I could awkwardly wear this all day!
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Cheers, bitches.
Cheers, bitches.
The mecca of jukebox!
The Two Ways of Life, above, was an allegorical tableau vivant, or mise-en-scène was created by Oscar Rejlander in 1857. It depicts a philosopher, or a sage, or perhaps a father leading two young men towards manhood. One (to the left) looks towards vice: gambling, wine and prostitution. The other, with perhaps less enthusiasm, looks towards virtue: religion, industry and family. Penitence, in the center, looks toward the right, rejecting vice. The image was the first publicly exhibited photograph of a nude, the first major art photograph and the first photo-montage.
The image, not surprisingly, caused a sensation. One reviewer described it as “magnificent….decidedly the finest photograph of its class ever pronounced” and the print was shown in March 1857 at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition (one of the first to exhibit photographs along with other art). A copy was purchased by Queen Victoria for the Prince Consort. Even with royal patronage, however, many felt that the photographic nude crossed the line of decency. The Scottish Society even refused to display it at their Exhibition in Edinburgh.
Many thanks to Flavorwire for rounding up this list of world-wide literary traditions for die-hard fans of Ernest Hemingway and Jane Austen alike. I once journeyed to Dublin one ill-fated June 16th to celebrate Bloomsday, only to discover upon my arrival that the festivities had been shut down to commemorate a national funeral. Mercifully, my traveling companion and I managed to find the one tour in operation, only to desert after 30 minutes due to the gross incompetence of our guide. He was filling in, and admitted to never having finished the legendary tome in question, Ulysses.
Now, as you begin planning your 2012 travels, pick your poison. May you have better luck than I:
The Poe Toaster (Baltimore, MD)
Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
Muggle Quidditch (Middlebury, VT)
The Hemingway Look-Alike Contest (Key West)
Kissing Oscar Wilde’s Tomb (Paris, France)
The Jane Austen Festival (Bath, England)
The Annual Moby Dick Marathon (New Bedford, MA)
Baker Street Irregulars (New York City)
I want to do all of this!
(via theatlantic)
Some Sundays, when I’m home alone, I like to listen to my “let’s just have a sad day, alright?” playlist, eat large sourdough pretzels and take artsy photobooth pictures.
