MWW Artwork of the Day (1/29/23) Walter Crane (British, 1845–1915) The Mirror of Venus, or L'Art et Vie (c. 1890) Watercolor & gouache, 35.4 x 25.4 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Elisha Whittelsey Collection)

As a wood-engraver Crane had abundant opportunity for the minute study of the contemporary artists whose work passed through his hands, of Pre-Raphaelites Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais, as well as Alice in Wonderland illustrator Sir John Tenniel and Frederick Sandys. He was a student who admired the masters of the Italian Renaissance, however he was more influenced by the Elgin marbles in the British Museum. A further and important element in the development of his talent was the study of Japanese colour-prints, the methods of which he imitated in a series of toy books, which started a new fashion.

More of this artist's work is included in this MWW exhibit/gallery: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1574253829346647&type=3

Mirror of Venus "Never Say Forever"

A taste of LA-based goth/postpunk outfit Mirror Of Venus playing one of my favorite Cocteau Twins songs of all time.

Substance 2023 - Day 1

This year, the LA-based independent music festival Substance is being held across four days on two weekends. Day One kicked it off with an eclectic mix of genres, ranging from prog electro to coldwave to noise rock. It wasn’t the typical blend of goth/darkwave that characterized the previous year’s lineups, but it was certainly far from a mainstream sound - in a good way.

Brandon Boyd, Mirror of Venus, The Wild Trapeze, 2010

the castration of saturn

miniature from a composite manuscript containing poems by antitus faure, france, c. 1500

source: Chavannes-près-Renens, Archives cantonales vaudoises, P Antitus, fol. 18v

"Fair wreathed Kytherea"

-Hesiod's Theogony, Gany translation

Aphrodite of the golden crown

The lustrous hand mirror

Seafoam from the cosmos rains down

The mist grows clearer

Kytherea blew in

From warm Cyprus winds

Enchanting the Seamen and Seafarers

I hope you enjoyed today's tale of legend and lore, come back next week and there will be even more

BONK MIRROR MAZE POSTER! This is for the @tmntaucompetition this year - I'm not sure if we made it, but here's to hoping and I hope everyone has a wonderful competition!

EYESTRAIN WARINING ITS VERY COLORFUL YALL

Venus at a Mirror (1613-1614) | Peter Paul Rubens

the orange moon is a mirror ball and on a night when pirates are the star attraction I'm going to give your island a horror show

Hikaru Koto / 古都ひかる

Ooooo ooooooh OOOOOOOO

MBFW Lexa after the clexa wedding we all know is going to happen (right? RIGHT???)

In a slinky little white number to actually be able to dance and celebrate with Clarke and their people 🤤 FECK

That dress is just soft enough to pull up above her thighs easily for a little bit of action in the bridal quarters mid-reception when they sneak away for some alone time

It's not going to happen explicitly in the fic, but yeah they do end up married. Eventually. With baaabies 🥰

Anyway, yes very much that. Lexa never has any intention of keeping her dress after the big day, so it kind of gets a bit trashed in their wedding photos 🥴 she makes sure to save enough that there's scrapes of lace and beading left unscathed that Clarke can save for one of her over-the-top art creations or anniversary presents for the future that she knows without even having to ask is coming eventually. (Clarke comes through with a hand stitched and embroidered pocket square for one of Lexa's suits made of the dyed dress scraps for their 10 year anniversary, in case you're wondering)

So naturally that chaotic choice means only one thing in Abby's eyes: buy two dresses 🙃 one for flash and the photography shoot and one for the reception. Where Lexa had been fine heading to their reception and changing into some simple linen pants and a criminally low-cut, loose white blouse, instead Abby surprises her and insists on paying for the second number for her to change into because, quote, "oh, honey. I couldn't let you have your first dance in cotton blend 🙁"

12 years into being a part of this family and the Griffin women still keep Lexa on her toes

sol & venus

in a treatise on astrological planets, middle rhine region, c. 1445

source: Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Ms. germ. fol. 244, fol. 181v and 184v

The Discovery - Part 2

Oh shit that can't be good uhhhhh

Sorry for the shorter comic and updating time I really wanna get more done but I am juggling like 80 projects at the same time

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