“I felt once more how simple a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else. And all that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.” -Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek.Tumblr (3.0; @thistlebirdhex)http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/01a62a503dd089fbb8c3c4aa7e87a9d9/tumblr_mkn6j8D1Bc1qzaos7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hyperallergic.tumblr.com/post/48143636310/david-tribby-marina-city-2013" target="_blank">hyperallergic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div>David Tribby, “Marina City” (2013) <p>davidtribby.com</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://davidtribby.com/" target="_blank">davidtribby.com</a></p>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/48166738114http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/48166738114Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:47:00 -0400photographydavid tribbymarina city“What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.”<br/><br/> - <em>Anaïs Nin, <em>Henry and June</em> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://foxesinbreeches.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">foxesinbreeches</a>)</em>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/47913596572http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/47913596572Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:36:55 -0400Anaïs Ninquotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e51fba07d65dbcd524212bc381c9258/tumblr_ml1cfeGJLi1qh7jlwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poboh.tumblr.com/post/47612146584" target="_blank">poboh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Subway Platform</em>, Raphael Soyer. American Social Realist Painter, born in Russia (1899 - 1987)</p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/47657513831http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/47657513831Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:50:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/508b299f4ecade04493087505ada3296/tumblr_mkpl6fQvaD1qh8z9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/968f4d2cb043185be0ed7cb695f5e66e/tumblr_mkpl6fQvaD1qh8z9yo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.early-pictures.ch/kellogg/archive/en/" target="_blank">20 Basic Scribbles </a></p>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/47075099424http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/47075099424Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:20:39 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3f8d18d84cf1f75b5e0dfddcb5a22b62/tumblr_mkap6zOdyj1qzdzbuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theniftyfifties.tumblr.com/post/46776786691/clothes-sale-internet-beauty-cosmetics-anti-aging-jewelr" target="_blank">theniftyfifties</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>1957 living room design.</p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/46808211295http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/46808211295Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:18:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63621c91c9c1151f4a8f6bc5f10668e5/tumblr_mk0q0o8de91rte5gyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d11893968f188a98c28ea954160487e0/tumblr_mk0q0o8de91rte5gyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/851ea1810adb75d42ce7df53c6c69ca5/tumblr_mk0q0o8de91rte5gyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a717e412d60da4dd437702246c8745ba/tumblr_mk0q0o8de91rte5gyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.thisiscolossal.com/post/45917651617/light-sculptures-by-diet-wiegman" target="_blank">itscolossal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Light sculptures by <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/03/light-sculptures-by-diet-wiegman/" target="_blank">Diet Wiegman</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/46310960771http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/46310960771Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:29:21 -0400Diet Wiegmanlight sculptureart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5a971743ab0efa5b96300cc6e6c1b6e/tumblr_mh2560dMM11rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/41247134578/for-lord-byrons-225th-birthday-today-his" target="_blank">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>For <strong>Lord Byron</strong>’s 225th birthday today, his masterpiece “She Walks in Beauty” adapted <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/02/graphic-canon-vol-2/" target="_blank">in comic form</a></p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/41249693037http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/41249693037Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:17:57 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me6c9kETYG1r6nm6ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://other-wordly.tumblr.com/post/36705342528/brumous" target="_blank">other-wordly</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>pronunciation | <a href="http://other-wordly.tumblr.com/pronunciation" target="_blank">‘brUm-us</a> (BROOM-us)</small></p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/36739691889http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/36739691889Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:14:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdt2ewYp0P1qh9qk0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdt2ewYp0P1qh9qk0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdt2ewYp0P1qh9qk0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdt2ewYp0P1qh9qk0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdt2ewYp0P1qh9qk0o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/36160856055/19th-century-mathematical-illustrations-of" target="_blank">wnycradiolab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/20/geometrical-psychology-benjamin-betts/" title="Brain Pickings - Benjamin Betts" target="_blank">19th Century Mathematical Illustrations of Consciousness</a> (via the always interesting <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/" title="Brain Pickings" target="_blank">Brain Pickings) </a></p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/36181544955http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/36181544955Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:21:16 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mda61uUwBR1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/35413246106/litographs-gorgeous-typographic-prints-made-of" target="_blank">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/litographs_alice.jpg" target="_blank">Litographs</a> – gorgeous <a href="http://fab.com/sale/12483/wwazyw/?fref=sale-invite-tw" target="_blank">typographic prints</a> made of the entire texts of literary classics, benefiting global literacy.</p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/35417258505http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/35417258505Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:37:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczu6iLZkl1qh8z9yo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://ingriddabringer.wordpress.com/portfolio/map-illustrations/" target="_blank">Map Illustrations 2010</a>)</p> <p>I discovered Ida Dabringer’s art on <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/" target="_blank">BrainPickings</a> today.</p>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/35031069563http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/35031069563Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:42:00 -0500artillustrationsmapsIda Dabringer<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbw8kvy1NB1qz78r0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Halloween, ghosts & ghouls! HALLOWEEN! </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rrosehobart.tumblr.com/post/34710243478/janet-leigh-jazz-99-livejournal-com" target="_blank">rrosehobart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Janet Leigh</p> <p>: <a href="http://jazz-99.livejournal.com/12741.html" target="_blank">jazz-99.livejournal.com</a></p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/34731204094http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/34731204094Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:20:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcqhr9vprZ1qghk7bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Halloween!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.cavetocanvas.com/post/34724461618/hieronymus-bosch-detail-from-the-the-temptation" target="_blank">cavetocanvas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.friendsofart.net/en/art/hieronymus-bosch/triptych-of-temptation-of-st-anthony-detail" target="_blank">Hieronymus Bosch</a>, detail from the the <em>Temptation of St. Anthony</em>, 1505</p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/34729724940http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/34729724940Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:53:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mciuagPIu11qky1uso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mciuagPIu11qky1uso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/34678917956/lovely-visual-additions-to-historys-finest" target="_blank">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lovely visual additions to <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/22/what-is-art/" target="_blank">history’s finest definitions of art</a> from <a href="http://www.creativemornings.com/" target="_blank">Creative Mornings</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/34683356683http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/34683356683Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:50:35 -0400artlemon tartchart“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”<br/><br/> - <em>F. Scott Fitzgerald (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thepenguinpress.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">thepenguinpress</a>)</em>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/33953060331http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/33953060331Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:19:14 -0400Fall Weather<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbw0l9jMjW1r0lpsto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbw0l9jMjW1r0lpsto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbw0l9jMjW1r0lpsto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbw0l9jMjW1r0lpsto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://farewell-kingdom.tumblr.com/post/33566758211/leaf-cut-out-illustrations-by-natures-art" target="_blank">farewell-kingdom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Leaf cut out illustrations by <strong><a href="http://koikoikoi.com/2010/09/the-art-of-cutting-leaves-by-natures-art/" target="_blank">Nature’s Art</a></strong> - <em>Natural leaf carving is actual manual cutting and removal of a leaf’s surface to produce an art work on a leaf. The process of carving is performed by artists using tools to carefully remove the surface without cutting or removing the veins. </em></p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/33580909827http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/33580909827Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:24:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5q09Og1qghfy5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://knowhomo.tumblr.com/post/33099527939" target="_blank">knowhomo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Queer Avoidance, Vocabulary, Euphemisms, and the Language of Lesbians</strong></p> <p><em><strong>9 Ways the Early Twentieth-Century Newspaper</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Reviewed Broadway Plays & Avoided Saying the “L” Word</strong></em></p> <ol><li>“A Twisted Relationship” - New York Times, 1926</li> <li>“A Warped Infatuation” - New York Times, 1926</li> <li>“Tormenting Impulses” - World, 1926</li> <li>“Bondage” - World, 1926</li> <li>“The Poisonous Serpents Spell of Decadent Women” - Evening News, 1926</li> <li>“A Cancerous Growth” - Daily News, 1926</li> <li>“A Monstrous Sexual Perversion” - New York Evening Journal, 1934</li> <li>“L—N” - New York Herald Tribune, 1934</li> <li>“A Naughty Word” - New York Herald Tribune, 1934</li> </ol><p><em><strong>16 (Ninetieth/Twentieth Century) Euphemisms for Lesbian Relationships</strong></em></p> <ol><li>Smashes</li> <li>Sentimental Friends</li> <li>Special Friends</li> <li>Romantic Friends</li> <li>Two Hearts in Counsel</li> <li>Love of Kindred Spirits</li> <li>Boston Marriages</li> <li>Urningin</li> <li>Gynander</li> <li>Viragint</li> <li>Invert</li> <li>Contrasexual</li> <li>Androgne</li> <li>Moderne</li> <li>Roaring Girl</li> <li>Female Adventurer</li> </ol><p>Lists From:</p> <p><span>Richards, Dell. </span><em>Lesbian Lists: A Look at Lesbian Culture, History, and Personalities</em><span>. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1990</span></p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/33172257358http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/33172257358Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:18:53 -0400queer historydykeslesbian culturelavender menace<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g7WjrvG1GMk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Piglet rescues a baby goat from drowning in the petting zoo pond! Most heroic little pig since Babe if you ask me. </p>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/31992644099http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/31992644099Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:55:23 -0400pigspigletsgoatsbaby animalspetting zoo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk9qNTfI1qbkzabo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://expose-the-light.tumblr.com/post/31059419900" target="_blank">expose-the-light</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><strong><a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/paul-bourke-google-earth-fractals" target="_blank">Satellite Photos of Earth’s Awe-Inspiring Patterns</a></strong></h2> <p><em><a href="http://paulbourke.net/fractals/googleearth/" target="_blank">Google Earth fractals</a> (via <a href="http://kottke.org/12/09/a-fractal-tour-of-earth" target="_blank">kottke.org</a>)</em></p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/31905379108http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/31905379108Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:48:19 -0400radiolabpatternssatellite images<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maheptfFL01qeya02o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://print-thing.tumblr.com/post/31718725470/lucian-freud-zebra-1943" target="_blank">print-thing</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lucian Freud & Zebra, 1943</p> </blockquote>http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/31719855452http://thistlebirdhex.tumblr.com/post/31719855452Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:28:30 -0400Lucian Freudzebra