rislachius

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Apr 12 '13
it’s an ironic statement about the banality of the commercialization of higher education

it’s an ironic statement about the banality of the commercialization of higher education

Tags: or something crafts art

Feb 24 '13
Q from that James Bond movie
Pen, coffee, regina spektor lyrics

Q from that James Bond movie

Pen, coffee, regina spektor lyrics

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Feb 6 '13

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Jan 28 '13
I drew tiny portraits of the major candidates for the 1860 presidential election in lieu of the assigned “political cartoon that explains the platforms of each party”. 
yeah.

I drew tiny portraits of the major candidates for the 1860 presidential election in lieu of the assigned “political cartoon that explains the platforms of each party”. 

yeah.

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Dec 27 '12

(article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2012/12/121219_cultura_franja_gaza_aa.shtml)
no i’m not linking this exclusively to brag about having understood the article because it’s in spanish

(article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2012/12/121219_cultura_franja_gaza_aa.shtml)

no i’m not linking this exclusively to brag about having understood the article because it’s in spanish

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Dec 16 '12
likeafieldmouse:

Werner Reiterer - Street Chandelier (2006-12)

likeafieldmouse:

Werner Reiterer - Street Chandelier (2006-12)

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Dec 6 '12

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Nov 11 '12
It is quite possible—overwhelmingly probable, one might guess—that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology

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Oct 24 '12

theartofgooglebooks:

Reader corrects text and draws caricatures in the rear endpapers.

From Common Sense by Thomas Paine (1918). Original from Harvard University. Digitized July 28, 2008.

17 notes (via theartofgooglebooks)Tags: Google Books digitization art lit tech books marginalia annotation writing in books corrections drawings caricatures used books old books rare books book arts book art library libraries photography new media digital art

Oct 24 '12

theartofgooglebooks:

Black-and-white illustrations carefully colored in crayon.

Throughout Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention, Faithfully Recorded Herein by L. Frank Baum, ills. by John R. Neill (1907). Original from the International Children’s Digital Library. Digitized January 14, 2009.

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