illustration：seiichi HAYASHI 林静一 

1978 儚夢

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Lighting the candle of the new year. Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2024!

"L'Appeso" by Pirifool.

'Phoenix Through the Flames' by Daria Hlazatova

Florence Harrison, from "Early Poems of William Morris" New York: 1914.

The Color of Pomegranates (1968) - dir. Sergei Parajanov

kelly louise judd

天野 喜孝

William Morris Four Seasons Windows at Cragside House, Northumberland, England, 1873

Pictish symbol stone. Aberlemno, Scotland. Seahorse motif Photograph by David Lyons 

Joseph Alanen (1885-1920), 'Ilmatar', 1913-1916 "In the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, Ilmatar was a virgin spirit and goddess of the air. The name Ilmatar is derived from the Finnish word ilma, meaning "air," and the female suffix -tar, corresponding to English "-ress". Thus, her name means Airress. In the Kalevala she was also occasionally called Luonnotar, which means "female spirit of nature" (Finnish luonto, "nature").

She was impregnated by the sea and wind and thus became the mother of Väinämöine (..."a demigod, hero and the central character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot.")

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Grete Popper • Fog, 1930's

"Chassé-croisé" by Jean Vendome, 2005. Gold little finger ring, featuring ammonites and a ''caviar'' motif.

Jenna Barton

Lambs and standing stone

"The Balance" by Frederick Carter, 1918.