gaint bronze “tree” from ancient Sanxingdui culture. Photo from the Sanxingdui museum.
I found out about the Sanxingdui from the book Oracle Bones, by Peter Hessler. which is a very good read imo.
Check out the website (click through image) where I got the image from or just google for more… all the images of the bronzes are weird intriguing… and beautiful.
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A colorless polished quartz crystal with Chlorite inclusion
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Octopus have no real bones in their body, except for a tough beak made from chitin, so they can squeeze into small places when fleeing predators. They’re highly intelligent creatures and have shown to demonstrate observational learning, they’re known for escaping from their aquarium enclosures and occasionally breaking into others for a snack.
Also, captive octopi occasionally show affection to their caretakers after an extended absence.
They’re boneless puppies! <3_<3
WHAT THE FUUUUUUCKKK
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Ouroboros: a serpent biting its own tail. A mythological and alchemic symbol of the cyclic nature of the universe: creation out of destruction, life out of death. The ouroboros eats its own tail to sustain its life in an eternal cycle of renewal.
What a majestic, albeit lazy animal.
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The three eyes of Shiva made of 23 carat gold with glass paste to form the pupils are probably part of the jewels from the temple, used during ceremonies to adorn the deity.
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Humorous scene from Tokyo Decadence.
Very cool and funny movie. This was one of my first exposures to Japan’s 80’s decadence (plainly put), as well as its sm culture etc.
note: the director Ryu Murakami is also a writer and not sure if his work is consistently good but he definetly has his moments. The one book of his I’ve read is “Almost Transparent Blue”. A nice short direct and convincing look at underground Japanese youth culture, i guess in the 70’s.
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Fancy Dress Costume
Paul Poiret
1911
Early in the twentieth century Diaghilev’s Russian dance company, Ballets Russes, performed in Paris—reigniting the taste for orientalism in Europe with its exotic sets and costumes. As this ensemble illustrates, Poiret excelled in recontextualizing western dress with fantastical eastern influence. He was also a maverick modernist in creating a stir, taking promotion of his inventive ensembles to new levels with his infamous spectaculars. This fancy-dress ensemble was made for and worn to Poiret’s 1002nd Night party in 1911, which was designed and organized to promote his new creations in the full splendor and glamour of the orientalist trend.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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