Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
my series post for today over on my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it.
https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/theatrical-set-designs-and-other-916
Atokirinia coat. 2021. Metaverse fashion, digital garment. Image courtesy Auroboros. via auroboros.co.uk.
meowing on air on the breath of an mother opossum with her babies riding on her back as somewhere in a great city in South America the quinceañera begins . . . pink tulle with a tiara from the best shop downtown and Mother having had to take two weeks off to arrange it all . . . guest after guest and an extra tent needed and the neighbor’s back yard having to be rented . . . but worth it . . . life not always friendly but a memory to last forever . . .
my series post for today over on my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/theatrical-set-designs-and-other-0c8
Orchard pomegranate ornament. Birds of Paradise, NYC. via Pinterest.
Oh to be here.
Out in the wilds of Rhodesia, visiting someone or other related to Great Uncle. Another tray of lime squashes making its way around the terrace, followed by bowls of salted peatnuts and sweetened up pecans. Funny, what with everyone at the club practically living on beer and hot tea. But it making sense, what with Great Auntie having come from somewhere down on the coast, where whales danced just past the sand bar, the way lions roared from the other end of the reserve. Where life, at least in memory, was a combination birthday picnic/cocktail party that never ran down.
my new short fiction piece at the link if you’d like to read the rest. The image is a photograph from the archives of photographer Slim Aarons.
https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-1972-and-five-oclock
Bronze inkwell in the Rococo style and featuring intricate scrollwork, a central bust, and two lidded ink pots along with a letter opener. mid-late 19th c. Probably French. Maker not shown. Image © intondo.com. Fair use license. https://www.intondo.com/en/products/127957/decor/decorative-object/desk-inkwell-bronze-19th-century
Grand Duke Ernst of Hesse-Darmstadt appears to have been an Art Nouveau/Jugendstil art lover as he set up an artist’s colony in Hesse-Darmstadt and this portfolio must have been part of that. He was the brother of the last Russian tsarina the Empress Alexandra. His mother was a daughter of Queen Victoria which explains the London connection. I blogged a few of these images a number of years ago in a different post. I’m not sure of when I happened upon the Internet Archive but at the time of my earlier post there was no scanned version of the entire portfolio or at least not one I was aware of. This has all the designs.
sparking on air on a dewdrop at the edge of the dell as somewhere in the mountains past where the northern lands kiss the sky the sun princesses lace up their skates and get ready to race along the green ribbons in the sky . . . end to end and who knows how far . . . festival at the other end but the food . . . a roasted ox or sea kelp stew to toss on the floor for the dogs . . . only one way to find out . . . start!
my series post for today at the link if you’d like to see it. The ring in the image is Cartier.
https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/theatrical-set-designs-and-other-8bb
Looks like this is/was part of a catalogue listing a number of hotels as there is a photograph of the Grand Canyon Hotel at Yellowstone National Park at the end.
The Davenport Hotel is still there with its potted palms and amazing lobby. Book a room in real time or visit them online. https://www.davenporthotelcollection.com/
whispering on air as on the last bit of lavender scent left in an old forgotten potpourri the children start to sing old songs around a bonfire just beginning to roar somewhere beyond the southern sea . . . songs that go back and songs to be hummed for the words have long been forgotten . . . songs to whisper and then shout until the goddess emerges from the canopy at the top of the trees that tower up into the sky . . . music that can never end as long as the goddess can survive and that’s a very long time yet . . .
my series post for today at the link. The image is from a Sotheby’s email.
https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/theatrical-set-designs-and-other-9ec
