@lindasteer
Art historian researching photography & drug use. Author of Appropriated Photographs in French Surrealist Periodicals, 1924-1939 (Routledge, 2017). Art history teaching podcast https://unboxingthecanon.podbean.com Partner, stepmom, and cat mom. 🐈⬛🐈⬛ 🇨🇦🌷🌸🌻
An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper
Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.
I was so demoralized when I looked out the window this morning. Spring flowers seem like a nice antidote!
A black cat lies on a cardboard scratchpad with her purple rope and her catnip toy.
A floofy grey cat curls up on a cardboard kitty scratcher and looks over her left shoulder.
Happy Caturday from these two.
A deceptively cold day for a walk!
Two - count 'em - two jobs at UPEI - one in History (specifically aimed at Atlantic Canada) and one in English (which could be Atlantic Canadian!).
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PHRC’s Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage | Join us this Thurs, 19 Feb 2026, 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for a talk by Donna West Brett, who will look at the rise of the photobook and its cultural and political uses. Attendance free but registration required: shorturl.at/YvVTs. All welcome!
I always forget about soy curls!
This looks cool!
Art is political. Sports are political. Everything is political.
A black cat snuggles into a furry grey blanket.
It’s a good day for Frankie. #cat #caturday on a Sunday.
Interesting!
Looking forward to presenting a paper on @ninaber.bsky.social’s An Autobiography of Miss Wish at the womenofphoto.com 24-hour online conference-a-thon for International Women’s Day.
Still the Boss.
Thanks for sharing this! A great analysis.
Today marks 10 years without David Bowie
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Can’t get enough Patti Smith.
Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution:
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
I have so many questions about these design choices.
Synecdoche!
This looks fun!
Happy 80th birthday to Canada's great rebel warrior. Keep on rocking in the free world Neil.
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I was surprised by this!
I haven’t seen it in a long time, but it’s a favourite of mine too.
I’m seeing the same with mine. They are so engaged with art history! It’s an online class and a significant portion of the group participates in every class. They do the readings. They ask thoughtful questions. Definitely hopeful.
Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
Best glory I’ve ever seen from a plane! It’s an optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts in and around tiny droplets of water in the clouds, in the direction opposite the sun. More complex than a rainbow. Here’s a link to some more info: www.zmescience.com/science/phys... #optics #physics
1. The single most pernicious and damaging societal imperative I see in action right now, with Ireland in a Covid wave, is this:
'There's no need to test'.
Why? Not just because it tacitly normalises unmitigated transmission, but, more importantly, it hides Long Covid.
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“We need better air quality in our public spaces,” Vipond said. “We need to be treating our air they way we treat our water, not just because of COVID but to prepare for the next airborne pandemic.”
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Same here.
