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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Taking Flight
One of the immense pleasures that the city of Philadelphia offers is its myriad of murals. Along with a prolific cadre of street artists, Philly is also home to the amazing Philadelphia Mural Arts Program which sponsors fantastic paintings all … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Philadelphia, Philadelphia mural arts, Street Art
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For the sake of a single poem, you must see many cities
Rainer Maria Rilke // “Ah, poems amount to so little when you write them too early in your life. You ought to wait and gather sense and sweetness for a whole lifetime, and a long one if possible, and then, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poetry, Poets, Prague, Rainer Maria Rilke
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Touched by the Devil
I have long been fascinated by the astounding paintings of the Dutch master of the grotesque Hieronymus Bosch. The documentary (below) Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil takes a deep dive into his phantasmagorical paintings and his life. In 2016, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Museums
Tagged Hieronymus Bosch, Netherlands, Painting
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Sandwich of Horror
NB: If the H.P. Lovecraft video fails to launch please click here .
Posted in Art, Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged H. P. Lovecraft, horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season
Here in North America folks tend to go a bit overboard with seasonal decorations. An important mainstay is the carved pumpkin. In the video below, professional pumpkin carver, James Hall, runs through 13 different levels of pumpkin carving, from the … Continue reading
It’s Edgar Allan Poe Season
There are many excellent illustrated volumes of Edgar Allan Poe stories, but this 1944 edition with illustrations by German-American artist Fritz Eichenberg is special. Eichenberg was a German artist who emigrated to America in the 1930s; his speciality was wood … Continue reading
Americas’ Oldest Surviving Book
For the first time in more than 50 years Los Angeles’s J. Paul Getty Museum is displaying ten of the remaining pages from Códice Maya de México, the oldest surviving book of the Americas. Dating to circa 1100 CE, the Mayan Codex … Continue reading
nostalgie de la bibliothèque
While checking out book blogs I stumbled on a reference to “Spooks and Spirits and Shadowy Shapes” , featuring wonderfully atmospheric, period illustrations by Robert L. Doremus. Certainly not the most interesting Halloween reading, but personally significant as I remember … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Halloween, Holidays
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to keep my own heart free of hatred and despair
It began to seem that one would have to hold in the mind forever two ideas which seemed to be in opposition. The first idea was acceptance, the acceptance, totally without rancor, of life as it is, and men as … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 