Firstly, a big wet kiss (some tongue, maybe an opportunistic arse-grab) to the 50 000 + visitors who've thrown caution to the wind and patronized this blog thus far.
It's a slightly orgasmic feeling, going from a readership you can count on one hand to what a friend of mine would have called, in the spirit of recurved persiflage for which he was rightly feared, "a good door. On a quiet night." That's not too shabby. If you're visiting regularly and would like to contribute, it's easy. Buy the book. Or hit the links to visit any of the brilliant peeps featured below; buy a print, instigate a commission, give them a shout out, tell them you love their work. It's hard out there for a pimp; engage with the arts and with artists. We need each other, after all.
Just thought I'd replay some stuff we particularly enjoyed and toot my own horn into the bargain. Behold-
Just thought I'd replay some stuff we particularly enjoyed and toot my own horn into the bargain. Behold-
Favourite Original Art & Illustration
This was easy, even though we were privileged to hump & slobber over a truckload of stunning original work on Tumblr etc.
I hope some of these gifted freaks are paying the rent with this stuff, because they surely deserve to.
I hope some of these gifted freaks are paying the rent with this stuff, because they surely deserve to.
Favourite Photography (by others)
I could have sat here dragging and dropping all day.
So much more difficult to single out photographic images, both because of the sheer weight of numbers and the diversity of subject matter. More of a representative grouping than a 'best of'.
So much more difficult to single out photographic images, both because of the sheer weight of numbers and the diversity of subject matter. More of a representative grouping than a 'best of'.
John McColgan / U.S. Forest Service [source] 
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Favourite Photography (by us)
First we have work from the Lovely R.
"Not anywhere as much as I'd have liked to have taken, but it's the holidays now." he murmurs.
Almost sounds like a threat, doesn't it?
"Not anywhere as much as I'd have liked to have taken, but it's the holidays now." he murmurs.
Almost sounds like a threat, doesn't it?
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Et moi, below. I'm getting better and I'm loving both the D300 + the Tamron 17-50 lens.
I still don't know what those numbers mean but whatever. Shut up! I hit the button.
I still don't know what those numbers mean but whatever. Shut up! I hit the button.
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Favourite Blog Text
The Book. I'm probably enjoying the serialisation more than anyone; paying it out at arm's length has given me such a new perspective and it's so valuable in preparing for the other half of the story.
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But the best thing I've written this year and by far the most difficult was The Stellar Other.
I'd never even attempted a lament. It feels like a lost art, such a distant and spectral idiom; in practise it was profoundly affecting. It's not often acknowledged that this time of year is a bitch and a grind for so many of us and we'd like to express solidarity with everyone fending off the old black dogs. With that in mind, I've just posted a link, rather than assailing you with the text.
It's not exactly festive. Seriously- if you're struggling, try writing it down. You've got nothing to lose.
Special Mention - The Triumph of Venus (circa 1400)
Just thought I'd give another shout out to one of my favourite historical images ever, namely
"The Triumph of Venus" birth tray (The Master of Charles of Durazzo/Francesco di Michele)
Pussyrays WHAT.
If Hercules thought Aphrodite played with a safe word, he obviously hadn't been paying attention.
"The Triumph of Venus" birth tray (The Master of Charles of Durazzo/Francesco di Michele)
Pussyrays WHAT.
If Hercules thought Aphrodite played with a safe word, he obviously hadn't been paying attention.
And last but not least, something festive via KG accidental
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