A Quality of Light, A Pattern Disrupted, A Motion, A Balance, A Contradiction

Arthur Strode - Poster: Modern Magician

Gustave Doré - Ill. for Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso


Dorothy Lathrop ~ The Little Mermaid ~ 1939 ~ via
She had never seen such magic fires. Great suns whirled round, gorgeous fire-fish hung in the blue air, and all was reflected in the calm and glassy sea.


Dorothy Lathrop ~ The Little Mermaid ~ 1939 ~ via
The strangest trees and flowers grow there, with leaves and stems so flexible that at the least motion of the water they move just as if they were alive.

Myths and legends of ancient Slavs. Illustrator N. Bukanova, 2007

Book Cover - Virginia Woolf - The Waves


Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Jessie Willcox Smith - via



Amelia Bauerle (Bowerley) (1873 – 1916), “Aucassin and Nicolette” - via