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A particularly striking example of early 20th Century spirit photography.

#PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
'Postcolonial Love Poem.' By Natalie Diaz.

#poetry #books
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Martha Graham’s dance group in 'Heretic', circa 1929
#MarthaGraham #ModernDance
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Strong Dream by Paul Klee, 1929.
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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KAIROS pavilion, Lisbon, Portugal 2012
Photos by Guilhem Wawrzyniak
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Rene Char and Samuel Beckett. Both members of the French Resistance. They fought Nazis.
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The Twittering Machine, Paul Klee 1922
June 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Jean Genet in front of Max's Kansas City, New York
📷 Thom Lafferty, 1971
December 19, 2023 at 4:19 PM
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Un poco de música nocturna), 1943. De Dorothea Tanning. #art #painting #Tate #surrealism
May 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Keith Jarrett. Photo by David Redfern.

#music
May 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Vlastimil Beneš, The Cemetery (oil on cardboard) (c. 1977-1978)
May 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Mies van der Rohe, Cover for Architectural Record. 1971
May 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Today is #WorldDraculaDay because Bram Stoker's classic novel was first published #onthisday in 1897. It's also worth remembering that if Stoker hadn't come across the name Dracula in a book while researching in a LIBRARY the main character was going to be called Count Wampyr. 🧛‍♂️
May 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
'The Orders of the Night.' Anselm Kiefer. #art
May 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Christian Bök has graciously allowed The Woodlot to publish an excerpt of his new book My Works, Ye Mighty. I have published the essay both as a slideshow (so readers may see how the images and text work together in the actual book), and in essay form.

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Christian Bök’s My Works, Ye Mighty – An excerpt
Christian Bök has graciously allowed us here at The Woodlot to publish an excerpt from his upcoming conceptual text My Works, Ye Mighty. A follow up to The Xenotext, My Works, Ye Mighty contemplate…
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May 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Violet Sun, Max Ernst 1962
May 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
May 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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#PavaWülfert #Contemporary #Colombian
Pava Wülfert (b. 1974)
UNTITLED Ap881, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
May 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Imposing Walrus (2009) screenprint by Inuk artist Ningeokuluk Teevee #womensart
May 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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May 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'The glacier gives back what it takes, they say...'

Ófeigur Sigurðsson. 'Öræfi: The Wasteland.' Tr. by Lytton Smith.

#literature #firstlines
May 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
'...just a world that we all must share...'
May 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
'The Flower Seller.' Diego Rivera.

#art
May 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM