Foundation Kebbi is an imaginary museum created by Paris-based artist and illustrator Yann Kebbi. The fake cultural attraction is populated by the usual crowd of museum goers, tourists, lovers, and time wasters. However, if you look closely, you can also spot super heroes and the grim reaper among the brilliant exhibitions.
Charles Bukowski
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going
to let anybody see
you.
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he’s
in there.
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody’s asleep.
I say, I know that you’re there,
so don’t be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he’s singing a little
in there, I haven’t quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it’s nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don’t
weep, do you
The late American actor and musician, Harry Dean Stanton, is probably best known for his standout roles in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas, and Alex Cox’s 1984 science-fiction comedy, Repo Man. Stanton was a big fan of the poet Charles Bukowski and paid a tribute to the writer in this video recorded for the documentary, Bukowski: Born Into This.
The next time that I’m in London I look forward to using the recently launched Uber boat service. Thanks to a partnership with Thames Clippers the ride-hailing service will be operating a fleet of 20 boats making stops at 23 docks between Woolwich and Putney. The new service is called Uber Boats by Thames Clippers.
Riders will be able to book tickets on an Uber Boat using the Uber app, which will generate a QR code that can be used to board. However, the boats will differ from Uber’s existing ride-hailing service in that they’ll operate on set routes, as they do currently. Riders will also be able to use existing payment methods to pay for their journeys, including contactless cards and Oyster cards,
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Most of the world has made unprecedented changes to social, work, school, and travel arrangements as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of Europe’s most visited destinations has found a unique way to support the local community during the crisis. If you have been to Brugges, it’s likely that you climbed the historic Belfort tower in the heart of the city. Now that the 13th century monument is closed to tourists, it has been turned into a social distant study hall for students.
Here’s a little piece on how the stunning space has welcomed young people who need to escape from the confines of home.
Like most folks, we have been forced to cancel or postpone our travel plans due to the pandemic. As U.S. citizens, we don’t have many options since most countries won’t admit us anyway. But that doesn’t mean we have abandoned all of our travel plans just yet. Prior to the plague outbreak, we had been looking forward to another visit to Iceland. It’s been one of my favorite countries for decades and we had a long road trip penciled in for next year already. For the moment, all we can lean on are our travel memories and amazing films like the one below.
Videographers and artists Jonathan Besler, Kevin May and Florian Gampert created this extraordinary video trekking and hiking Iceland with a Phantom 4 drone. The resulting footage provides all the incentive that anyone could possible require for a visit to Iceland. Titled The North Awakens, the video demands to be played full screen.
A big thanks to TBTP follower Maria W. for sending me the link to the wonderful video below from the British Library Learning series on Vimeo. What could be better than antiquarian books and maps together.
This wonderful volume is the 1934 Limited Editions Club re-issue of Erewhon by the English Novelist Samuel Butler, with a special introduction by Aldous Huxley, and illustrated with 10 color lithographs and reproductions of 30 line drawings by American artist Rockwell Kent. The edition of 1500 copies was hand-set in Garamond types and designed and printed by Elmer Adler at the Pynson Printers’ shop in New York. The binding is full silk, printed with a design by Rockwell Kent, and the edition is signed by the artist.
Erewhon, a Utopian narrative set in a fictional country and intended as a satire on Victorian British society, was originally published anonymously in 1872 by Nicholas Trübner in London. It was quite popular in its day, went through many editions in the 20th century, although no one seems to be reading it these days.
I’ve long been a fan of Rockwell Kent the prolific illustrator of books, but he only illustrated two Limited Editions Club publications, Erewhon and Leaves of Grass in 1929. An avid voyager and adventurer, Kent’s illustrations for Erewhon were produced during a time when he lived above the Arctic Circle in the tiny fishing settlement of Illorsuit, Greenland.
Scribner has just issued a set of new,elegant editions of F.Scott Fitzgerald novels. The series of five “collectible” hardcover editions feature new dust jacket designs. The titles 
include The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Last Tycoon, and This Side of Paradise, which also happens to be celebrating its centennial this year. This Side of Paradise Fitzgerald’s first novel, written when he was only twenty-three. While not a financial success, the book did earn some positive reviews. Even H.L. Mencken called it the “best American novel that I have seen of late.” Still, The Great Gatsby, published five years later, is widely considered the author’s masterpiece. A graphic novel adaptation of Gatsby is also being released, with an introduction by Blake Hazard, Fitzgerald’s great-granddaughter.
The publisher is celebrating the re-issues with a contest offering prizes that include a set of the new editions, original art work, and other Fitzgerald memorabilia. You can read all about the novels and enter the to win books right here.
Two years ago, former journalist David F. Gallagher launched a clever Kickstarter project that was recently completed and posted online. He solicited backers to designate a geographic location anywhere in the world by address or latitude/longitude and promised to send them a photograph that he had taken closest to the spot. The finished project resulted in a digital exhibition that you can view here. This seems like a great project for other photographers to emulate.
DOLOR
Theodore Roethke
I have known the inexorable sadness of pencils,
Neat in their boxes, dolor of pad and paper weight,
All the misery of manilla folders and mucilage,
Desolation in immaculate public places,
Lonely reception room, lavatory, switchboard,
The unalterable pathos of basin and pitcher,
Ritual of multigraph, paper-clip, comma,
Endless duplicaton of lives and objects.
And I have seen dust from the walls of institutions,
Finer than flour, alive, more dangerous than silica,
Sift, almost invisible, through long afternoons of tedium,
Dropping a fine film on nails and delicate eyebrows,
Glazing the pale hair, the duplicate grey standard faces.
Travel Between The Pages 