1. An ostrich jockey in the streets of Brussels, 1933
Photographer by Jacques Hersleven, colorised by RDB Colors.
2. Concept art for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Found on the Art behind the Magic.
3. Van Gogh’s lesser-known Olive Tree series
Vincent van Gogh painted at least 15 paintings of olive trees, mostly in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in 1889. At his own request, he lived at an asylum there from May 1889 through May 1890 painting the gardens of the asylum and, when he had permission to venture outside its walls, nearby olive trees, cypresses and wheat fields.
Found on Wikipedia.
4. How to discover your own taste
Listen here.
5. Carolyn Crawford Is the Best Motown Singer You’ve Never Heard Of
As Motown turns 65, one of the label’s most underappreciated early stars shines on. Read the article on The Rolling Stones (or here if you don’t have a subscription) and listen to her music here.
6. Twisted brick shell library
Completed in 2023, Quzhou, China, found on Tumblr.
7. Traditional Kurdish tombstones of Alevi Kurds in Dersim
Found on Tumblr.
8. With this ring…
This gold and enamel ring was made in Italy in the 17th-century. Diamonds are set in the skull’s eye sockets and nose, and in the crossbones, which would have sparkled and flashed in the light. Memento mori rings – from the Latin ‘remember that you must die’ – were intended to remind the wearer of the brevity of life.
Found on The Ashmolean Museum.
9. This TV Fembot circa 1980
Beyond Westworld (1980), “Westworld Destroyed”. Found on Tumblr.
10. These 1980s Super Real Illustrations by Japanese artist Masao Saito
More of his work here.
11. Some eye-popping eyewear
Shop them on Spung Glasses.
12. Janis Joplin in the lobby of the Chelsea hotel, New York 1969.
Found on Rock Music World.
13. Procrastinate more with this intriguing interactive website about loss, objects and memory
Begin here. Found via Things magazine.
