“I look at the stars and at all nature, and it speaks to me of you in the clearest accents.”
— Mary Shelley, from a diary entry wr. c. October 1822 featured in “Journals,” (via violentwavesofemotion)
My cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian books.
p.s. my latest book cartoons collection is Revenge of the Librarians: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
I feel seen. And mocked. And understood.
Louise Bourgeois, Lady in Waiting, tapestry, thread, stainless steel, steel, wood and glass, 2003
Allegory of the Transience of Life,(c. 1480–90) Master IAM of Zwolle
Athanasius Kircher, Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesu Obeliscus Pamphilius, 17th century
Brazilian coffee maker - Jordi Sàbat , c. 2019
Catalan , b. 1960 -
Acrylic and collage on wood , 57 ½ × 44 9/10 in. 146 × 114 cm.
Decorated pages from the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale University
