It is interesting to observe the way that female Saints like Joan of Arc enthrall people who in other areas of their life are quite uninterested or even antipathetic toward the Catholic Church. I think this is because the female Saints represent an emancipation of the feminine genius, a true "feminism," that emerged far before the modern movement.
A selection of highlights from around the world, including the Saint Joan festival in Menorca, Eid, and Jeremy Corbyn at Glastonbury
Retour sur les beaux clichés de Joan Baez.
Spanish cartoonist Joan Cornellà combines black humor and extreme discomfort, most famously in his wordless, six-panel comics. Cornellà‘s work deals in mutilation and disfigurement, sadistic or oblivious violence, the alienation of modernity and a total disregard for human life. (I know. It doesn’t sound funny, but trust me.) Cornellà‘s aesthetic runs completely counterintuitive to his themes—his colors are lovely and soothing, and his human figures are glassy-eyed and friendly, as if they walked out of a children’s cartoon. Uncomfortable laughter aside, these beautiful little comics really bear the mark of Cornellà‘s fine arts training. His book Mox Nox is fantastic by the way, especially since the high-resolution images really let you see the texture of paper and pigment. It lets you really embrace the depth of that head-wound.
When somebody coined the phrase "whatever you do, don't forget a smile," they didn't anticipate that Joan Cornella would take this idea and take it to the unholy extremes of dark comedy. But perhaps it's for the best, since those smiles are the only thing that cushion our minds from the brutality of the images he portrays; a smile lets us feel safe while we watch the horrifically graphic scenes of his illustrations unfold. It's the only thing that reminds us that none of it is real, and despite the all-too-real sinister undertones and commentary, his style finds home in the realm of the surreal. But you probably need no description or introduction of his works; the chances are, you've probably seen them on Facebook or Instagram before. With a combined 7 million followers on social media platforms, his works are distributed far and wide by dark humor lovers. Enjoy, or don't!
La télévision n'a jamais autant célébré les « strong female characters », ces héroïnes complexes et indépendantes qui font la beauté des séries.
Shoulder pads, furs, and more eighties power looks — plus, 20-year-old Heather Locklear in cutoff shorts.
When somebody coined the phrase "whatever you do, don't forget a smile," they didn't anticipate that Joan Cornella would take this idea and take it to the unholy extremes of dark comedy. But perhaps it's for the best, since those smiles are the only thing that cushion our minds from the brutality of the images he portrays; a smile lets us feel safe while we watch the horrifically graphic scenes of his illustrations unfold. It's the only thing that reminds us that none of it is real, and despite the all-too-real sinister undertones and commentary, his style finds home in the realm of the surreal. But you probably need no description or introduction of his works; the chances are, you've probably seen them on Facebook or Instagram before. With a combined 7 million followers on social media platforms, his works are distributed far and wide by dark humor lovers. Enjoy, or don't!
La Basilique in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, birthplace of Joan of Arc, Lorraine, France (by Vins64).
LOOK at this room….. and the talent within it. Can you imagine? Long before turnstiles at a movie theater were part of opera, here we have in one room, Maria Callas and Luchino Visconti with …
Joan Cornella is a rather well-known artist on social media, and this time around, we are on the topic of demotivational posters. These posters, typically featuring a bleak or ironic twist on traditional motivational sayings, serve as a humorous reminder of life's absurdities.
“We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.”
Casa Enriqueta Rodríguez de Lacín 1908 Architect: Emili Sala i Cortés
The video above brings you way back (we think) to 1958, when Joan Baez was only 17, to a concert she played at the legendary Club 47 in Cambridge, Mass. While the teenage ingénue broke onto the folk scene, Bob Dylan was still a student back in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Casa Joan Baptista Pons 1909 Architect: Joan Baptista Pons i Trabal
Coca de Sant Joan, video recipe to make this traditional sweet bread of the night of San Juan with pears in syrup and Dulcey cream.
A searchable catalogue of Welsh Stained Glass windows from the 14th century to the present, with over 5000 photographs.
Je vous en ai glissé un mot à la radio, mon amie Heidi Hollinger a lancé la semaine dernière un livre qui donne envie de sortir sa valise et de prendre le premier vol direction Cuba. Intitulé 300 raisons d’aimer La Havane, le bouquin nous montre le vrai visage de la vieille capitale, vu par … Lire la suite
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Image 17 of 59 from gallery of INOUT House / Joan Puigcorbé. Photograph by Jordi Miralles
Ph. Julian Wasser. Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968
When somebody coined the phrase "whatever you do, don't forget a smile," they didn't anticipate that Joan Cornella would take this idea and take it to the unholy extremes of dark comedy. But perhaps it's for the best, since those smiles are the only thing that cushion our minds from the brutality of the images he portrays; a smile lets us feel safe while we watch the horrifically graphic scenes of his illustrations unfold. It's the only thing that reminds us that none of it is real, and despite the all-too-real sinister undertones and commentary, his style finds home in the realm of the surreal. But you probably need no description or introduction of his works; the chances are, you've probably seen them on Facebook or Instagram before. With a combined 7 million followers on social media platforms, his works are distributed far and wide by dark humor lovers. Enjoy, or don't!
La télévision n'a jamais autant célébré les « strong female characters », ces héroïnes complexes et indépendantes qui font la beauté des séries.
Quote/s of the Day – 30 May – The Memorial of St Joan of Arc (1412-1431) “About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know, that they are just one thing and we shouldn’t complicate the matter…
American musician Joan Jett performs onstage at the Thirsty Whale bar during filming of the movie 'Light of Day' , Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1986.
"At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules." —Joan Jett
Shoulder pads, furs, and more eighties power looks — plus, 20-year-old Heather Locklear in cutoff shorts.
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Just one of the many wonderful windows in this country parish, the Church of St Mochua, Derrynoose, Co. Armagh. - the same as the window of St Patrick posted three photos back. Originally taken in RAW, then brightness adjusted in Preview and saved to .JPG, and straightened and further adjusted using color curves and the perspective tool in Gimp.
“No man is born into the World a Master, and for that reason are we obliged to learn. He who applieth himself thereunto, and studieth, learneth; and a man can have no more shameful and evil title t…
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Joan Brossa, 1989 [Fundació Joan Brossa / MACBA, Barcelona]
Joan of Arc by Albert Lynch (1851-1912) engraving from Figaro Illustre magazine, 1903
