TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
and speak to me from the depths of this long night as if we were anchored here together, tell me everything, chain by chain, link by link and step by step,
Pablo Neruda, from section “XII,” of excerpts from Heights of Macchu Picchu, transl.Tomás Q. Morín, Plume (August 2017)
Alberto Burri (Italian, 1915 – 1995)
Wood Combustion (Combustione legno), 1957
Wood veneer, paper, acrylic and vinavil on canvas, 149.5 x 99 cm
“The luminous marine snail, Palnaxis viratus, from Hachijo Island, Japan.” The luminescence of biological systems. 1955.
Midnight sun at Lake Luossajärvi. Kiruna, Lappland, Sweden. Original postcard, tinted. 1940-1959. Swedish National Heritage Board.
The very last image from Cassini, showing Saturn’s atmosphere & rings as the probe closed in on the planet. *snif*
Anton Faistauer (Austrian, 1887-1930)
Lying female nude with apple still life (Liegender Frauenakt mit Apfelstillleben), 1911
Oil on canvas
“Typical oscilloscope trace.” The luminescence of biological systems. 1955.