Titulo: Familiarizado en lo lúgubre Técnica: Oleo sobre tela Medidas: 210 x 130 cm Autor: José Arturo Hinojos Año: 2026 www.instagram.com/p/Db6RBDDvqjG/
"The Fairies Are Exquisite Dancers" 🎨 Arthur Rackham (1906)
#thefloatingfeather #dhondecoeter #visiodivina #painting #meditation 10.3.2026 G. E. Schwartz
November’s birth flower, the chrysanthemum, symbolises friendship and ‘cheerfulness in adversity’ in the Victorian language of flowers. According to folklore, wearing one protects against divine wrath, while chrysanthemums grown in the garden are said to keep evil spirits at bay.
'Dolmen' by Arnold Bocklin, 1847. Presumably there was a capstone once upon a time but now we are left with three gloomy uprights. This suggests the site was genuine, if only recalled in memory and then given the gloss of his #Gothic imagination. #StandingStoneSunday #Bocklin #landscape #artsky
"I leant forward, and peered over, and down into the Pit, just beneath where I stood; and saw no further than a hideous, white swine-face that had risen to within a couple of yards of my feet. As the Thing saw me, it gave an uncouth squeal, which was answered from all parts of the Pit." #BookWormSat
'Restore her therefore to the earth, from which thou didst so foolishly recall her; and be sure to recollect thy oath: for, shouldst thou forget it but once, she would return, and thou wouldst be inevitably lost.' -Wake Not the Dead, Ernst Raupach. 🎨Victor Gilbert #BookWormSat
"The horror was too much for me, too unexpected. I screamed again and again. I could not take my eyes off him, I could not even close them, and yet I knew that if I looked at the horror much longer I would go on screaming for the rest of my life." - George Langelaan, 'The Fly' #BookWormSat #horror
Morning. Naumann, Natural history of the birds of central Europe, 3rd Ed. Revised by G. Berg et al.; Edited by Carl R. Hennicke.) 1905.
I'm sure I won't be the only person who's posted one of Mugnaini's great illustrations for Ray Bradbury's 'The Halloween Tree' this week. Here's one of my favourites. #31DaysOfHalloween #Halloween #Spooktober #gothic #RayBradbury
"The Deuill ... gaue vnto him a girdle which being put about him, he was straight transfourmed into the likenes of a greedy deuouring Woolf" ("A true Discourse. Declaring the damnable life and death of one Stubbe Peeter") "Werewolf of Bedburg" Peter Stübbe was executed #otd 1589 🎨 Barry Moser
“Here comes a Jack-o’-lantern To frighten you to-night; Made from a hollow pumpkin With a candle for its light. Go off! You Jack-o’-lantern! You can not frighten me, You’re nothing but a pumpkin As any one can see!” ‘Jack-o’-Lantern’ – Anonymous (published by 1917). #Halloween
I sensed an Angel near today, sent to comfort me
My 1 page review of the film Wildwood... a film im sure ill remember the crest of my life! to read, tap the photo to enlarge
🕯️John Collier's painting 'All Hallow's Eve' for #FolkloreThursday 'At a quarter to twelve take a lighted candle and an apple, and finish eating the apple just as the clock strikes twelve, and then look in the mirror... (to see a future spouse)' (Fanny D.Bergen)
I believe our woodland birds have songs for the wildflowers they live amongst
"O Eternal Lord God, who alone rulest the raging of the sea; who has compassed the waters with bounds until day and night come to an end;" ("Naval Prayer", 1662) Rest you easy, Captain. 🎨 J.M.W. Turner "Peace – Burial at Sea" (1842)
On of Don Kenn's (John Ken Mortensen's) superb, spooky yet charming, illustrations. Perfect for the run-up to #Halloween. #31DaysOfHalloween #Spooktober #monster #illustration
As autumn fades into winter, bold, prickly teasel seed heads still bring wonderful structure to frosty hedgerows. If you’re lucky, you might spot a colourful goldfinch or two feasting on their seeds. The Anglo-Saxons called these beautiful little birds ‘thistle-tweakers’! #nature
