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I should have been in bed 3 hours ago, but I could not put down this book, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.

So when I picked up my phone to post this, the time was already π.

The title is that of a painting by Vermeer. The girl is featured on the cover. She is also the narrator, from age 15 to 18 (and older at the ending). She is ( Read more... )

From KYW radio via Billy Penn

Philadelphia city hall hosts pop-up statue addressing gun violence in schools
"They were all sent to cities with high rates of gun violence, so Philadelphia is obviously one of them."
September 15, 2018 - 7:55 pm

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- Philadelphia's City Hall is the new temporary home to a statue calling for the ( Read more... )

From Atlas Obscura via Neatorama

A Rare Carved Stone That Could Change Art History
Miss Cellania • Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 5:58 PM


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I was frankly amazed. These are stunning.

(5:30 video)

Man Carves Out Beautiful Caves
By Herbert Collier

For some, the desert is synonymous with a wasteland. The fluctuation of extreme heat during the day, extreme cold at night and very little water mean that it is almost impossible for a human to survive long living off the land. Still, the desert is ( Read more... )

from BoredPanda

Classical Sculptures Dressed As Hipsters

These are just two out of a dozen in the article.


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From a post by Sandra Barry on The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Blog, about her trip to Brazil for a conference. By permission

There were many grand moments (the beach in Rio, for example), but some of the most memorable were the tiny, often brief encounters with something (for example, coming upon a white horse standing quietly on a cobbled street in ( Read more... )

(shamelessly ganked from ysabetwordsmith)

Just in case you thought only modern art needed a secret decoder ring, check out this Anglo-Saxon stuff.

The link is to a post on the British Museum blog, which begins thus:

Decoding Anglo-Saxon art
Rosie Weetch, curator and Craig Williams, illustrator, British MuseumOne of the most enjoyable things about working with ( Read more... )

A papercut posted by
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hat-tip to
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