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Restoring the Lost Sense – January 28, 2016

"Giants with the faces of bulls and bulls with the faces of men," from The Secret of the Magian by André Laurie, 1892.

[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]

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#mythology #lamassu #mesopotamian #animal headed #statuary

Restoring the Lost Sense – October 13, 2015

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"'A miracle! A miracle!' they cried." From Dicks' English Library of Standard Works, 1884.

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#vintage illustration #saint #miracle #statue #illustration

Precursors – January 10, 2015

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Here's a precursor to the "great dorg" of a film Mannequin (1987), from The Tinted Venus by J. Bernard Partridge, 1898. The caption reads, "'It is a miserable thing,' he was thinking, 'for a man to have a female statue trotting after him like a great dorg.'"

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#vintage illustration #statue #living statue #illustration #living mannequin

Restoring the Lost Sense – October 10, 2014

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An illustration from Zigzag Journeys in the Antipodes by Hezekiah Butterworth (1889).

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#deities #animal headed #statuary #idol #paganism #gods

Restoring the Lost Sense – August 26, 2014

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An illustration from The Misfortunes of Elphin and Rhododaphne by Thomas Love Peacock (1897). The caption reads: "Up that image rose, and spake, as from a trumpet."

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#vintage illustration #statue #living statue #illustration #talking statue

Restoring the Lost Sense – September 1, 2013

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An illustration from an 1864 issue of Punch magazine. The caption reads: "Design for 'a monument embracing a bronze statue.'"

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#vintage illustration #statue #monument #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – April 21, 2013

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An illustration from Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath by Ben Hecht.

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#vintage illustration #statue

Restoring the Lost Sense – April 7, 2013

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An illustration from a 1900 issue of Harmsworth's magazine. The caption reads: "The statue lives! On its mighty limbs the great muscles twitch and quiver."

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#vintage illustration #horror #statue #living statue #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – May 4, 2012

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An illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine. The caption reads: "Through the open window she hurled the fat-faced Buddha."

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#religion #vintage illustration #illustration #anti-buddhist #buddha statue

Neither Saint- Nor Sophist-Led – December 31, 2011

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An illustration from an 1897 issue of The Ludgate Illustrated magazine. The caption reads: "Then with furious force he flung it down."

Who is your favorite imaginary saint? Do share!

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#vintage illustration #statue

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – January 12, 2009

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If an animated cartoon costs $100 per second, then every production could save $1,700 by having a character seek to go unnoticed by pretending to be an unblinking statue. The following interior monologue could play over a still frame:

Perhaps if I stay silent, breathe quietly, and hold myself rigid, no one will notice me. I mustn't blink; I mustn't twitch; for I am a majestic marble statue, mute and blind (albeit wearing spectacles). Motionless stand I upon no pedestal, for Mother Earth is my plinth.

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#statue #animation

The Right Word – December 6, 2008

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"He spoke as if each full sound he uttered was equal to the presence of a new statue in one's courtyard."
—Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings (Highly recommended!)

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#statue #norman mailer