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Restoring the Lost Sense – March 24, 2016

From La Vie Hors de Chez Soi (Comédie de Notre Temps) l'Hiver, le Printemps, l'Été, l'Automne, 1876.

[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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#smoke

Restoring the Lost Sense – January 11, 2016

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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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#vintage illustration #moon #crescent moon #pipes #pipe smoke #illustration

Forgotten Wisdom – December 27, 2015

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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

The Hierarchy of Holy Smokes: Burning Ones, Glowing Ones, Hazy Ones, Obscured Ones, and On High.

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Printed collections of Forgotten Wisdom diagrams are available: Volume I from Mindful Greetings and Volumes II, III and IV from Amazon. Selected posters are also available via Zazzle.

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#holy smokes #hierarchy #ritual fire

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 3, 2015

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"Hindu smoke charm to cure disease," from Women of All Nations, a Record of their Characteristics, Habits, Manners, Customs and Influence, 1908.

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#magick #charm #talisman #hindu charm #smoke charm

Restoring the Lost Sense – August 31, 2015

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"How Table Mountain got its cloud," from South Africa by Ian Duncan Colvin, 1909.

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#vintage illustration #mythology #mountaintop #folklore #clouds #table mountain #smoke #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 27, 2014

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From Berlin Under the New Empire by Henry Vizetelly, 1879.

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#vintage illustration #smoke #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – August 30, 2014

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An illustration from The Story of a Marriage by Louisa Baldwin (1895).

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Restoring the Lost Sense – November 14, 2013

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An illustration from an 1865 issue of Mrs. Grundy magazine. The caption reads:

One Puff, to mean: "Fellow-Citizens"—or "Hail Coumbia"
Two Puffs: "I am no speaker"—or, "Westward the star of empire takes its way."
Thee Puffs: "This is the proudest moment of my life"—or, "Long may it wave."
Four Puffs: "Good-Night."

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#vintage illustration #smoke #illustration #smoke signals

Restoring the Lost Sense – July 26, 2013

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An illustration from a 1902 edition of Vaught's Practical Character Reader. The caption reads: "Holy smoke. Self explanatory."

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#vintage illustration #smoke #1900s #illustration #holy smoke

Restoring the Lost Sense – April 30, 2013

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"The smoky couple!"
"Long live smoke!"
"And all things that go up in smoke."
—Aldo Palazzeschi, Perelà: The Man of Smoke (1936)

This illustration of a smoky couple is from Graham's magazine, 1854.

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#vintage illustration #ghost #spirits #smoke #bonfire #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – September 8, 2012

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"She drifted to a halt, facing them, her smoky complexion apparent now."
—Dawn Madigan, Destined (2005)

The illustration is from a 1913 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

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#vintage illustration #faces in things #pollution #smokestack

Restoring the Lost Sense – March 14, 2012

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An illustration from an 1898 issue of Wide World magazine. The caption reads: "I lighted fresh cigars."

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#vintage illustration #cigars #tiger #illustration #cigar smoke

Staring Into the Depths – July 19, 2011

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Staring into the depths: an illustration from an 1897 issue of Pall Mall magazine. The caption reads: "It was vague, but less vague than a shadow."

[The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]

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#vintage illustration #ghost #magick #conjuration #spirit #shadow #smoke #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – July 12, 2011

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An illustration from an 1897 issue of Pall Mall magazine.

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#vintage illustration #illustration #smoke ring

Go Out in a Blaze of Glory – May 14, 2008

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This collage was inspired by the following quotation:

"Wednesday there was a four-hour wrangle in a conference room crowded with planets and nebulae of cigarette smoke."
—F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Thanks to dj misc for sharing the quotation!)

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#smoking #smoke #collage #marlene dietrich #nebulae