Wicked Art, 17th century
“All things truly wicked start from innocence.” -Ernest Hemingway Two musicians playing a guitar and a pipe with another figure – Northern Follower of Caravaggio – 17th century
Month: June 2017
If, 346bc
“If” -The Spartan Ephors, 346bc Greek Vase – black-figure krater, c. 530 BC “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” -Buddha In 346 bc, King Philip of Macedon (Alexander the Great’s dad) Read More …
The Tempest
“The charm dissolves apace, And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.” – William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Hemp examples, 1919
‘Cordage and cordage hemp fibers’, book by T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour published 1919 2 males and a female cross section of hemp stem “A is the cuticle or outer bark, B is the woody part, Read More …
Cannabis the movie, 1970
‘Cannabis’ movie poster. The movie was the renamed European release of ‘French Intrigue’ poster – 1970
To Earthward
To Earthward Love at the lips was touch As sweet as I could bear; And once that seemed too much; I lived on air That crossed me from sweet things, The flow of—was it musk From hidden grapevine springs Downhill Read More …
Mark Twain the Devotee, 1870
“…when they used to tell me I would shorten my life ten years by smoking, they little knew the devotee they were wasting their puerile word upon… they little knew how trivial and valueless I would regard a decade that Read More …
Burning Marijuana, 1942
Two Men Burning Marijuana in Field in Garner, North Carolina 1942
Coals to Newcastle, 1978
“It’s about trying to frame something. And draw attention to it and say, “Here’s the beauty in this. I’m going to put a frame around it, and I think this is beautiful.” That’s what artists do. It’s really a pointing Read More …
Cultivating Criminals, 1948
Cultivating Criminals Out fighting the scourge of mother nature, this Sheriff completly missed the 4 foot tall cannabis plant the inmates were cultivating… Madera Tribune,November 8, 1948 Prisoners’ Round – Vincent van Gogh – 1890