“You one of those right wing nut outfits?” inquired the diplomatic Metzger. Fallopian twinkled. “They accuse us of being paranoids.” “They?” inquired Metzger, twinkling also. “Us?” asked Oedipa.Tumblr (3.0; @posthorn)http://posthorn.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/78ef314e6485777c657ac974433b4d04/tumblr_mmyhhm6Ira1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/50666198584/secrets-of-the-creative" class="tumblr_blog">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://biblioklept.org/2013/05/17/secrets-of-the-creative-life-in-hell/">Secrets of the Creative</a></p></blockquote>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50666825489http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50666825489Fri, 17 May 2013 14:57:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a98fac64ad15dab39752a3fc494618c4/tumblr_mmwnm9wvmo1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/577aae59b47ecf670b420c7a6b850cbf/tumblr_mmwnm9wvmo1qkkcodo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17ddadd20d36b36daf1fc861ba5cf4a5/tumblr_mmwnm9wvmo1qkkcodo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cda486c2f4bb2820bf4cf98292010072/tumblr_mmwnm9wvmo1qkkcodo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e32ca47c2f7b83bef16378fcf91aee8/tumblr_mmwnm9wvmo1qkkcodo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><i>Fabergé Fractals</i>, <a href="http://www.subblue.com/">Tom Beddard</a>.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50591925231http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50591925231Thu, 16 May 2013 15:03:45 -0400artgenerative artfractalsmathematicstom beddard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8b3c8b3d6f98dc779e8b313921d4ac7a/tumblr_mmwkjw7cZY1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“<i>Things that I found on the ground</i>”, photograph by Tom Waits.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50588163476http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50588163476Thu, 16 May 2013 13:57:00 -0400artphotographymusictom waits<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/65400065baba499bcee684ca7d6a07b0/tumblr_mmqxy3LfGj1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>“The Voyage of the Pequod”</i>, literary map produced in 1956 by illustrator Everett Henry for the Harris-Seybold company. Currently in the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri064.html">Library of Congress</a>.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50350175550http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50350175550Mon, 13 May 2013 13:01:15 -0400litmoby dickcartographymapsillustrationherman melvilleeverett henry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96e3588525299184a92c745cf626ddd9/tumblr_mmqn348v421qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“O”, photograph by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesleyercolano/8482911402/in/photostream/">Lesley Ann Ercolano</a>.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50339299742http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50339299742Mon, 13 May 2013 09:06:00 -0400artphotographylesley ann ercolanobirds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e9ff482e6092572fc53643f72a80198/tumblr_mmlf7mkwXw1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Darrell Romick’s <i>Manned Earth-Satellite Terminal Evolving from Earth-to-Orbit Ferry Rockets</i> (<a href="http://io9.com/the-space-city-that-could-have-been-if-not-for-wernher-453679001">METEOR</a>) space-station concept, ~1956. Maneuver Carefully…</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50098720316http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50098720316Fri, 10 May 2013 13:28:00 -0400sciencespacedarrell romickspace station<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/981d8b520b65931d270b96973751e734/tumblr_mmjhv6I7yE1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bausch & Lomb Balopticon ad, 1915.</p> <p><i>“The balopticon is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy and vicious machine! It also is a useful, time-saving, practical and helpful one. I use one often—and am thoroughly ashamed of it. I hide it whenever I hear people coming.”</i><br/> - Norman Rockwell</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50019199981http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/50019199981Thu, 09 May 2013 12:30:00 -0400artillustrationvintagenormal rockwellbalopticon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/67a40c0e6b88487b6f881b6e420551dd/tumblr_mmfs9lSw2b1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/49861132107/i-want-to-believe" class="tumblr_blog">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28313024@N03/8710442781/in/pool-midcenturyinprint/">I want to believe</a></p></blockquote>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49866504178http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49866504178Tue, 07 May 2013 14:05:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/56da141228e27b389d7509f217d5ad96/tumblr_mkr7bxkmTr1r5568mo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/92739686caed8924761f1223b041a13a/tumblr_mkr7bxkmTr1r5568mo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com/post/49512032968/may-25-1955-for-an-air-defense-command-story" class="tumblr_blog">livelymorgue</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>May 25, 1955: For an “air defense command <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E14FA3B5E127A93C5A91783D85F418585F9">story</a>” published that summer, George Tames photographed various <a href="http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com/post/33772003029/a-hot-few-months-during-the-cold-war-from">aspects</a> of the <a href="http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com/post/40095164863/a-scramble-at-the-hangar-adjoining-the-ready-room">operation</a> at Andrews Air Field in Maryland and, 50 miles away, at the 647th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Manassas, Va. Here, the warning squadron sights a “target” by radar, and its flight was recorded on a plexiglass plotting board. <span class="lm-credit">Photo: Geore Tames/The New York Times</span><span style="display:none" class="lm-assetData" data-asset-id-front="100000002139365" data-asset-id-back="100000002139366"></span><span style="display:none;" class="lm-tweetBody" data-tweet-body=""> </span></p></blockquote>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49527422202http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49527422202Fri, 03 May 2013 14:56:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cde128259d60bf1c6486955077e9dd50/tumblr_mm083iVyHB1s0if27o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://drawnhendrix.tumblr.com/post/49164184900/for-the-gallery-nucleus-star-wars-tribute" class="tumblr_blog">drawnhendrix</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>For the <strong>Gallery Nucleus</strong> Star Wars Tribute show, <a href="http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/383">opening this Saturday </a>May the 4th (Be with You). I can never repay George Lucas for what Star Wars gave me. Star Wars is so close to my heart, I honestly couldn’t decide what image to make for this show, it was just all too important. So I just decided to draw everything… from memory. </p></blockquote>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49366363632http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49366363632Wed, 01 May 2013 12:33:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/efc15f723be3ff5d59f333b221ac10ae/tumblr_mm4dzpMfKK1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Raven, early 18th century, fashioned of hammered and embossed steel by master metalsmith Myōchin Munesuke.</p> <p>Part of the Metropolitan Museum’s “<a href="http://metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/birds-in-the-art-of-japan">Birds in the Art of Japan</a>” exhibition.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49355449876http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49355449876Wed, 01 May 2013 08:43:00 -0400artsculpturecraftjapan18th centurymetalworkMyochin Munesukeraven<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/581a1c0a710ed50c010fd985f794bf6d/tumblr_mm2hm0ZZsz1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6598f63ec3b9c99985a5871e6d0607d2/tumblr_mm2hm0ZZsz1qkkcodo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/82e4ad78312d0811ac27446da461310b/tumblr_mm2hm0ZZsz1qkkcodo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a27a93062c52b598bd8f4166e271983e/tumblr_mm2hm0ZZsz1qkkcodo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/161505b28eb0f28058c288209fb5e0a6/tumblr_mm2hm0ZZsz1qkkcodo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c45438b7905c9b306b9c4250a86b8737/tumblr_mm2hm0ZZsz1qkkcodo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Illustrations, mostly by Frank R. Paul, for the second issue of Amazing Stories, May 1926. Authors include Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe,</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49253724553http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49253724553Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:06:00 -0400litillustrationvintageartfrank r. pauljules verneh.g. wellsedgar allan poe<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d3456400a981cb17738106e6f188732/tumblr_mm1i08sZBO1qbcporo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://2headedsnake.tumblr.com/post/49213129489" class="tumblr_blog">2headedsnake</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>N.C. Wyeth</p> <p>‘Air Mail’, 1938</p></blockquote>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49253097906http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49253097906Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:48:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20a43cee30f1d88a73c9e5b4e5490728/tumblr_mm14xb1YTK1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eye in the sky</p> <p>False-colour image of <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia14944.html">Saturn’s north polar storm</a>; NASA/Cassini.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49191919068http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49191919068Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:34:23 -0400scienceastronomysaturnnasacassini<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/970ce9507c362f444616f211e1b1c442/tumblr_mm14geGZiX1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Solar System sampler, 1811. Via <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/04/solar-system-sampler/">Retronaut</a>.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49191321554http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49191321554Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:24:14 -0400craftastronomysciencesolar system19th centurysampler<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d38f30e0e759bede96665752e19eb2da/tumblr_mm0udmaTmP1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma">Analemma</a></p> <p><i>(via <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/04/29/analemma_the_position_of_the_sun_in_the_sky_changing_over_a_year.html">Bad Astronomy</a>)</i></p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49179885523http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49179885523Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:46:34 -0400sciencephotographyastronomyanalemmasun<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5aa2fbba6f7c0e4c906e11185c635150/tumblr_mm0sbo2Ql71qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>“That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth”</i>, American war bonds poster depicting New York, by <a href="http://Joseph%20Pennell">Joseph Pennell</a>, 1918.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49177951290http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/49177951290Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:02:12 -0400illustrationjoseph pennellnew yorkstatue of libertyposterwar bonds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e022e08641b50787df7719a5c492d8dd/tumblr_mlw89u0VHd1qkkcodo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>John Flaxman, <i>Portrait of William Blake</i>, ~1804.m Blake, ~1804.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/48977543290http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/48977543290Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:58:42 -0400artportraitjohn flaxmanwilliam blake19th century<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/973a9fecd9ea1a264565024fdd760caa/tumblr_mlw7vwAhFL1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Study by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Menzel">Adolph Menzel</a> of General Moltke’s coat, 1871.</p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/48976926922http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/48976926922Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:50:00 -0400artillustrationAdolph Menzelgeneral moltke19th century<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2ce1b7910a33e38965eda687866be7e/tumblr_mlpumwFuIX1qkkcodo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3843f0712aa1a90a88d6efb6a920c6b5/tumblr_mlpumwFuIX1qkkcodo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://sfist.com/2013/02/27/sfmoma_cafe_unveils_rothko_toast_di.php"><i>My kid could make that…</i></a></p>http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/48699459504http://posthorn.tumblr.com/post/48699459504Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:18:00 -0400artfoodpaintingrothkotoastsfmoma