The Ambivalence of Open Spaces

A place on the web to park the writings, readings, music and musings for Youssef Alaoui Fdili
wait with me

wait with me

victorian spirit photo deconstruction

victorian spirit photo deconstruction

slithering

slithering

I feel : no pain

I feel : no pain

O U I J A : yes. no.  g o o d  b y e

O U I J A : yes. no.  g o o d  b y e

V E D A : the magic answer man

V E D A : the magic answer man

After holding a number of séances of their own, the Koons’ were ordered by spirits to build what was dubbed their “Spirit Room”.

The Koons’ immediately went to work and following the spirit’s instructions, constructed a log cabin that was 12 x 14 feet, had three shuttered windows, a single door and a seven foot-high ceiling.

THE KOONS’ SEANCE ROOM: HAUNTS OF ATHENS COUNTY, OHIO

oldbookillustrations:

The end of everything
Albert Besnard, From Les eaux-fortes de Besnard (The etchings of Besnard), by André-Charles Coppier, Paris, 1920.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

The end of everything

Albert Besnard, From Les eaux-fortes de Besnard (The etchings of Besnard), by André-Charles Coppier, Paris, 1920.

(Source: archive.org)

dead eyes

dead eyes

drtuesdaygjohnson:

ca. 1858, [Stag in Cart], Horatio Ross

Far better known in his own day as an athlete and a sportsman than as a photographer, Ross was, even in his sixties, judged the finest shot in Scotland. He described deerstalking as “the most fascinating of all British field-sports.” Keen on the challenge of pitting his knowledge, stamina, and experience against his quarry’s superior senses of smell, sight, and hearing, Ross nevertheless possessed a gentlemanly concern for avoiding undue suffering in his kills and for maintaining the forest.

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

drtuesdaygjohnson:

ca. 1858, [Stag in Cart], Horatio Ross

Far better known in his own day as an athlete and a sportsman than as a photographer, Ross was, even in his sixties, judged the finest shot in Scotland. He described deerstalking as “the most fascinating of all British field-sports.” Keen on the challenge of pitting his knowledge, stamina, and experience against his quarry’s superior senses of smell, sight, and hearing, Ross nevertheless possessed a gentlemanly concern for avoiding undue suffering in his kills and for maintaining the forest.

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection