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occasionally feral. Paper (he/him)

Mark Rothko Untitled (Grays in yellow), 1960 Oil on watercolor paper mounted on linen 1960 23 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (60 x 47.3 cm) Verso in black ink: Mark Rothko 1960 Private Collection. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

I also wanted to highlight the cave hyenas from yesterday’s picture. Their spots are inspired by the Chauvet cave painting that is believed to depict a hyena.

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going ape shit hooligan crazy searching the word Key on metmuseum dot org

egypt, 4th-1st century bce. the angle here is startling and charming to me and appears to have been standard at the time. at first i had difficulty imagining the lock it would fit into. looks like a guy clenching his big hand at you 🫴. A+

north china, 3rd century bce. hey everyone SHUT up. everyone SHUT UP for a fucking second and have some RESPECT while i tune my ZITHER with my beautiful little BEAR KEY. i said SHUT UP!! i am KISSING HIM. A+

“One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age-old situation.”

— P.G. Wodehouse

Languages tend to peak at their word for butterfly. Never seen 2 that are the same, either. Papillon. Mariposa. Borboleta. Fluture. Vlinder. Schmetterling. Pillangó. Babochka. Farfalla. Sommerfugl. Perhonen. Farasha. Titali. Chōchō. Nabi. Húdié. Buom buom. Great job guys, i really mean it.