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Restoring the Lost Sense – January 28, 2018

From Jugend, 1904.

[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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#vintage illustration #jesus #deity #war dead #buddha #1900s #war and peace #illustration #art

Restoring the Lost Sense – December 25, 2017

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From Die Muskete, 1923.

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#vintage illustration #jesus #virgin mary #illustration #baby jesus #three kings

Puzzles and Games :: Which is Funnier – May 24, 2017

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From Unusual Questions Leader Guide by Adam Thomas, 2014.

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Restoring the Lost Sense – September 5, 2016

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"I don't see why they couldn't have some religion pumped into them out in the woods and along the road, just as they inflate their rubber tires with air" (Walter Barr, Shacklett: The Evolution of a Statesman, 1901). His dream came true during the fuel crisis of 1974: "Fill up with the holy ghost and fire."

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#christianity #fuel crisis #pumped on religion #old time salvation #holy ghost #weird gas station #regular or unleaded #jesus saves

Did You Hear the One I Just Made Up? – August 4, 2016

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Forgive the obviousness, but the world's largest air traffiic controller is in Rio. (The date of our proof is uncertain.)

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Restoring the Lost Sense – January 12, 2016

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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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Precursors – February 21, 2015

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Here's a precursor to the "What would Jesus do?" meme, from Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times, 1895. The song is entitled, "What will You do with Jesus?"