unholy is the lust in your eyes
Portrait of Wincenty Rapacki as Hamlet (1870) by Karol Miller (Polish, 1835-1920)
Angels
in the late 1790s it was in style to wear earrings depicting the execution of louis xvi.
This symbolizes one of the worst tragedies to afflict the west. An absolute affront to God
TLDR: Taal Volcano (located in the Philippines) is active right now and could have a massive eruption at any moment. ~560,000 people are in immediate danger and millions more could be affected by it.
(this is barely being reported on by western news btw. why talk about natural disasters when we could talk about british royal family drama)
What’s happened as of January 14th:
- “The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has since raised the alert for Taal to level 4 which means a ‘hazardous eruption’ is possible within days or hours.”
- On January 13th, Taal shot lava into the air for an hour and a half, reaching hights of half a mile, along with static lighting and giant clouds of ash
- Taal has had 50 volcanic earthquakes within a period of 8 hours
- Buildings close to Taal have collapsed under the weight of ash
- The “calamity zone” is everywhere within a 9 mile radius of the volcano. 560,000 people live in this zone and only 30,000 have evacuated.
- It’s in the middle of a huge lake (as you can see in the pictures), and an eruption could trigger a tsunami
I featured John Napier’s art for STARLIGHT EXPRESS (1986) recently—these are his designs for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical, CATS.
In other news, reading the reviews for Cats had become my new favorite pastime:
Sweeter vibes
A winged skeleton (1779), etching by Jacques Gamelin (1738-1803)
I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldn’t see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like “uh...hi?” And she said “I made you, do you know that?” And I nodded and she was like “I hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please don’t break my heart”. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Mean™️????
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