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The Triumph of Death - Pieter Breugel the Elder
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This, found while doing research into a few related topics, a grotesque masterpiece that's rather fetching, don't you think?
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Death
Right click, open in a new tab and admire the details. The painting is inspired by the Bubonic Plague, which swept Europe and Asia a number of times to devastating effect.
In some instances, in towns up to 50% of the population died in a couple of years, in countries upwards of 25%.
This Pandemic, hate to say it, but it's just the warm-up before the practice...
Strange Tales of World Travel: Gina & Scott Gaille
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Found this at the library, and so while soliciting inspiration took the time to give it a read.
As the title suggests, it's premised on the idea that the most interesting thing about travel is the people that you meet, and with this in mind Scott & Gina interviewed fellow travelers for their most interesting tales.
A couple of the best - "Honey of Man", "UFO's" & one about a fellow traveler that had eaten a "Cobra Bird" - apparently a species of Hawk that eats cobras and so has developed an immunity to their venom - and by eating the hawk one experiences some psychedelic effects.
I tried looking this up to verify - to no avail. I'll check it again at the library today.
Unfortunately too many of the stories are from Scott and Gina themselves, and it reads a bit like an "influencers journal", adventure travel done solely with the point of regaling their friends and relatives with their adventures. But - if you see a copy in the library, pull it down and look up "Honey of Man", perhaps 3 pages, but curious...
Peter Birkhäuser
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Sometimes YouTube delivers on it's recommendations. I found this video quite inspiring.
The video provides context and interpretation. If you just want to look at the art, or see more of his art, click here.
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