Rembrandt Rembrandt night watchLord Frederick Leighton Leighton Flaming June
Albert Bierstadt Sierra Nevada
own girlhood; how passionately I would have devoted myself to you..."
She leaned toward the shadow, as if she couldn't control the impulses of her own body, and the shadow hungrily sniffed and seemed to gulp at the scent of her flesh.
They were moving The Regent was a being whose profound intellect had had thousands of years to deepen and strengthen itself, and whose knowledge extended over a million universes. Nevertheless, at that moment he was blinded by his twin obsessions: to destroy Lyra and to possess her mother. He nodded and stayed where he was, while the woman and the monkey moved forward as quietly as thelaboriously over the tumbled and broken rocks toward the foot of the slope. The farther down they went, the more the Dust light gave everything a nimbus of golden mist. Mrs. Coulter kept reaching for where his hand might have been if the shadow had been a human companion, and then seemed to recollect herself, and whispered:"Keep behind me, Metatron, wait here, Asriel is suspicious, let me lull him first. When he's off guard, I'll call you. But come as a shadow, in this small form, so he doesn't see you, otherwise, he'll just let the child's daemon fly away."y could.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Raphael La Belle Jardiniere
Raphael La Belle JardiniereWilliam Bouguereau The Broken PitcherWilliam Bouguereau Love Takes Flight
what's going to happen to us!"
Others took up the question: "Yes, tell us where we're going! Tell us what to expect! We won't go unless we know what'll happen to us!"
Lyra turned to Will , just like your daemons did. If you've seen people dying, you know what that looks like. But your daemons en't just nothing now; they're part of everything. All the atoms that were them, they've gone into the air and the wind and the trees and the earth and all the living things. They'll never vanish. They're just part of everything. And that's exactly what'll happen to you, I swear to you, I promise on my honor. You'll drift apart, it's true, but you'll be out in the open, part of everything alive again."
No one spoke. Those who had seen how daemons dissolved were remembering it, and those
what's going to happen to us!"
Others took up the question: "Yes, tell us where we're going! Tell us what to expect! We won't go unless we know what'll happen to us!"
Lyra turned to Will , just like your daemons did. If you've seen people dying, you know what that looks like. But your daemons en't just nothing now; they're part of everything. All the atoms that were them, they've gone into the air and the wind and the trees and the earth and all the living things. They'll never vanish. They're just part of everything. And that's exactly what'll happen to you, I swear to you, I promise on my honor. You'll drift apart, it's true, but you'll be out in the open, part of everything alive again."
No one spoke. Those who had seen how daemons dissolved were remembering it, and those
Friday, January 16, 2009
Jack Vettriano Heartbreak Hotel
Jack Vettriano Heartbreak HotelJack Vettriano Good Time GirlsJack Vettriano Good Days' Sunshine
beginning to wear off, and he could feel the pity of his state.
"Truly," he said, "I am dead... I'm dead, and I'm going to Hell..."
"Hush," said Lyra, "we'll go together. What's your name?"
"Dirk Jansen I was," , lowering them again, uttering little cries.
"I can't stay here... Can't stay," he was saying. "But this ain't the farm I knew. This is wrong. I got to go..."
"Where are you going, Mr. Jansen?" said Lyra.
"Down the road. Dunno. Got to go. Can't stay here..."
he said, "but already I... I don't know what to do... Don't know where to go..."Will opened the door. The barnyard looked the same, the kitchen was unchanged, the same hazy sun shone down. And there was the man's body, untouched.A little groan broke from Dirk Jansen's throat, as if there were no denying it anymore. The dragonflies darted out of the door and skimmed over the ground and then shot up high, faster than birds. The man was looking around helplessly, raising his hands
beginning to wear off, and he could feel the pity of his state.
"Truly," he said, "I am dead... I'm dead, and I'm going to Hell..."
"Hush," said Lyra, "we'll go together. What's your name?"
"Dirk Jansen I was," , lowering them again, uttering little cries.
"I can't stay here... Can't stay," he was saying. "But this ain't the farm I knew. This is wrong. I got to go..."
"Where are you going, Mr. Jansen?" said Lyra.
"Down the road. Dunno. Got to go. Can't stay here..."
he said, "but already I... I don't know what to do... Don't know where to go..."Will opened the door. The barnyard looked the same, the kitchen was unchanged, the same hazy sun shone down. And there was the man's body, untouched.A little groan broke from Dirk Jansen's throat, as if there were no denying it anymore. The dragonflies darted out of the door and skimmed over the ground and then shot up high, faster than birds. The man was looking around helplessly, raising his hands
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Jack Vettriano Setting New Standards
Jack Vettriano Setting New StandardsJack Vettriano Seaside SharksJack Vettriano Scarlet Ribbons Lovely Ribbons
But there was another thing she had to understand, and that was sraf. She knew about it, but she could not see it as we can, until she made an instrument to look through.
And now she has succeeded, she is ready to learn more about what she must do to help us.
Mary, come here and you had to gesture as well as speak, but they seemed to understand.
Sattamax said, It is good to hear you speak. We hope you will be able to help us. If not, I cannot see how we will survive. The tualapi will kill us all. There are more of them than there ever were, and their numbers are increasing every year. Something has gone wrong with the world. For most of the thirty-three thousand years that there have been mulefa, we have join me.She felt dizzy, self-conscious, bemused, but she did as she had to and stepped up beside the old zalif. She thought she had better speak, so she began:You have all made me feel I am a friend. You are kind and hospitable. I came from a world very different, but some of us are aware of sraf, as you are, and I'm grateful for your help in making this glass, through which I can see it. If there is any way in which I can help you, I will be glad to do it.She spoke more awkwardly than she did with Atal, and she was afraid she hadn't made her meaning clear. It was hard to know where to face when
But there was another thing she had to understand, and that was sraf. She knew about it, but she could not see it as we can, until she made an instrument to look through.
And now she has succeeded, she is ready to learn more about what she must do to help us.
Mary, come here and you had to gesture as well as speak, but they seemed to understand.
Sattamax said, It is good to hear you speak. We hope you will be able to help us. If not, I cannot see how we will survive. The tualapi will kill us all. There are more of them than there ever were, and their numbers are increasing every year. Something has gone wrong with the world. For most of the thirty-three thousand years that there have been mulefa, we have join me.She felt dizzy, self-conscious, bemused, but she did as she had to and stepped up beside the old zalif. She thought she had better speak, so she began:You have all made me feel I am a friend. You are kind and hospitable. I came from a world very different, but some of us are aware of sraf, as you are, and I'm grateful for your help in making this glass, through which I can see it. If there is any way in which I can help you, I will be glad to do it.She spoke more awkwardly than she did with Atal, and she was afraid she hadn't made her meaning clear. It was hard to know where to face when
George Bellows Stag at Sharkey's
George Bellows Stag at Sharkey'sGeorge Bellows Dempsey and FirpoCaravaggio The Sacrifice of Isaac
And a great and furious sob shook Lyra herself, for, after all, Mrs. Coulter was the only mother she would ever have, and Will saw a cascade of tears run down the girl's cheeks.
But he had to be ruthless. He pulled at Lyra's hand, and as the dragonfly rider darted close to his head, urging them to hurry, he led her at a crouching run down the path and away from the cave. In Will's left hand, bleeding again from the blow he'd landed on the monkey, was Mrs. Coulter's pistol.
"Make for the top of the cliff," said the dragonfly rider, "and give yourself up to the Africans. They're your best hope."
Mindful of those sharp spurs, Will said nothing, though he hadn't the least intention of obeying. There was only one place he enough to meet him.
But someone else came from nowhere to help them: Balthamos, in a blur of desperation, hurled himself between the children and the soldiers. The men fell back, amazed, as this apparition shimmered into being in front of them.
But they were trained warriors, and a moment later their daemons leapt at the angel, savage was making for, and that was the window behind the bush; so he kept his head low and ran fast, and Lyra and Ama ran behind him."Halt!"There was a man, three men, blocking the path ahead, uniformed, white men with crossbows and snarling wolf-dog daemons, the Swiss Guard."Iorek!" cried Will at once. "Iorek Byrnison!" He could hear the bear crashing and snarling not far away, and hear the screams and cries of the soldiers unlucky
And a great and furious sob shook Lyra herself, for, after all, Mrs. Coulter was the only mother she would ever have, and Will saw a cascade of tears run down the girl's cheeks.
But he had to be ruthless. He pulled at Lyra's hand, and as the dragonfly rider darted close to his head, urging them to hurry, he led her at a crouching run down the path and away from the cave. In Will's left hand, bleeding again from the blow he'd landed on the monkey, was Mrs. Coulter's pistol.
"Make for the top of the cliff," said the dragonfly rider, "and give yourself up to the Africans. They're your best hope."
Mindful of those sharp spurs, Will said nothing, though he hadn't the least intention of obeying. There was only one place he enough to meet him.
But someone else came from nowhere to help them: Balthamos, in a blur of desperation, hurled himself between the children and the soldiers. The men fell back, amazed, as this apparition shimmered into being in front of them.
But they were trained warriors, and a moment later their daemons leapt at the angel, savage was making for, and that was the window behind the bush; so he kept his head low and ran fast, and Lyra and Ama ran behind him."Halt!"There was a man, three men, blocking the path ahead, uniformed, white men with crossbows and snarling wolf-dog daemons, the Swiss Guard."Iorek!" cried Will at once. "Iorek Byrnison!" He could hear the bear crashing and snarling not far away, and hear the screams and cries of the soldiers unlucky
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Gustave Courbet Woman with a Parrot
Gustave Courbet Woman with a ParrotEdward Hopper People In The SunEdgar Degas Rehearsal on the Stage
advice than this: don't look for the child. That would give you away. Instead, look for the tempter. Follow the tempter, and she will lead you to the child."
"She?" said Father Gomez, shocked.
"Yes, she," said Father MacPhail. "We have learned that much from the alethiometer. The world the tempter comes from is a strange the world she comes from, and the place she was last seen. Read it well, my dear Luis, and go with my blessing."
He had never used the priest's given name before. Father Gomez felt tears of joy prick one. You will see many things that will shock and startle you, Father Gomez. Don't let yourself be distracted by their oddness from the sacred task you have to do. I have faith," he added kindly, "in the power of your faith. This woman is traveling, guided by the powers of evil, to a place where she may, eventually, meet the child in time to tempt her. That is, of course, if we do not succeed in removing the girl from her present location. That remains our first plan. You, Father Gomez, are our ultimate guarantee that if that falls through, the infernal powers will still not prevail."Father Gomez nodded. His daemon, a large and iridescent green-backed beetle, clicked her wing cases.The President opened a drawer and handed the young priest a folded packet of papers."Here is all we know about the woman," he said, "and
advice than this: don't look for the child. That would give you away. Instead, look for the tempter. Follow the tempter, and she will lead you to the child."
"She?" said Father Gomez, shocked.
"Yes, she," said Father MacPhail. "We have learned that much from the alethiometer. The world the tempter comes from is a strange the world she comes from, and the place she was last seen. Read it well, my dear Luis, and go with my blessing."
He had never used the priest's given name before. Father Gomez felt tears of joy prick one. You will see many things that will shock and startle you, Father Gomez. Don't let yourself be distracted by their oddness from the sacred task you have to do. I have faith," he added kindly, "in the power of your faith. This woman is traveling, guided by the powers of evil, to a place where she may, eventually, meet the child in time to tempt her. That is, of course, if we do not succeed in removing the girl from her present location. That remains our first plan. You, Father Gomez, are our ultimate guarantee that if that falls through, the infernal powers will still not prevail."Father Gomez nodded. His daemon, a large and iridescent green-backed beetle, clicked her wing cases.The President opened a drawer and handed the young priest a folded packet of papers."Here is all we know about the woman," he said, "and
Monday, January 12, 2009
Pierre Auguste Renoir At The Theatre
Pierre Auguste Renoir At The TheatrePierre Auguste Renoir The Large BathersAlexandre Cabanel Phedre
Women tend to like smart men because they're usually more successful and better providers. But here's another reason: Their sperm is better, a new study says.
Researchers at King's college London, the University of Delaware and the University of New Mexico recently compared results from five intelligence tests given to 425 Vietnam War vets in 1985 as part of the U.S. Centers For Disease Control andof sperm health.
The smarter the men were, the more sperm they produced and the better their wee ones swam — and it didn't matter how old the men were or whether they smoked, drank or were obese.But why might these two seemingly unrelated traits be linked? Why would calculus aces or Business consultants make better sperm? Prevention's Vietnam Experience Study. These vets, aged 31 to 44, also provided sperm samples, so the researchers analyzed the sperm per milliliter of semen, plus how many of the sperm swam normally, and other measures
Women tend to like smart men because they're usually more successful and better providers. But here's another reason: Their sperm is better, a new study says.
Researchers at King's college London, the University of Delaware and the University of New Mexico recently compared results from five intelligence tests given to 425 Vietnam War vets in 1985 as part of the U.S. Centers For Disease Control andof sperm health.
The smarter the men were, the more sperm they produced and the better their wee ones swam — and it didn't matter how old the men were or whether they smoked, drank or were obese.But why might these two seemingly unrelated traits be linked? Why would calculus aces or Business consultants make better sperm? Prevention's Vietnam Experience Study. These vets, aged 31 to 44, also provided sperm samples, so the researchers analyzed the sperm per milliliter of semen, plus how many of the sperm swam normally, and other measures
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Claude Monet Bank of the Seine Vetheuil
Claude Monet Bank of the Seine VetheuilClaude Monet Autumn at ArgenteuilRene Magritte Woman Bathing
Many people [have] terrible ideas about the odds. Our brains are just not wired to understand the difference between 500,000 to 1 and 50 million to 1."--Keith Whyte, executive director, National Council on Problem Gambling
"People who play Heith, spokesman, Texas Lottery
The Time Line
1560sQueen Elizabeth establishes the first English government lottery, which sells 400,000 tickets.regularly know whether they win regularly. If you buy a $5 ticket once a week and haven't won for three months, you're going to drop the habit."--Mark Cavanaugh, executive director, Massachusetts Lottery"Lotteries are being billed as a way to get without saving and investing. It creates compulsive gamblers."--Bill Brooks, president, North Carolina Family Policy Council"We don't want to see anybody overspend their means. We have a 'play responsibly' campaign that says 'You only need one ticket to win.'"--Bobby
Many people [have] terrible ideas about the odds. Our brains are just not wired to understand the difference between 500,000 to 1 and 50 million to 1."--Keith Whyte, executive director, National Council on Problem Gambling
"People who play Heith, spokesman, Texas Lottery
The Time Line
1560sQueen Elizabeth establishes the first English government lottery, which sells 400,000 tickets.regularly know whether they win regularly. If you buy a $5 ticket once a week and haven't won for three months, you're going to drop the habit."--Mark Cavanaugh, executive director, Massachusetts Lottery"Lotteries are being billed as a way to get without saving and investing. It creates compulsive gamblers."--Bill Brooks, president, North Carolina Family Policy Council"We don't want to see anybody overspend their means. We have a 'play responsibly' campaign that says 'You only need one ticket to win.'"--Bobby
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Andy Warhol Daisy Blue on Blue
Andy Warhol Daisy Blue on BlueAndy Warhol daisy 1982Andy Warhol Cow Yellow on Blue Background
both cases, the exercised rats showed increased testosterone levels and improved activity in the way they processed chemicals responsible for causing an erection."Regular exercise may ... improve an erection by increasing penile Commenting on the results, Australian sexual health expert Dr Chris McMahon said what was good for the functioning of the penis was also good for the body's broader vascular system.
"If you exercise these aged rats, who are probably parallel to aged men in their 60s and 70s, you can improve the way that their blood vessels work," Dr McMahon said.
"Theoretically, you can improve vascular health, cardio health, increase longevity neurotransmitter and plasma testosterone levels in both young and aged rats," the study concludes.The results of the Turkish study were released at the Congress of the European and International Societies for Sexual Medicine, which is underway this week in Brussels, Belgium.
both cases, the exercised rats showed increased testosterone levels and improved activity in the way they processed chemicals responsible for causing an erection."Regular exercise may ... improve an erection by increasing penile Commenting on the results, Australian sexual health expert Dr Chris McMahon said what was good for the functioning of the penis was also good for the body's broader vascular system.
"If you exercise these aged rats, who are probably parallel to aged men in their 60s and 70s, you can improve the way that their blood vessels work," Dr McMahon said.
"Theoretically, you can improve vascular health, cardio health, increase longevity neurotransmitter and plasma testosterone levels in both young and aged rats," the study concludes.The results of the Turkish study were released at the Congress of the European and International Societies for Sexual Medicine, which is underway this week in Brussels, Belgium.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Jack Vettriano The Missing Man
Jack Vettriano The Missing ManJack Vettriano The Man in the MirrorJack Vettriano The Last Great Romantic
Friend this letter is a long time over due. Hope you get it. Heard you was in Riverton. Im coming thru on the 24th, thought Id stop and buy you a beer Drop me a line if you can, say if your there. The return address was Childress, Texas. Ennis wrote back, you bet, gave the Riverton address.
The day was hot and clear in taking his friend to the was so hot, if they could get a baby-sitter, but Ennis said more likely he’d just go out with Jack and get drunk. Jack was not a restaurant type, he said, thinking of the dirty spoons sticking out of the cans of cold beans balanced on the log.
Late in the afternoon, thunder growling, that same old green pickup rolled in and he saw Jack get out of the truck, beat-up Resistol tilted back. A hot jolt scalded Ennis and he was out on the landing pulling the door closed behind the morning, but by noon the clouds had pushed up out of the west rolling a little sultry air before them. Ennis, wearing his best shirt, white with wide black stripes, didn’t know what time Jack would get there and so had taken the day off, paced back and forth, looking down into a street pale with dust. Alma was saying something about
Friend this letter is a long time over due. Hope you get it. Heard you was in Riverton. Im coming thru on the 24th, thought Id stop and buy you a beer Drop me a line if you can, say if your there. The return address was Childress, Texas. Ennis wrote back, you bet, gave the Riverton address.
The day was hot and clear in taking his friend to the was so hot, if they could get a baby-sitter, but Ennis said more likely he’d just go out with Jack and get drunk. Jack was not a restaurant type, he said, thinking of the dirty spoons sticking out of the cans of cold beans balanced on the log.
Late in the afternoon, thunder growling, that same old green pickup rolled in and he saw Jack get out of the truck, beat-up Resistol tilted back. A hot jolt scalded Ennis and he was out on the landing pulling the door closed behind the morning, but by noon the clouds had pushed up out of the west rolling a little sultry air before them. Ennis, wearing his best shirt, white with wide black stripes, didn’t know what time Jack would get there and so had taken the day off, paced back and forth, looking down into a street pale with dust. Alma was saying something about
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Jack Vettriano The Blue Gown
Jack Vettriano The Blue GownJack Vettriano The Birth of a DreamJack Vettriano The Billy Boys
song drew nearer, a girl's fresh voice filled the shadows of the lofty arches and Water appeared. Tall, slender and white as a pearl, she seemed to glide rather than to walk. Her movements were so soft and graceful that they were suspected rather than seen. A beautiful silvery dress waved and floated around her; and her hair decked with corals flowed at Fire, whose face was always like a red-hot coal. Fire angrily jumped to the ceiling, keeping his revenge for later. Meanwhile, the Cat went up to Water, very cautiously, and paid her ever so many compliments on her dress. I need hardly tell you that she did not mean a word of it; but she wished to be friendly with everybody, for she wanted their votes, to carry out her plan; and she was anxious at not seeing Bread, because she did not want to speak before the meeting was complete. below her knees. When Fire caught sight of her, like the rude and spiteful fellow that he was, he sneered: "She's not brought her umbrella!" But Water, who was really quite witty and who knew that she was the stronger of the two, chaffed him pleasantly and said, with a glance at his glowing nose: "I beg your pardon?.... I thought you might be speaking of a great red nose I saw the other day!..." The others began to laugh and poke fun
song drew nearer, a girl's fresh voice filled the shadows of the lofty arches and Water appeared. Tall, slender and white as a pearl, she seemed to glide rather than to walk. Her movements were so soft and graceful that they were suspected rather than seen. A beautiful silvery dress waved and floated around her; and her hair decked with corals flowed at Fire, whose face was always like a red-hot coal. Fire angrily jumped to the ceiling, keeping his revenge for later. Meanwhile, the Cat went up to Water, very cautiously, and paid her ever so many compliments on her dress. I need hardly tell you that she did not mean a word of it; but she wished to be friendly with everybody, for she wanted their votes, to carry out her plan; and she was anxious at not seeing Bread, because she did not want to speak before the meeting was complete. below her knees. When Fire caught sight of her, like the rude and spiteful fellow that he was, he sneered: "She's not brought her umbrella!" But Water, who was really quite witty and who knew that she was the stronger of the two, chaffed him pleasantly and said, with a glance at his glowing nose: "I beg your pardon?.... I thought you might be speaking of a great red nose I saw the other day!..." The others began to laugh and poke fun
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