Thursday, March 26, 2020

Damien Kempf

From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate.
~Malcolm Gladwell


I read the above quote in the middle of the night (insomnia!) and I first thought he was talking about "singers." I sat there for a minute trying to figure out how that would work, and then I realized it was "slingers." ha!

For Art Thursday, medieval art as interpreted by Damien Kempf:

Ready for work

Enjoying my social media break

We all need a little cuteness in our lives
img from Bosch, Saints Triptych

I am writing

Love [BnF, Fr. 166, 15th c.]

Monday morning

Monday morning is from Noah’s Ark, [John Rylands, MS. Lat. 8, 12th c.]

A bonus:



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  2. I guess if singers could hit really, really high notes? :-)

    Very humorous medieval art "commentary"...thought "Monday Morning" quite appropriate.

    And the video about the snails was fascinating.

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  3. Love this. Waving from "the margins" where I'm making art!

    (Side note -- I doodled snails a LOT in high school, but not as social commentary. They are fun to draw! Now I might be adding them to the margins of my notebook with more intention...)

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  4. Thanks for the knights and snails video!

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