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sarahj.bsky.social
Art historian C19/20 | drawing, paper & prints | philosophy & process | cinema | choses français | London via L.A.
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History should eviscerate you, make you humble and excited for more.

T**mp is giving a speech tonight.

Man.

Because I have had a tough week. I've chosen the 18th century way home via Dr Johnson's house and Ye Old Cheshire Cheese. Proud of my choices.

UbuWeb forever ❤️

the old man is hard bent after that White Whale, and the devil there is trying to come round him, and get him to swap away his silver watch, or his soul, or something of that sort, and then he’ll surrender Moby Dick

I got to be friends with David Lynch when we were both at Universal years ago. A very kind man, he was a fan of Bob's Big Boy. So was I. I'm going to miss him. R.I.P. David.

I'm connected to the moon 🌕

David Lynch started doing his weather report on Joe Escalante's 'Last of the Famous International Morning Shows' on 103.1 FM L.A. in 2006. He would call in at random, describe the weather in L.A. in some poetic fashion and then abruptly hang up and it was my favourite thing in the world.

We need so much more weirdness in this world.

'There can be no objective measure of social value.' David Graeber on bullsh*t jobs

Our annual Essay Prize, awarded to unpublished writers in the UK and Ireland, is open for submissions from 13 January–17 March. Previous winners include Polly Barton, Marianne Brooker, Thea Lenarduzzi, Heather McCalden, Matthew McNaught & Joanna Pocock. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/essay...

Grisaille painted head on glass - black and grey pigment with yellow stain, c. 1320. Made for St Denis, removed during French Revolution, now in V&A.

I aspire to this level of meticulous dishevelment, especially the knot in the hair. Foolish Virgin, Martin Schongauer, c. 1470 (via met museum)

First Bluesky post. . .make it positive. . .beautiful art couples: Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence and Jacob Lawrence photographed by Irving Penn in 1947.