Illustration from the 1926 children’s book King Ramu-ramu (ラムラム王) by Takeo Takei.
Strange Islands.
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A Sigh For Cybernetics.
via Brainpickings - Scrap Irony: Irreverent Illustrated Cultural Commentary by Edward Gorey circa 1961
This 1875 drawing showing a dog’s olfactory bulb was completed using a staining method named after Camillo Golgi in which certain chemicals are injected into nervous tissue so they can be seen. Some say its application to the study of brain tissue represents the beginning of modern neuroscience.
Lovers in an Upstairs Room. Ukiyo-e illustration by Kitagawa Utamaro for Uta makura (Poem of the Pillow), Tsutaya Jūsaburō, ca. 1788.
Illustration to Ovid’s Ars Amatoria by Jean de Bosschère
Geocentric (Ptolemaic) model of the universe
by Orance Fine (1494-1555)
via Bibliodyssey: Celestial Mechanics
There’s an old Zen story: a student said to Master Ichu, ‘Please write for me something of great wisdom.’
Master Ichu picked up his brush and wrote one word: ‘Attention.’The student said, ‘Is that all?’
The master wrote, ‘Attention. Attention.’The student became irritable. ‘That doesn’t seem profound or subtle to me.’
In response, Master Ichu wrote simply, ‘Attention. Attention. Attention.’In frustration, the student demanded, ‘What does this word attention mean?’
Master Ichu replied, ‘Attention means attention.’
via Charlotte Joko Beck @ tricycle
Image via Bibliodyssey: Chinese Bird Album
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The Difference Between Online Knowledge and Truly Open Knowledge. In the era of the Internet facts are not bricks but networks
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Woman in Art
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Mercer Street by Todd Burris
