Jenny Saville has been languishing in the back of my mind as a purveyor of the unusual female body

Me

Friends and bones

The ecstasy of a good night’s sleep

Mum’s sadly no longer with us, but what a beautiful day to celebrate her! Happy Mother’s Day!

I’ve bloody well gone and done it again!
A new playlist for your enjoyment over on Mixcloud
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Back to work after a considerable amount of annual leave

Suzanne Treister, a power house of esoterica

雛祭りの、笏(しゃく)をお持ちしています御内裏様(おだいりさま)

Wonderful art historian Vikki Jenner made a great reel for the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford about the Ghost Tale of Yotsuya (東海道四谷怪談) written by Tsuruya Nanboku (鶴屋南北) for the Kabuki theatre. Back in Feb 2023 I visited the shrine that Oiwa the antagonist visited regularly albeit less ghostly…