It seems pumpkins do not inspire much respect. But I was enchanted by their charming and winsome form. What appealed to me most was the pumpkin’s generous unpretentiousness. That and its solid spiritual base.
Yayoi Kusama, via the Smithsonian newsdesk.
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Detail from Crepe Paper (pumpkins, witches, turkeys); Dealer's Catalogue of Tags and Specialties,
DIY Halloween potato prints for lmnop created by Robin Rosenthal and photographed by Ian MacPherson, via Tea Collection.
John Prine, performing "Daddy's Little Pumpkin.'
John Prine, performing "Daddy's Little Pumpkin.'
1913–1914; Dennison Manufacturing Co.; courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries.
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin, 2014. At the Cleveland Clinic main campus (my photo).
William Archer, quoted in Second Sight: The Visionary Imagination in Victorian Literature by Catherine Maxwell.
mquan crescent slab back eye dish at lost and found.
Mathais Beitler: Blackwork Design for Goldsmithwork with Monkey, Birds, and Insects, 1582–1616.
"The Evolution of the Ghost." The Economist, October 28, 2017.
Mathais Beitler: Blackwork Design for Goldsmithwork with Monkey, Birds, and Insects, 1582–1616.
"The Evolution of the Ghost." The Economist, October 28, 2017.