I found these amazing Japanese advertisements and vintage posters advertising Abilify, Zoloft, Ritalin, Serenase and other medications that are used for a variety of different mental health conditions. Despite me not knowing how to read Japanese, the storytelling here through design is evocative, straight-forward to understand and incredibly imaginative. It brings to mind Dali andContinue reading “Surreal vintage mental health posters from Japan”
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Book Review: The Lives of the Surrealists by Desmond Morris
* No Spoilers Rating: ๐๐๐๐๐ This is an incredible book. Written by Desmond Morris who is a prominent Zoologist and well-known for his book The Naked Ape. It’s possibly less widely known that Morris was himself a surrealist and knew many of the prominent surrealists in the art movement. I have to admit not knowingContinue reading “Book Review: The Lives of the Surrealists by Desmond Morris”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #58
Enjoy a cold and refreshing glass of oblivion with this week’s selections… The sea is a peace treaty between the stars and poetry. Alain Bosquet Cat is driving home after a long day at work There is something Hitchcock-esque about this driving cat, I think this was a scene from The Birds or Psycho, theContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #58”
Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #50
Hoooooey! the 50th edition of 10 Things! In this fat and bulging edition, we take a foraging foray into some rude relics, some ethereal ambient music, a few risque clips from the olden days, some inspirational animals of past and present and we journey into trippy realms with scientists. Hope you enjoy it. The rare,Continue reading “Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #50”
Amazingly intricate surreal art about lockdown by Marija Tiurina
When the covid-related quarantine began back in March I had this idea to start a big watercolor piece that would be constructed out of people’s submissions. Imagine a large painting that is like a weird salad where everyone’s thoughts, memories, dreams and ideas are mixed in a bowl and dressed with my imagination – well,Continue reading “Amazingly intricate surreal art about lockdown by Marija Tiurina”