Venus de Milo in the Louvre. Source: Unsplash. "This is the most replicated of all Aphrodite-Venuses around the globe. And yet the goddess is not a ferocious, charmed result of a cosmic amputation, she is an amputee." - Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Des…

Trumpeter Swans at Heber Springs, AR. "'Here I glide, swanlike," he said,"while earth is bathed in wonder and beauty...'"  - E.B. Webb, Trumpet of the Swan (1970) When I was living just outside of Chicago last spring, I had my first encounte…

'Apocalypse at the Ballet' by J.J. Grandville from Un Autre Monde (1844) Otherwise known as a playlist. Lately I've been watching the moon though my window and it has led to late night deep dives. One of my recent tidbits has been that every month has a uni…