A Pretty Taste for Paradox

my personal thesis challenge: no single sentence may go over 100 words.

The Amstel seen from the artist’s studio, c.1914-20 by

Hendrik Jan Wolter (Dutch, 1873–1952)

things google maps is good for:

the fastest route to work through rush hour traffic

pinpointing the exact beach in New Brunswick where I found a dead seal when I was nine

pinned: the approximate location of a dead harbor seal, August 2000

lmaonade:

i’m so sorry for being a customer, i want to leave you alone but sometimes i have to buy things or eat. please understand i use self checkout whenever i can

daughterofchaos:

Nave Vault by Holly Hayes on Flickr

Source: daughterofchaos

arsantiquis:

Perronneau, Jean-Baptiste – Portrait of Théophile Van Robais (detail).

cimmerianweathers:

Nanette Heine (née Kaula)
Joseph Karl Stieler
Oil on canvas
c. 1829

Source: cimmerianweathers

morgauseoforkney:

Look I think Alexander Stewart’s death at Flodden was a minor tragedy too, especially on the cultural front, but palaeographers have the strangest priorities

Source: morgauseoforkney

things google maps is good for:

the fastest route to work through rush hour traffic
pinpointing the exact beach in New Brunswick where I found a dead seal when I was nine

fafarago:

“Spring” (1920)

by Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945)