

Hugs Reduce Stress. As a sign of support and solidarity, hugs provide a boost to mental health. Touch has been proven to reduce the negative impact of painful and stressful situations in humans. And it’s also good for the person who is offering the hug to show support.

Hugs Can Improve the Immune System. Hugs may help to increase the protection against illness by offering support, which reduces the risk of getting sick.

Hugs May Increase Heart Health. Hugs have been shown to reduce blood pressure and heart rate, which are important factors related to heart health.

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Phaëthornis amaura, Amaura Hermit. [Pl. 32] | A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds v.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr

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"But I finished [Near and Mello] together as a set, and although they aren’t particularly laid out as such, I still feel a bit like they’re twins." —Obata Takeshi

whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same:

i. low sky, mahmoud darwish. ii. the world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire, ritika jyala. iii. kadan, 2008. iv. the dreamers, gilbert adair. v. @nathanielorion vi. nagiko, 2016. vii. elektra, sophokles (tr. anne carson). viii. wishbone, richard siken. ix. inbred, ethel cain. x. the boy who, tirol. xi. monster portraits, del samatar and sofia samatar. xii. in the field, @nathanielorion xiii. death note, "use" ch77. xiv. gut symmetries, jeanette winterson. xv. mystic union; fire and wine: poems, john gould fletcher. xvi. @inukai_0055, twitter. xvii. the carnivorous lamb, agustín gómez-arcos. xviii. my sister, the serial killer, oyinkan braithwaite. xix. the beatrice letters, lemony snicket (text); a quiet visitor, holly warburton (art); @unpardonablesins (edit). xx. ada, vladimir nabokov. xxi. this is how you lose the time war, amal el-mohtar. xxii. the borgias, s3e10, showtime. xxiii. @antaarf xxiv. @vilicity xxv. @boymiffy

[crepesuzette2023]

I dont think I've ever heard the take that girl seems to be about Paul, I mean, it makes sense absolutely, but can you expand some more?

Gladly, Anon.

Rob Sheffield (Dreaming the Beatles) said he thinks Girl is about Paul in this episode of @anotherkindofmindpod. The episode is actually an in-depth discussion of In My Life, but Girl came up a number of times, since it's also on Rubber Soul.

I thought Sheffield's statement was interesting, and not in a silly “John saw Paul as a girl” kind of way.

Summarizing mercilessly, and taking a few steps back before returning to Girl:

RS argues that Rubber Soul marks a moment when the Beatles’ songwriting moved from a commercial/craft perspective towards a more open/confessional/personal tone, In My Life being an example of this, with John examining his feelings for all his friends and lovers, and singling out a new kind of love that transcends the loves he’s known before. According to RS and the hosts, In My Life is not only addressed to Paul (I personally feel it could also be about Julian, or about both; as someone who writes, I really feel the “a piece of art is never about just one thing” argument)— it also, by summoning a group of dear people and openly expressing his feelings for them, emulates Paul, who, in John’s eyes, is the more extrovert and socially comfortable of the two. The song is a two-fold tribute.

Girl, still according to RS, forms a matched pair with In My Life, because it, too, concerns complex and intimate emotions; in this case being unsettled by a complex, alluring and confusing person (Paul/the girl). It's a non-generic, specific, highly personal song you wouldn't have found on earlier albums. (You Won’t See Me is Paul’s reply to John.)

Whether you agree with these interpretations or not (by the way, instead of trusting my summary, it’s probably a better idea to listen to RS and the hosts in their own words), I’m happy to see the acknowledgment of the depth of John and Paul's relationship.

RS also makes a beautiful point about If I Fell (which, as we know, John saw as a continuation of In My Life): That John and Paul, as always, tell the truth about each other by the way they sing together.

(Cue the If I Fell/marriage vows quote from Gould’s Beatles bio).

Ian Leslie (no introduction needed) was more direct in his “Hidden Gems” episode on @onesweetdreampodcast. He stated he believes that If I Fell was written for Paul, commemorating their Paris ‘honeymoon’.

And look—people are free to go as far as they want in how they interpret all this, but I personally feel it liberates and elevates the discussion of their songwriting and relationships to include the romantic love or friendship or X or [redacted] or 'tender and tempestuous' but ‘not sexual as far as we know’ relationship between John and Paul as one of its many possible inspirations.

It just feels silly to me to ignore it or act all offended at the mere suggestion.

And when RS writes in Dreaming the Beatles “For John, Paul was the boy who came to stay; for Paul, John was the song he couldn’t make better,” it just feels right.

My two cents.

P.S. When I'm inclined to accept that Girl is about Paul, I immediately want to ask follow-up questions. Because this is a song about a fraught relationship, right? In what sense did John try to leave Paul? In what sense did Paul promise him the earth and cry? I know it doesn't have to be literally true, but some extrapolation, please? This didn't happen in the episode—obviously, since its focus was another song, In My Life. PPS: I wrote this in a bit of a hurry so feel free to get back to me for clarifications, etc.

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Amur Falcon

An illustration of the Amur Falcon by John Gould and William Hart, originally published in The Birds of Asia, Volume I (1850-1883).

Prints of this art are available on Redbubble.

Hi-res download of this art available on Ko-Fi.