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| [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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| [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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| [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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Here's the secert to making money with cards, revealed in the College of William and Mary's Colonial Echo yearbook, 1916. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.
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| [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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Dark Care Lightened by Samuel Fitch Hotchkin, 1893.
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| [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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From Egypt under Ismail Pacha by William Blanchard Jerrold, 1879. The caption reads, "Ismail as a fox, carried to the exhibition of 1878."
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| [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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| [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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An illustration from Andiron Tales by John Kendrick Bangs and illustrated by Clare Victor Dwiggins, 1906.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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From Causeries avec Mes Élèves by Lambert Sauveur, 1875.
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| [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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Here's a cauldron of alphabet soup from Southerly Busters by Ironbark, 1878.
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| [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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Here is revealed the only proper way for a gentleman to gaze upon a lady's bosomed physique. From the Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School's Cauldron yearbook, 1904. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.
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Pen Sketches by a Vanished Hand, from the papers of the late Mortimer Collins, 1879.
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| [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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From La Mujer magazine (Buenos Aires, 1899). Speaking of which, what exactly are a snowball's chances in hell? See A Snowball's Chance in Hell.
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| [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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From The Curly-Haired Hen, written and illustrated by Auguste Vimar, 1914.
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| [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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"And uttered a yelling kind of 'Ha, ha, ha, ha!'" From Dicks' English Library of Standard Works, 1884.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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Double O's have always caught your eye, haven't they? And for good reason, as they're looking right back at you. From The New Hyperion, 1875.
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| [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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| [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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From the good old days of science, "The Cave of Death" from Popular Science Monthly, 1872.
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| [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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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folktales by Robert Nisbet Bain and illustrated by H. W. Mitchell, 1902.
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| [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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From The Blue Poetry Book, edited by Andrew Lang, 1891.
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Our favorite depiction of Stygian ferryman Charon is in the song "Sirens, No Harbour" by Sweden's Henric de la Cour. The opening lines reveal that the speaker has entered the netherworld, and though it is not immediately clear, the speaker does not yet realize that he is dead:
I came through
the darkness;
I came through
the mist.
I heard my name
on the wind.
And here we're introduced to Charon, who is the epitome of friendliness:
Please come aboard
my humble vessel.
I will take you across
this troubled sea.
But it's Charon's safety spiel that we most appreciate, like an airline's "In the event of a water landing" instructions. He is gently, indirectly suggesting that something will happen to his passenger, to help his passenger come to terms with having expired:
If something should happen,
if the sea should claim you,
please give my regards
to the fish of the deep.
If you get lonesome
in the abyss,
close your eyes;
part your lips.
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From Southern Illinois State Normal University's Obelisk yearbook, 1920.
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| *Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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| [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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From The Doom of St. Querec by Francis Cowley Burnand, 1875.
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| [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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From Southerly Busters by Ironbark, 1878.
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| [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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You've heard of "dead letters," but did you know they tend to go blind first? From The Romance of the British Post Office by Archibald Granger Bowie, 1897. The caption reads, "Deciphering the 'blind' letters."
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"Revealed a monstrous grey goose," from Through Connemara in a Governess Cart, 1893.
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| [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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In any group, there's always one with delusions of grandeur. (And even a dental crown costs a king's ransom.) From Healthy Living by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, 1917.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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"Giants with the faces of bulls and bulls with the faces of men," from The Secret of the Magian by André Laurie, 1892.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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"Locomoniac possession," from The New Hyperion, 1875.
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Here's a genuine skeleton key from Love Lyrics and Valentine Verses by E. M. Davies, 1875.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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So much for Jules Verne's 80-day circumnavigation in 1873. Seven years later, the trip was up to 500 days. At that rate of slack, it would take 8,240 days to circumnavigate in 2016. We're now looking for that book cover.
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| *Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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| [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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| [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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There's actually nothing wrong with gazing upon oneself, just as long as the mirror is appropriate. From The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1916.
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| [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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| [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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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folktales by Robert Nisbet Bain and illustrated by H. W. Mitchell, 1902.
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| [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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If you ever wondered where all the elves went, here's a clue. From La Mujer magazine (Buenos Aires, 1899).
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| [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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"The reverberating B is an afterthought." —Vaughan Williams by A. E. F. Dickinson, 1963
Our illustration of an afterthought B appears in Sinceri Renati Sämtliche Philosophisch by Samuel Richter, 1741.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| * There is a vast world of reality into which science can no more enter than an elf can be Santa Claus. We regret to observe that rather than face it, and confess its inability to measure it, science turns its back upon it. Life is not always every-day life, and the insolvable mysteries are correlated not to formal rules but to spirit and inspiration. Are bits of wisdom liable to dwarf the subject? Indeed — and rightly! James Howell described the ingredients of a good proverb to be "sense, shortness, and salt." May Howell's cry resound through this present collection of maxims on believing in one's elf.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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"What a dead-alive life we lead!" From Lil Grey by E. Beavan, 1878.
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| [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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| [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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"My Great Work is secret, clandestine, and encompasses my life in its entirety, even its most insignificant folds and those that seem the most banal. Until now I have concealed my purpose under the accommodating guise of literature. Because I am a writer, this causes no particular concern. Marginally, this pretense has afforded me certain mundane pleasures, and an acceptable modus vivendi. But my goal—which in my quest for transparency has become my best kept secret—is typical of the comic-book Mad Scientist: to extend my dominion over the entire world." —César Aira (as translated by Katherine Silver), The Literary Conference
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"Chair on the [St. Michael's] Mount Tower," Cornwall, from Rodda's Guide to Penzance, Land's End, Kynance Cove, the Lizard, Isles of Scilly by W. S. Lach-Szyrma, 1894.
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| [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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"The north wind," from Playtime Rhymes by Annie Margaret Pike and illustrated by Hugh Wallis, 1907.
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| [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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| [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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| This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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`-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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| [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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From Heroes of the Dawn by Violet Russell, 1914.
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| [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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From Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood and illustrated by C. E. Brock, 1893.
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| [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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One might think that Winter prepares the way for the Grim Reaper, but we see here that the Reaper leads. From Thrilling Stories of the Great War on Land and Sea, in the Air, Under the Water, 1915.
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| [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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| [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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Thanks to Malo for the doodle!
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Even Death isn't a fan of the bagpipes, as we see in De Kapelle der Dooden by Abraham a Sancta Clara, 1741.
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| [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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You already know the futility of taking "coals to Newcastle," but indubitably it's Bristol that's left cleaning up all that coal spilled on the road and laybys, as we see in Picturesque Antiquities of Bristol by John Skinner Prout, 1893.
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| [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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From The Bab Ballads, written and illustrated by William Schwenck Gilbert, 1898.
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| [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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| [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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From The Cub yearbook of New Bern High School, 1921.
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| [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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| [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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"The sense of death is most in apprehension," from For Faith and Freedom by Walter Besant, 1889.
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| [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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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folktales by Robert Nisbet Bain and illustrated by H. W. Mitchell, 1902.
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| [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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From Absolutely True, written and illustrated by Irving Montagu, 1893.
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| [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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This illustration seems to be saying that if we hurry on to Filthytown, we can beat the germs from Cleanville. From Healthy Living by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, 1917.
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| [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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What is a jester hiding beneath his comedy mask? You guessed it. From The Withered Jester by Arthur Patchett Martin, 1895.
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| [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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| [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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"[T]he O O, the double zero—the dangerous and fascinating spot affected by so many ..." From The New Hyperion, 1875.
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"Hervy fixed his eyes upon the one remaining light and ran with utter desperation." From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Percy Keese Fitzhugh and illustrated by R. Emmett Owen, 1922.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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"A sort of animated door-mat," from Wanderings of a War Artist, written and illustrated by Irving Montagu, 1889.
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| [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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From Journeys through Bookland by Charles Herbert Sylvester, 1922.
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| [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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Ah, the good days when science articles depicted Old Man Winter as Janus-faced and holding a scepter and key … when scientists didn't presume that everything can be stated in a canonical language utterly devoid of metaphor. From St. Nicholas magazine, 1910.
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| [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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Here's the snake with the gold, in From Whose Bourne by Robert Barr, 1893.
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| [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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| [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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"The sun is in the sky; 'tis time for us to fly." From The Brownies at Home by Palmer Cox, 1893. This should also be of interest: How to Believe in Your Elf.
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| [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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This spirit communication via automatic writing, from I Heard a Voice, 1918, is a precursor to Ringfinger's gothic "Undercroft" (our favorite song that's sung from the Other Side). The text reads, "I can't remember my time on Earth. I don't know. I simply can't recollect what happened on Earth." In the song, a freshly buried speaker with a mind going dim can't remember who or where he is, nor why he is buried with a shouded stranger. Speaking of spirit communications, see Seance Parlor Feng Shui.
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| [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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| [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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"Be steadfast unto the end," from For Faith and Freedom by Walter Besant, 1889.
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| [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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From Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood and illustrated by C. E. Brock, 1893.
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| [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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"An ancient horn, similar to Hirlas Horn." From Saint Tudno by Hildegarde, 1894.
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| [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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Here'a a rabbit as the magician, from St. Nicholas magazine, 1910.
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| [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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"The throne of Pluto," from The Hades of Ardenne, written and illustrated by T. T. Club, 1883. See also Pluto's Chasm.
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| [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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The Hermit by Oliver Goldsmith and illustrated by Walter Shirlaw, 1886.
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| [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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| [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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I dreamed my journal was exceprt'd [sic] in a book by Jennifer DeVere Brody: Punctuation: Art, Politics, and Play, 2008. It was really a dream within a dream, as my journal was on a screen within a printed page. And two typos mysteriously appeared in my text (a misspelled word, a missing comma), making it all feel so uncanny.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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This one hits close to home: "You're out of date. You should have lived in ancient history's pages." From Love Lyrics and Valentine Verses by E. M. Davies, 1875.
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| [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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| This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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"The demon ship," from Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood and illustrated by C. E. Brock, 1893.
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| * There is a vast world of reality into which science can no more enter than an elf can be Santa Claus. We regret to observe that rather than face it, and confess its inability to measure it, science turns its back upon it. Life is not always every-day life, and the insolvable mysteries are correlated not to formal rules but to spirit and inspiration. Are bits of wisdom liable to dwarf the subject? Indeed — and rightly! James Howell described the ingredients of a good proverb to be "sense, shortness, and salt." May Howell's cry resound through this present collection of maxims on believing in one's elf.
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| [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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"Blue Monday," the so-called most depressing day of the year, dates back to 2005, if we are to believe Wikipedia. But we can do a century better, with this Blue Monday from St. Nicholas magazine, 1904.
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| [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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I dreamed of Wodehousian inquisitive eyebrows.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folktales by Robert Nisbet Bain and illustrated by H. W. Mitchell, 1902.
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| [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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"The wrong kind of applause," from Through the Wilds by Charles A. J. Farrar, 1893.
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| [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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You knew there had to be an original cat-o'-nine-tails, right? From Sing-Song by Christina Georgina Rossetti and illustrated by A. Hughes, 1893.
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| [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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From Clara In Blunderland by Lewis Caroline, 1902.
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| [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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Rival gangs symbolically fight via the snapping of fingers in the musical West Side Story. Here's a precursor, from Peter Simple by Frederick Marryat, 1895. The caption reads, "Take that now."
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An illustration from Andiron Tales by John Kendrick Bangs and illustrated by Clare Victor Dwiggins, 1906.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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"Idol-making," from The Indian Mirror, 1878.
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| [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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From our site about Magic Words and Symbols Spotted in the Wild: This as-is scan from the British Library comes across as a talisman for people who work on their feet. From Goblin Market by Christina Georgina Rossetti and illustrated by L. Housman, 1893.
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| [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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"The prompter does a little acting," from Through the Wilds by Charles A. J. Farrar, 1893.
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| [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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| [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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Here's an ornamental design frightening itself. From Tales in the Speech-House by Charles F. Grindrod, 1886.
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| [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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| [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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"The city of light," from Valdmer the Viking by Hume Nisbet, 1893.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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From For Faith and Freedom by Walter Besant, 1889.
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| [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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"One longing for the night." From Goblin Market by Christina Georgina Rossetti and illustrated by L. Housman, 1893.
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| [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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From Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood and illustrated by C. E. Brock, 1893.
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| [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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Visitors to Disneyland's Haunted Mansion might recognize the diminutive figure on the cabinet as a precursor to "Little Leota." From Phantastes by George MacDonald, 1894.
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Here's the solar Amen-Ra from "the Turin Papyrus, Saïte Recension of the Book of the Dead," reproduced in The Open Court magazine, 1918.
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| [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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From Fables in Verse by Henry Rowe, 1810.
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| [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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From The Men in the Moon or The Devil to Pay, illustrated by George Cruikshank, 1820.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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We know from fairy tales what you get when you kiss a frog prince, but what about a fog prince? From The Fog Princes by Florence Warden, 1889.
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| [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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From Valdmer the Viking by Hume Misbet, 1893.
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| [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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"An uncomfortable seat," from Through the Wilds by Charles A. J. Farrar, 1893.
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| [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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| If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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The text reads: "Above us the stars, dim as dust in their Babylonian multitudes, pulled through the dark along the whorls of an enormous vortex—for that is what it is, I have seen it in pictures—were invisible, and the moon was long down. — Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping"
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [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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From The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning and illustrated by Kate Greenaway, 1889.
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| [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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This old diagram could serve as a spinner for allowing luck to determine how much ice cream to serve oneself. It's from a wholly different context: Raising P. V. Squabs for Profit by John S. Trecartin, 1920.
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| [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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"Pomegranates, figs," from Goblin Market by Christina Georgina Rossetti and illustrated by L. Housman, 1893.
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| [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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"We are creatures of the night and must vanish at day light." From The Brownies at Home by Palmer Cox, 1893.
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| [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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From La Mujer magazine (Buenos Aires, 1899).
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| [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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| [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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 "It may surprise you, though, to learn how little responsible for your shortcomings I hold you." —Robert M. Price, The Needletoe Letters
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| [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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The foreground of this collage is from the extraordinarily brilliant comedy series Arrested Development.
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| [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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| [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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From Valdmer the Viking by Hume Misbet, 1893.
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| [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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They say that everything is connected, and here's how strawberries are (for starters). From Goblin Market by Christina Georgina Rossetti and illustrated by L. Housman, 1893.
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| [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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From Saito Musashi-bo Benkei by James Seguin De Benneville, 1910.
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| [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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The central figure is perhaps wondering, "So it's snakes, wings, and fire on the one side, and what's the other side promising again?" From The New England Primer by Heman Humphrey, 1830. Speaking of which, what exactly are a snowball's chances in hell? See A Snowball's Chance in Hell.
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| [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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| [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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"'God never meant, that man should scale the heavens / By strides of human wisdom.' —Cowper." From A Practical Grammar by Stephen Watkins Clark, 1847.
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"Then the old mouse said: 'It is easy to propose impossible remedies." From The Fables of Æsop by Joseph Jacobs, 1894.
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| [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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You've heard of a harvest moon, a strawberry moon, a wolf moon … but here's a three-pipes moon from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, 1889.
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| [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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"The mirror here confirmed me this," from Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood and illustrated by C. E. Brock, 1893.
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| [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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"In fairy land." From Phantastes by George MacDonald, 1894. This should also be of interest: How to Believe in Your Elf.
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| [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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| * There is a vast world of reality into which science can no more enter than an elf can be Santa Claus. We regret to observe that rather than face it, and confess its inability to measure it, science turns its back upon it. Life is not always every-day life, and the insolvable mysteries are correlated not to formal rules but to spirit and inspiration. Are bits of wisdom liable to dwarf the subject? Indeed — and rightly! James Howell described the ingredients of a good proverb to be "sense, shortness, and salt." May Howell's cry resound through this present collection of maxims on believing in one's elf.
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"Next came THE RADICALS," from The Loyal Man in the Moon, 1820.
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| [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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Frankenfish illustration courtesy of Mark Rain.
In 1937's Hamlet, Revenge!, Michael Innes mentions an unstable world "in which Pike and Perch Documents can have a real and horrid power." That's a precursor to 2010's mention of "The Frankenfish Papers" at the National Association of Science Writers blog (referring, of course, to genetically-modified salmon).
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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If you were looking for the castle ... From Alberuni's India by Muhammad ibn Ahmad Biruni, 1910. See our book of imaginary Kafka parables, Franzlations.
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| [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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If you take your planchette into the wild, the whole world is your Ouija board. From Sing-Song by Christina Georgina Rossetti and illustrated by A. Hughes, 1893. See The Care & Feeding of a Spirit Board.
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| [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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Forget how many angels can dance upon the point of a needle (for St. Thomas Aquinas' answer, see our previous post.) How many angels can play see-saw on a quill? We find our answer in The Wilful Willoughbys by Evelyn Everett Green, 1893.
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You've heard of the Seven Dwarfs, but the Seven Corks are (left to right) Dubious, Cynical, Dispassionate, Despondent, Disconsolate, Shattered (foreground), and Doleful (not pictured). From La Mujer magazine (Buenos Aires, 1899).
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| [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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"We'll have no words among ourselves to-night," from Under which Lord? by Elizabeth Lynn and illustrated by Arthur Hopkins, 1879.
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"Here, Jacob, are two hard dumpings from yesterday," from Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat and illustrated by H. M. Brock, 1895.
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| [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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We hear a lot about living in the present moment and "be[ing] here now," yet surely the past and the future are where it's all at, so to speak. Just before he is defeated and explodes, the monster in Juken Sentai Gekiranger ( 獣拳戦隊ゲキレンジャー) proclaims that "In the past and the future, I will be on top!" It's difficult to despair in the midst of one's current problems when one stays focused on past and future glories. Enough with today, already, and three cheers for yesterday and tomorrow!
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Today, we call it a "whodunit," but back when grammar was still a subject, such a mystery novel was a "who did it?" ;-)
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| [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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| [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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Things haven't changed all that much in the last 125+ years, as we learn in Home Life in Florida by Helen Harcourt, 1889.
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| [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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"Put it gently out of the window before she extinguished her candle," from Maids in a Market Garden by Clotilda Inez Mary Graves, 1894.
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| [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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Here's the suggested finale to a magic show from St. Nicholas magazine, 1910.
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| [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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"The ghost at Hollingscroft," from The Novels of Henry Kingsley, 1894.
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| [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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Is the past a soap bubble that has already burst? From St. Nicholas magazine, 1910.
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| [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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| Puzzles and Games :: Which is Funnier |
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Groucho Marx is surely funnier than Karl Marx1, but is Plato also funnier than Karl Marx, and is Barbra Streisand funnier than Plato2?
Clue: This is according to a logician.
1 As of this post, there are only two Google results suggesting that Karl Marx is funnier than Groucho. Alexander Baron notes, "Karl Marx is funnier than Groucho Marx in a sad kind of way." And a certain Shovelhead says: "The EU: Where Karl Marx is funnier than Groucho."
2 " Were space-time not linear and Plato could have Barbra Streisand speak next at that Athenian table (though of course he wouldn’t, as she’s a woman), he would undoubtedly have her sing 'People.'" —Richard Carpenter, "The Heart of the Matter"
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Is this one of the secrets to our CloudBuster app's functionality? We aren't in a position to confirm or deny. From Emblemes, 1635.
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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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| [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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| [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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| [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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"For love is heaven and heaven is love," from For Faith and Freedom by Walter Besant, 1889.
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| [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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Here are three columns of hieroglyphic news. We don't know the source — the British Library scan claims it's from a book that it isn't.
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From La Mujer magazine (Buenos Aires, 1899).
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| [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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From Egypt under Ismail Pacha by William Blanchard Jerrold, 1879.
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| [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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"Oh, there you are!" Isn't it lovely when a character finds its reader? From Tom Chester's Sweetheart by Hoseph Hatton, 1895.
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| [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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| [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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We draw a daily waking dream card from the Self-Intuiting Polarity deck, and only when the Cloud View card comes up do we perform cloud busting with the Original CloudBuster app. Needless to say, we never dissolve clouds in times of drought. In the photo, there was a 70% chance of rain, so we dissolved clouds until the National Weather Service changed the forecast to 30%. Foggy mornings have proved difficult to clear, and we admit total defeat in our face-off with a tropical storm, but we walked away feeling we had given it our best.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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"You like to guzzle." From Love Lyrics and Valentine Verses by E. M. Davies, 1875.
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| [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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From A Desert Bride, written and illustrated by Hume Nisbet, 1894.
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| [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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| [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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"A cat of the demoniac aspect," from The Marches of Wales by Charles George Harper, 1894.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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From the Journal of Electricity, 1920.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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From The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1916.
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| [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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"The Sphynx at the war office. Soldier: 'That's a grand thing.' Civilian: 'Yes—rather imposing; but what does it mean?'" From Harper's Weekly, 1867.
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| [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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"'Endure, my heart,' he cried." From The World's Desire by H. Rider Haggard, 1894.
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| [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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"Upon them there shone a great light." From The Sea Wolves by Max Pemberton, 1894.
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| [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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You've heard that fairies are from the Otherworld, but it's quite literally another world. From St. Nicholas magazine, 1910.
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| [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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From Mr. World and Miss Church-Member by William Shuler Harris, 1903. Speaking of which, what exactly are a snowball's chances in hell? See A Snowball's Chance in Hell.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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"Coffee wrecks some persons" (and those waves are frothed half-and-half, of course), from St. Nicolas magazine, 1910.
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| [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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From La Mujer magazine (Buenos Aires, 1899).
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| [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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SILVERWARE, anagrammatically, WERE RIVALS. From La Dix-Neuvième Caravane des Dominicains d'Arcueil, 1894
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| [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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From The Curly-Haired Hen, written and illustrated by Auguste Vimar, 1914.
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| [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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Here's the secret of how most pyramids work, from The Great Iron Wheel or, Republicanism Backwards and Christianity Reversed by James Robinson Graves, 1855.
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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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From The Up-to-Date Primer by John Wilson Bengough, 1896.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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| [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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"Cosmo approached the mirror." From Phantastes by George MacDonald, 1894.
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| [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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Here are some penny-farthings from The Gypsy Road by Grenville Arthur James Cole and illustrated by E. J. New, 1894.
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| [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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"The giant rocks" from The Icelander's Sword by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1894.
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| [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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Boys' Life once said that "Space is like an ocean whose farthest shore you can never reach" (1987), and here's proof from Our Country and Its Resources by Albert Allis Hopkins, 1917.
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| [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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| [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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| * There is a vast world of reality into which science can no more enter than an elf can be Santa Claus. We regret to observe that rather than face it, and confess its inability to measure it, science turns its back upon it. Life is not always every-day life, and the insolvable mysteries are correlated not to formal rules but to spirit and inspiration. Are bits of wisdom liable to dwarf the subject? Indeed — and rightly! James Howell described the ingredients of a good proverb to be "sense, shortness, and salt." May Howell's cry resound through this present collection of maxims on believing in one's elf.
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From Le Monde Moderne, 1895.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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"Gray Forest" from The Evil Guest by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1894.
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| [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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| [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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Winking at the devil, from Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, 1882. Also very much of interest: The Young Wizard's Hexopedia.
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| [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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| [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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From Nine Years in Nipon by Henry Faulds, 1887.
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| [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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| [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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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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This app is based upon a telepathy test that the Official Prisoner Appreciation Society commissioned us to design back in 2008. In the episode of The Prisoner entitled "The Schizoid Man," actor Patrick McGoohan uses a special deck of symbol cards to test Extra Sensory Perception. That deck is similar but not identical to the Zener cards made famous by parapsychologist J. B. Rhine in the 1930s. We created an exact replica of the prop deck to the delight of the Society, but as fate had it the cards never went into print.
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From Brayhard by Edmund Downey and illustrated by Harry Furniss, 1890.
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| [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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| [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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| [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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"A day of a hundred and forty-four hours!" from The Conquest of the Moon by André Laurie, 1889.
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| [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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"Octavia went about with a pruning-hook," from Maids in a Market Garden by Clotilda Inez Mary Graves, 1894.
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| [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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From The Unbidden Guest by Ernest William Hornung, 1894.
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| [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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"A word came hissing out with the sparks," from Under which Lord? by Elizabeth Lynn and illustrated by Arthur Hopkins, 1879.
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| [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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"Sitting down the poultry-yard, fancying that he was in his school," from Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat and illustrated by H. M. Brock, 1895.
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| [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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From Kings of the Platform and Pulpit by Melville D. Landon, 1900.
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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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Here's a "New Year's" greeting from "You Know Who," from Art Recreations by L. B. Urbino, 1871.
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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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From Southern Illinois State Normal University's Obelisk yearbook, 1920.
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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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"The tears stood in her eyes as she spoke," the caption reads. How can a tear stand up? We can reveal that it's simply a matter of careful balance.
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| [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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Even stars and star angels have their dark sides. We find our proof in Arona by P. Perucchetti, 1894.
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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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Kamen Rider OOO Opening Theme Anything Goes!
Line-by-line Comparison of Six Translations
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Original Lyrics by Fujibayashi Shoko |
Prof. Oddfellow Translation |
Yoroshiku Translation |
TV-Nihon Music Video |
Remy Tyndle Cover |
Jay Lallemand Cover |
OZC-Live Fan Subs |
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You count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
You count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
You count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
You count the medals! One, two, and three! |
You count the medals: 1, 2 and 3! |
You got the medals 1, 2, and 3 |
You count the medals one, two, and three! |
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Notes: We measure our development in once-in-a-lifetime milestones, counting our gains and calculating our losses. |
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Original |
Oddfellow |
Yoroshiku |
TV-N |
Tyndle |
Lallemand |
OZC |
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Life goes on, Anything goes, Coming up OOO |
Life goes on. Anything goes. Coming up OOOs |
Life goes on, Anything goes, Coming up OOO |
Life goes on! Anything goes! Coming up OOO |
Life goes on, anything goes, comin' up ooo |
Life goes on! Anything goes! Coming up OOOs! |
Life goes on! Anything goes! Coming up OOO! |
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Notes: “Anything goes,” as in “Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted” (Vladimir Bartol, Alamut). The word OOO has at least eighteen distinct meanings:
- infinity with an additional circle or infinity times the letter O (as written in cake icing in episode one of the series; referred to in the theme song as “Skip the addition—multiply your way up”).
- the unstoppable progression of the idiom “anything goes” (referred to in the theme song as “Anything goes, goes on: ooo’s, ooo’s, ooo’s, ooo’s”).
- one thousand (the letter O’s symbolizing zeros, as the series sports the one-thousandth episode of the Kamen Rider franchise).
- three medallions (referring to an ancient coin-shaped technology for artificial life that acquired consciousness; the three coins are inserted into the hero’s belt to trigger a transformation).
- the name of a masked hero (sometimes also spelled Os, pronounced like the oes in goes).
- multiple kings (from the Japanese pronounciation Ozu).
- a joyous bouquet (an allusion to the idiom that “everything is coming up roses,” referred to in the theme song as “Coming up OOO”).
- the “three of pentacles” in the Tarot (symbolizing coordinating with others, finding all the needed elements, functioning as a unit, cooperating, meeting goals, knowing what to do and how to do it, and proving one’s ability, as per Learn Tarot).
- rarity (as in the old Celtic “Chant of Arcady” sung at harvest gatherings: “I’ll sing the three O’s. What means the three O’s? Three, three’s the rare O!” —A. S. Harvey, Ballads, Songs and Rhymes of East Anglia, 1936, page 107).
- a winning move (“A single line of three ‘O’s is worth more than anything because a move that produces this result is a winning move!” —Mike James, Artificial Intelligence in Basic, page 30).
- omnipotence, omniscience, and optimization (“The three O’s, omnipotence, omniscience, and optimization ... continue to appear in modern times in the way we conceive of ourselves through the social sciences. Mortal beings figuring out how to act in the world are routinely modeled as if they have unlimited computational power, possess complete information about their situation, and compute the optimal plan of action to take.” —Peter M. Todd & Gerd Gigerenzer, Ecological Rationality: Intelligence in the World, pp. 496-7).
- outflanked, outfoxed, overwhelmed (“The ‘Three O’s’: a defence must be either Outflanked, Outfoxed, or Overwhelmed.” —Current Research on Peace and Violence, 1987, page 129).
- continual practice (“Whenever anyone asks why our name is spelled with three O’s, we remind them that to be good at picking there is no other path than to practice Over and Over and Over again.” —Deviant Ollam, Practical Lock Picking, 2012, page xi).
- the possibility of different combinations (“The three O’s tempt the reader to explore the possibilities of different combinations.” —Guillaume Apollinaire & Anne Hyde Greet, Calligrammes, 1908, page 407).
- decimalization (“For every three O’s added to the given number, we shall have one place of decimals. And, in general, since the nth power of ten has no O’s we shall always have, in extracting the nth root, one place of decimals for every n O’s added to the given number.” —Silas Totten, A New Introduction to the Science of Algebra, 1836, page 225).
- a belt, as in the three stars of the constellation Orion. (“The three o’s [are part of a] densely woven mesh of triplets [that] constellates this moving poetic object.” —Michael Golston, Poetic Machinations, 2015).
- rising to a challenge (“As soon as the ball is served, the three O’s come out to challenge.” —Jacob Daniel, The Complete Guide to Coaching Soccer Systems and Tactics, 2004).
- seizing the day; embracing the world (“The three o’s are a circular microcosm of the day, or, of the world.” —Robert Greer Cohn, The Poetry of Rimbaud, page 60).
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要らない 持たない 夢も見ない (iranai motanai yume mo minai) |
Don’t base your life on unworthy dreams |
Don’t bother with unwanted or short-lived dreams |
Don’t bother with dreams that are unnecessary or fleeting |
Never bother with unwanted and short-lived dreams |
You need to cast away all these wasteful dreams |
You don’t need ’em, have ’em, or even dream of ’em |
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Notes: “The good life is at least partly based on dreams that are worthy of us, dreams that elevate and challenge and inspire our best” (Anonymous). “If you need to let go of a dream ... take the time to explore the driving force behind its dissolution and ask yourself if the dream was truly yours or if it was an expectation. Better things wait for us on the horizon when we finally let go” (Erica Rachel, “Letting Go When It’s Time to Dream a New Dream”). |
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フリーな状態... それもいいけど (FUREE na joutai... sore me ii kedo) |
Even as you cultivate an open mind |
A free state... That’s alright, I guess |
It’s fine to just be completely free |
Living life to the fullest is the best thing to do |
The only thing that matters is living free |
You’re a free man, and that's alright, but... |
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Notes: Nurture a curious attitude, be reflective, and entertain possibilities. “Open-mindedness is the willingness to search actively for evidence against one’s favored beliefs, plans, or goals, and to weigh such evidence fairly when it is available” (University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center). |
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こっから始まる (kokkara hajimaru) The show we’re waiting for! |
Thus begins the unfolding adventure |
Starting now: the show we’re waiting for |
It starts now! The show we’re waiting for |
What you’ve anticipated! It’s already started! |
It’s already started, the show we’re waiting for. |
The show we’re waiting for is about to start! |
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Notes: Paradoxically, a beginning is never a beginning, and this contradiction pays homage to the 1000 episodes of Kamen Rider that preceded OOO. “The beginning is never a beginning in any realm of being. There may be a beginning which means a new form for the thing in existence, but the old is there. Walking through the oak forests I pick up an acorn, and I look at it. A new beginning? Oh yes, but that beginning depends upon the things preceding it! It is a question that one can state almost in humourous terms: which is first, the oak tree or the acorn? That oak tree came out of the acorn. It did, but the acorn came from the oak tree. ... You are going out to a new pathway, to fresh conditions, to other circumstances, to the realization of new possibilities, to new activities, but you are carrying out with you all the past. A beginning is not a beginning” (G. Campbell Morgan, “The Commencement of Wisdom,” Record of Christian Work, Vol. 39, page 715). |
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Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the Medals! One, two, and three! |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
You got the medals one two and three |
Count the medals one, two, and three! |
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Notes: Commemorate your distinctions; they're cumulative. |
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運命は君 放っとかない (unmei wa kimi hottokanai) |
But destiny enters the equation |
Fate will not let go of you |
But you can’t ignore fate |
Matters not how rough life gets, you must move on |
Though you’ve been kicked around, probably all your life |
Destiny isn’t letting you off that easily |
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Notes: “The question of free will is not simply a black-and-white or yes-no kind of question, but one that embraces the full complexity of what it means to be human” (Marcelo Gleiser, “The Choice is Yours: The Fate of Free Will”). |
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結局は 進むしかない (kekkyoku wa susumu shika nai) |
Above all, progress is inevitable |
In the end, you just have to go on |
In the end, all you can do is keep moving forward |
The mighty hand of fate will never let go of you |
Don’t stop the perseverance that you feel inside |
So the fact is, you’ll have to keep pushing on |
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Notes: “To the Japanese sensibility, a straight line is inherently beautiful. It need not be rigidly straight, but its emphasis should be forward and positive, signifying organic growth, clarity, and honesty” (Motohisa Yamakage, The Essence of Shinto: Japan’s Spiritual Heart, p. 45). |
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未知なる展開 (michi naru tenkai) Give me energy |
Into the great unknown, with gusto |
An unknown development, give me energy |
Mysterious turn of events! Give me energy! |
Strange, ancient artifacts give me energy! |
We are the revolution, give me energy, |
Stuff I’d never seen before, give me energy |
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Notes: “What is the state of mind that is capable of looking at something of which it knows absolutely nothing? ... Can it look at it without any sense of fear? The moment you have fear you have choice, there is will, there is resistance, and that is a wastage of energy. The ending of energy as the ‘me’ is the capacity to look at death. To face something of which I know absolutely nothing, demands great energy, doesn’t it? I can only do that when there is no will, no resistance, no choice, no wastage of energy. To face something unknown, there must be the highest form of energy, and when there is that total energy, is there a fear of death? Or is there a fear of continuity? It is only when I have lived a life of resistance, will and choice that there is fear of not being, or of not living. When the mind is faced with the unknown, and all these things have gone, there is tremendous energy. And when there is that supreme energy, which is intelligence, is there death? Find out” (J. Krishnamurti, The Awakening of Intelligence, page 316). |
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Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals! One, two, and three! |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
count the medals 1, 2, and 3 |
Count the medals one, two, and three! |
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Notes: “The process of counting is controlled by the individual, who chooses not only the order but also the pace at which the process is carried out” (T. Crump, Japanese Numbers Game, 2012, page 99). |
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大丈夫。明日はいつだって白紙 (daijoubu. ashita wa itsudatte BLANK) |
All is well. The future is unwritten |
It’s ok—tomorrow’s always blank |
It’s okay! Tomorrow’s always a blank slate |
It’s alright! The events of tomorrow will always be blank |
It’s okay, don't you know that your past will always be blank |
So don’t worry, there’s always going to be a fresh start tomorrow |
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Notes: “The future is unwritten ... It is ever-evolving. Like the weather, it is subject to change at any given moment. However, some patterns can be predicted more easily than others. Though it is unwritten, it is not without intelligence and direction” (Adam Ross Rapoport, Memory of a Vagabond, page 406). |
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自分の価値は 自分で決めるものさ (jibun no kachi wa jibun de kimeru mono sa) |
You decide what is important |
Your value is something you decide yourself |
You’re the one who decides what your worth is |
You just have to break through all the hardships |
If you put your mind to it I know that you can be victorious |
You’re the only one who can decide your worth! |
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Notes: “It is a matter of deciding what is important to us, and doing what is necessary. No one can tell you what is most important to you. Only you can know. It is entirely in your hands, always your choice. But you have an inner voice, you know. Something inside calls you to experience more, always more. The seed wants to grow into a strong tree with beautiful, fragrant flowers blooming out all over. It must. We are all called by that evolutionary current inside us. Whatever else may be going on in our lives, the current will be there. It is not just for us, it is for everyone, and we do everyone a great service by deciding to cultivate it, first by favoring the rise of the desire, and then with practices that naturally bring out the peace and bliss residing within us” (Yogani, Advanced Yoga Practices, page 15). |
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OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
OOO! ×4 Come on! |
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
Save those hearts that sank. OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
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OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
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Notes: Twelve zeroes make one million million. This number is a symbolic call to infinite expansion. |
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Anything Goes! その心が熱くなるもの (sono kokoro ga atsuku naru mono) |
All is permitted, so tend the heart fire |
Anything goes! That heart is what gets heated |
Anything goes! Fire up that heart! |
Anything goes, so long as you believe in this power you possess |
Anything goes, just don’t give up the ghost. You are the star of the show |
Anything Goes, those kind of feelings are what light up your heart |
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Notes: See Shiva Rea’s Tending the Heart Fire: Living in Flow with the Pulse of Life |
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満たされるものを探して (mitasareru mono wo sagashite) |
Follow your bliss |
Search for what gets overflowed |
Find something to fulfill you |
Accept a trial from anyone and suppress |
And the show must go on no matter what they say |
Seeking what you need to be fulfilled |
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Notes: “By bliss I mean the deep sense of being in it, and doing what the push is out of your own existence—it may not be fun, but it’s your bliss and there’s bliss behind pain too. You follow that and doors will open where there were no doors before, where you would not have thought there were going to be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for anybody else” (Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey, page 217). |
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Life goes on! 本気出して戦うのなら (honki dashite tatakau no naru) |
Step by step, give it your all |
Life goes on! If you get serious and fight |
Life goes on! Time to get serious! If you are going to fight |
Life goes on, just keep your sense of pride, and hang on tight for the ride |
Life goes on, the pain is yesterday. Today’s gonna be easy |
Life goes on, so if you fight with everything you have |
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Notes: “There is always a ‘next’ — something is always going to happen, signifying that, in the honored phrase, ‘life goes on’ — so one’s logical response to the vicissitudes of life is to keep on living it” (The Comics Journal, Issues 265-268, page 190). “May you not forget that every step is as important as the first and the last steps” (Competition Science Vision, Jan. 2001, page 1439). “Every inch makes a step, and every step is a footprint marked by forward progress” (William St. George, The Saint’s Way, page 52). |
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負ける気しないはず! (makeru ki shinai hazu!) |
And never admit defeat |
You’ll never feel like you’ve lost! |
then don’t worry about losing |
Adventure is laid out for you |
You won’t lose, not today |
Then you’ll never feel you're going to lose |
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Notes: “Never admit defeat or poverty, though you seem to be down and have not a cent. Stoutly assert your divine right to be a man, to hold your head up and look the world in the face” (The Electric Journal, Vol. 3, 1906, page xix). |
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外側にステイタス 求めないで (sotogawa ni SUTEITASU motomenai de) |
Or seek external validation |
Don’t seek a status based on your outer self |
Don’t seek exterior status |
Never venture down a path based on your outer self |
Quit trying to be an outsider |
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Notes: “When you continually strive for external validation, it is easy to lose sight of your inner strength and therefore deplete your self-confidence. Seeking external validation results in disempowerment. Seeking approval and corroboration for your decisions and behavior inevitably results in further chaos and confusion in life” (Bente Hansen, The New World of Self-Healing, page 153). |
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内に秘める 自信が大事 (uchi ni himeru jishin ga daiji) |
All that matters is your self-confidence |
It’s the confidence hidden inside that is important |
What’s important is the confidence within yourself |
Confidence from within is what we want to see |
Your reserving pride is needed the most |
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Notes: “Although it is important to have self-confidence (jishin), being self-conceited can be the cause of big mistakes. Behind true self-confidence there is a humble spirit” (Kurozumi Shinto: An American Dialogue, page 200). |
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欲望増殖 (yokubou zoushoku) Like no limit |
Boundless determination |
Desire multiplying like no limit |
Greed increases, like no limit |
Desire, set fire like no limit! |
Corrupting desires, like no limit. |
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Notes: “Limitless desire creates a more unified quality of life where ... people [are brought] closer together and ... the common good ... [is] held in the highest esteem” (Acharya Kedar, The Sutras on the 5-Fold Act of Divine Consciousness, page 125). |
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Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals one, two, and three |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals 1, 2, and 3 |
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Notes: “Counting numbers in Japanese is more powerful than counting them in other languages” (Ettore Grillo, Travels of the Mind, page 151). |
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その背を比べ 並んだって (sono sei wo kurabe narandatte) |
Stature isn’t comparative |
Comparing that height; lining it up |
Even if you line up to compare heights |
Do not try to compare yourself to anyone else |
You have to be a somebody on your own |
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Notes: “The glory of the human race is the uniqueness of each individual, the fact that every person, though similar in many ways to others, possesses a completely individualed personality of his own. It is the fact of each person’s uniqueness—the fact that no two people can be wholly interchangeable—that makes each and every man irreplaceable and that makes us care whether he lives or dies, whether he is happy or oppressed” (Murray N. Rothbard, Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays, page 247). |
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意味なくない? 一抜けしよう (imi nakunai? ichi nukeshi you) |
When you’re one of a kind, there are no rivals |
Won’t the meaning be gone? Count it out |
Isn’t that pointless? Let’s try to be first |
One thing you should cherish is your uniquity |
Who cares what others say? Remember you’re the host! |
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Notes: “Each of us is so unique there really is no use in comparing or trying to be someone else. We have much to learn from each other but expressing your uniqueness and embracing your individuality is where your bliss truly lies” (Urok 33 Day Challenge: Dream Your Life, Live Your Dream, page 17). |
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You can be free from average |
You can be free from average |
You can be free from average |
You can be free from the average |
You can be free from the average! |
You can be free from the average |
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Notes: Averages “do not necessarily represent any one object that they describe” (David L. Rados, Pushing the Numbers in Marketing, page 59). “The basic problem with averages: they can hide what you need to know” (Julie Packard, “The Pitfalls of Problem Solving with Averages”). |
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Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals one, two and three |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals 1, 2 and 3 |
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Notes: “The reason we count is connected with the fact that we are counted in the first place, for we are counted out of universal being and are structured according to numbers” (Rudolf Steiner, Materialism and the Task of Anthroposophy, page 136). |
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大丈夫。みんなと違ってもいい (daijoubu. minna to chigatte mo ii) |
Rest assured — diveristy makes for a rich tapestry |
It’s ok—it’s alright to be different from everyone |
It’s okay. It’s alright if everyone is different |
Worry not, your selfhood will convey sight to the blind |
It’s okay to be different as long as you're not me! |
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Notes: “Diversity is crucial to life’s success. Diversity enables life to keep trying out new forms of molecular organization” (Martine Rothblatt, “How Can a Mindclone Be Immortal If It’s Not Even Alive?”). |
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別々 それぞれ だから そう、奇跡的! (betsubetsu sorezore dakara sou, kisekiteki) |
A wonder to behold |
Because everyone’s different, it’s a miracle! |
It’s because each of us is different that it’s miraculous |
All eyes will be upon you on the day you leave your fears far behind |
Don’t you know that being yourself is a miracle indeed! |
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Notes: “Diversity is a wonder of nature” (Dele Ajaja, Tear Down the Iron Curtains). |
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OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
OOO! ×4 Come on! |
OOO OOO OOO OOO Come on! |
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on! |
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Anything Goes! その心が 求めるものに (sono kokoro ga motomeru mono ni) |
All is permitted. Pursue your heart’s desire |
Anything goes! As that heart becomes |
Anything goes! When that heart seeks something |
Anything goes, so long as you believe that your heart is the only place |
Anything goes! Just don’t give up the ghost! |
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正直になればなるほど (shojiki ni nareba naru hodo) |
honestly and you can’t help but be virtuous |
More and more honest in seeking things |
Be honest about it |
Where everything that matters most resonates |
Be yourself in the utmost possible way while being honest you know. |
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Notes: “Honesty is from the heart” (William Woodard, Journal of the Heart, page 84). |
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Life goes on! 加速ついて (kasoku tsuite) |
The world moves fast and so should you |
Life goes on! Speed it up, |
Life goes on! Speed up |
Life goes on, so there’s no time to play |
Life goes on! Radiate power! |
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Notes: “The world moves fast. Make the most of time, for it waits for no one” (Philip Kapleau, The Three Pillars of Zen, page 192). |
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止められなくて (tomerare nakute) |
It’s unstoppable and so are you |
unstoppably |
You can’t be stopped |
Pick up the pace and seize the day |
Show that you’ll devour anyone! This is your hour! |
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Notes: “After all, we are spinning through unrelenting space, / aloft in dire visions, forsaking gravity’s incessant demands / to behave as though we do not understand / this piercing - / this flight - / this quiet rapture” (Wanda Lea Brayton, A Beautiful Rumor: Selected Poems, page 171). |
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負ける気しないはず! (makeru ki shinai hazu!) |
And never admit defeat |
You’ll never feel like you’ve lost! |
Don’t worry about losing |
Adventure is laid out for you |
Prove that you don’t know the word “no” |
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Notes: “You must work, you must be patient, and you must never admit defeat” (The Illustrated American, Vol. 7, page 99). |
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True spirit of heart never give up |
True spirit of heart never give up |
True spirit of heart never give up |
True spirit of heart never give up |
True spirit of heart is never giving up |
Let go of all |
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Notes: “Kindness, acceptance, and generosity are the true spirit of the heart” (Julieanne O’Connor, “That Heart of Yours — Open it Up!”). |
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Tell your mind and soul never to give up! |
Tell your mind and soul never to give up |
Tell your mind and soul never to give up! |
Tell your mind and soul never to give up! |
Tell your mind and soul never to give up! |
Things that are telling you to give up just |
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Notes: “When you decide never to give up, change will always be necessary. Deciding not to give up not only means committing yourself to your goals, but also committing yourself to being innovative as well. Be a person of change. Be a person who’s not afraid of possibilities” (Michael Fulmore, Unleashing Your Ambition, page 7). |
| 36. |
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1からのスタート そこから (ichi kara no SUTAATO soko kara) |
One is the root of everything |
Start from one, and from there |
It all starts from one |
In order to complete your mission, start strong from number one |
Start from the top and do not stop winning |
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Notes: “For Aristotle, the ‘one’ is the beginning of knowledge, the ‘that from which,’ cause, origin, of knowledge; it is the first measure as the mark by which a thing and its genus can be made intelligible, brought out of darkness. ... The meaning of ‘one’ then is not ‘some kind of number,’ but ‘some kind of starting point (or principle) of number’” (Andrew Haas, Hegel and the Problem of Multiplicity, page 34). |
| 37. |
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足し算を飛ばして かけ算で駆け上がっていって (tashizan wo tobashite. kake zan de kakeagatte itte) |
To add a O is to multiply |
Skip the addition—Multiply your way up |
Skip addition. Use multiplication to run up |
Don’t waste time with simple addition. Instead, double the stride to your destination |
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Notes: “A great way to start the shift from small thinking to bigger thinking is to add a zero” (Cass Mullane, “Add a Zero”). |
| 38. |
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Anything goes! Goes on... |
Anything goes! Goes on… |
Anything goes! Goes on… |
Anything goes! Goes on… |
Anything goes! Goes On! |
Anything goes! Goes OOO! |
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Notes: “‘Anything goes’ means ‘Use the theory or model that is best suited to your problem’” (Alain Kihm, Kriyol Syntax, page 10). |
| 39. |
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OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! |
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! |
OOO! ×4 |
OOO OOO OOO OOO |
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! |
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Notes: “Each of the four sets of zeros is an adjustable field” (McQuay International, OM 108-2, page 9). |
| 40. |
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Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
Count the medals one, two, and three! |
Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 |
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Notes: “Counting to three is often a precursor to a surprise” (Joanne O’Sullivan, Book of Superstitious Stuff, page 16). |
| 41. |
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Anything Goes! その心が 熱くなるもの (sono kokoro ga atsuku naru mono) |
All is permitted, so tend the heart fire |
Anything goes! That spirit is what gets heated |
Anything Goes! Fire up that heart |
Anything goes, so long as you believe in this power around your waist. |
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Notes: “The heart’s fire, when kept at a level appropriate for maintaining body temperature and warmth in life, is gentle and tame. When fire gets wild and loses control, however, it becomes a destructive and violent force” (Yŏl-gyu Kim, Uncovering the Codes, page 67). |
| 42. |
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満たされるものを探して (mitaseraru mono wo sagashite) |
Follow your bliss |
Search for what gets overflowed |
Find something to satisfy you |
Never back down from any foe you might face |
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Notes: “The decision to follow one’s bliss begins a hero’s journey” (J. William Smit, Where Do We Draw the Line?, page 15). |
| 43. |
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Life goes on! 本気出して 戦うのなら (honki dashite tatakau no nara) |
Step by step, give it your all |
Life goes on! If you get serious and fight |
Life goes on! Time to get serious! |
Life goes on, just keep your sense of pride and hang on tight for the ride |
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Notes: “Taking it step by step will invariably keep the shadows at bay” (The Journal of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Vol. 13, page lviii). |
| 44. |
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負ける気はない (makeru ki wa nai) |
You’ll never be defeated |
You’ll never feel like you’ve lost! |
If you are going to fight, don’t think about losing |
The victor is for you to decide |
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Notes: “Don’t think about defeat ... think first about the best way to fight back, the most honourable resistance” (Pramoedya Ananta Toer, This Earth of Mankind, page 310). |
| 45. |
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Anything Goes! 加速ついて (kasoku tsuite) |
All is permitted, at the speed of light |
Anything goes! Speed it up, unstoppably |
Anything Goes! Speed up, you can’t be stopped |
Anything goes, so there’s no time to play |
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Notes: “If anything goes, everything is permitted” (Trevor Curnow, Introducing Philosophy for Everyday Life: A Practical Guide). |
| 46. |
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止められなくて 負ける気しないはず (tomarare nakute makeru ki shinai hazu) |
You’re unstoppable and invincible |
You’ll never feel like you’ve lost! |
Don’t worry about losing |
Pick up the pace and seize the day |
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Notes: “The more momentum you have the more unstoppable you become. Be unstoppable. Make the choice today. Make it your legacy to be unstoppable” (Tom Anderson, Your Journey Of Being, page 407). |
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