Dark Little Windows

The Darkness inspires me.

Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware
Willem Claesz. Heda1635

Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle
Arnold Böcklin1872

The drowned fisherman
Michael Ancher1896

One Little Window

If you think it was easy to find a pictures of three Egyptian mummies in one picture to go along with the one  little window I chose to feature today, it isn’t.

But I had fun in the process, so go on- enjoy.

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Three mummies fom the museum’s collection. From left to right: Irtieru a man, 35 to 45 years (1,71 m ± 4 cm), from the Third Intermediate Period 1.070 – 664 AC — 2.800 years; Pabasa a man 40 to 50 years (1,62 m ± 4 cm) from the Late period 663 – 323 AC – 2.500; Sukhetsahor* (*most probable name, not certain) a man 51 to 60 years (1.66 m +/- 4 cm).from the Initial Ptolemaic period, Akmin 250-200 B.C. (2.200 years).

Mummified  Cats—In the British Museum

 

Little Windows

 “I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt. I fear. I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

– Jonathan Harker, Chapter Two- Dracula

Woman in front of Setting Sun
Caspar David Friedrichabout 1818

https://youtu.be/8AobLIjZ5HE

A Scarecrow in a Baroque Garden Judith Mason1972

Little Windows

The moon was thought to exert a special influence on poets and artists and

werewolves.

Sometimes more then others the Moon and what it represents just tickles me to death.

The Contemplator
Eugène Carrière1901

“Moon Madness” by Andrew Wyeth