Knowledge

A sweet kitten graphite drawing by Julia Strittmatter. ❤️
In case you haven't noticed, we love cats.

Carved from a single piece of ivory, this 1827 Chinese puzzle ball has 11 free-moving concentric layers. Crafted with precision, it symbolizes family unity in Chinese philosophy, with intricate carvings of animals and plants on each sphere. ❤️

'The Luminous Cattle (El Ganado Luminoso)' by Emilia Cantor. Am I alone thinking this oil painting gives off some Lynchian vibes? ❤️

Salvador Dali's Grass Volkswagen - 1970.

Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915)
Back before dusk, c 1890

Shipwreck, the last wave (detail)
By: Emilio Ocón y Rivas (1845-1904)
Spanish painter

Highland Sunshine
By : Louis Bosworth Hurt (1856-1929)
English landscape artist.

An Italian street scene in Mértola (1906)
By : Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859–1941)
Danish
Oil on canvas, 53 x 30 cm

Why do I read?
I just can't help myself.
I read to learn and to grow, to laugh
and to be motivated.
I read to understand things I've never
been exposed to.
I read when I'm crabby, when I've just
said monumentally dumb things to the
people I love.
I read for strength to help me when I
feel broken, discouraged, and afraid.
I read when I'm angry at the whole
world.
I read when everything is going right.
I read to find hope.
I read because I'm made up not just of
skin and bones, of sights, feelings,
and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm
also made up of words.
Words describe my thoughts and what's
hidden in my heart.
Words are alive--when I've found a
story that I love, I read it again and
again, like playing a favorite song
over and over.
Reading isn't passive--I enter the
story with the characters, breathe
their air, feel their frustrations,
scream at them to stop when they're
about to do something stupid, cry with
them, laugh with them.
Reading for me, is spending time with a
friend.
A book is a friend.
You can never have too many. ~Gary Paulsen

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One Sunday afternoon (detail) (1902)
By : Edward Lamson Henry (1841-1919)
American painter
Oil on canvas, 26.5 X 36 cm