Tag Archives: Horses

1703: Forseeing Things to Come

Posted on August 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1703, the Scottish writer Martin Martin published A description of the Western Islands of Scotland. : Containing a full account of their situation, extent, soils, product, harbours, bays, tides, anchoring places, and fisheries. The ancient and modern government, religion … Continue reading →

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1913: Inez

Posted on July 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Inez Milholland preparing to lead the great march for women’s suffrage: March 3, 1913 (source). As a student at Vassar, Inez Milholland enrolled two-thirds of the students in the fight for women’s suffrage and socialism; she was also the captain … Continue reading →

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1883: You are Wheat and Belong in the Wheatfield

Posted on July 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pages from a letter from Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, 28 October 1883: to cause despondency for six months, until one eventually sees after all that one shouldn’t have let oneself be disoriented. There are two people whose intense … Continue reading →

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1904: A Nightmare

Posted on June 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1904…I was staying at the Hotel Scholastika, on the borders of the Aachensee, in Austria. I dreamed one night that I was walking down a sort of pathway between two fields, separated from these last by high iron railings, … Continue reading →

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16th Century: The Throne Verse of the Qur’an as a Horse

Posted on May 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

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