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The Bell Inn (1805) by John Crome
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John Chrome (attributed to), An Egyptian Poppy and a Water Mole, ca. 1812, oil on canvas, 74.9 x 61.6 cm, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
#sometimes I have to post somethingwithmoles I guess#I was confused about the term water mole because this doesn't look like one#and the description on Wikimedia Commons also states that this is actually a common terrestrial mole#I just went with the official name of the painting here#john crome#19th century#early 19th century#1810s#mole#moles#nature#plants#maulwurf
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Detail from Marlingford Grove by John Crome c1815
Oil on Canvas
Crome was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norwich School of painters.
He lived in the English city of Norwich for all his life.
Seen at National Gallery, London exhibition: Discover Constable and The Hay Wain
#english imagination#english culture#albion#england#art#english art#english landscape#19th century#Norwich school#John Crome#oil painting#English artist
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under the moonlight
#artist is justyna kopania#artist is carl friedrich hampe#artist is louis toussaint#artist is johan mengels culverhouse#artist is caspar david friedrich#cant find artist#artist is johannes rosierse#artist is adolf kosarek#artist is joseph wright#artist is sebastian pether#-cant find artist#artist is ivan aivazovsky#artist is lev feliksovic lagorio#artist is albert bierstadt#artist is heinrich gogarten#-artist is sebastian pether#artist is carl gustav carus#artist is karl heilmayer#artist is wilfred bosworth jenkins#artist is john atkinson grimshaw-#artist is adolf chwala#artist is arthur parton#artist is anders andersen-lundby#artist is knud baade#artist is f.m.e#-artist is f.m.e#artist is john berney crome#artist is joseph mallord william turner#artist is christian ernst bernhard morgenstern#artist is giuseppe canella
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John Crome the Elder
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The Miraculous Horror of Stop Motion
From the same artform that brought you Coraline and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, comes three stories that evoke the existential fear of art.
Original Music by Molly Noise
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Atrocity Guide. “The Animators Who’ve Spent 40 Years on a Single Film.” YouTube, 9 Oct. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=73hip3pz0Xs&pp=ygUMdGhlIG92ZXJjb2F0. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Brubaker, Charles. “The Japanese Studios of Rankin/Bass.” Cartoon Research, Jerry Beck, 14 Apr. 2014, cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-japanese-studios-of-rankinbass/.
Bute, Paris. “Introduction to “a Rankin/Bass Retrospective from a New Perspective.”” Citizen Jane, Stephens College, 19 Nov. 2021, www.citizenjane.org/home/cwwicd2ucb2fvs64kgfaocfykjhaum. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Crome, Althea. “Coraline.” Althea Crome | Micro Knitter, 2012, www.altheacrome.com/coraline. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Harold Halibut. Directed by Onat Hekimoğlu, Slow Bros., 16 Apr. 2024.
Hekimoglu, Onat, and Gabriel Schmitz. “Unite Berlin 2018 - Harold Halibut and Making a Stop Motion Game.” Unity, YouTube, 6 Aug. 2018, youtu.be/9usssSQc0wQ. Accessed 6 May 2023.
Jon "Sikamikanico" Clarke. “The Making of Harold Halibut.” XboxEra, YouTube, 21 Mar. 2024, youtu.be/WMyxM9t3o7A. Accessed 19 June 2024.
LAIKA Studios. “Sweater and Gloves: Knitting Coraline by Hand.” YouTube, 11 July 2017, youtu.be/zUvkfcGR-7U. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Mad God Productions. “Phil Tippett’s “Mad God.”” Kickstarter, 17 May 2012, www.kickstarter.com/projects/madgod/phil-tippetts-mad-god/posts.
Olson, Mathew. “Report: Michel Ancel Accused of Abusive, Disruptive Practices on beyond Good & Evil 2.” VG247, 25 Sept. 2020, www.vg247.com/report-michel-ancel-accused-of-abusive-disruptive-practices-on-beyond-good-evil-2. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Ono, Kosei. “Tadahito Mochinaga: The Japanese Animator Who Lived in Two Worlds.” Animation World Network, AWN, Inc, 1 Dec. 1999, www.awn.com/animationworld/tadahito-mochinaga-japanese-animator-who-lived-two-worlds.
Orland, Kyle. “Claptrap Voice Actor Accuses Gearbox CEO of Assault, Underpayment.” Ars Technica, 7 May 2019, arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/claptrap-voice-actor-accuses-gearbox-ceo-of-assault-underpayment/. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Pilling, Jayne. A Reader In Animation Studies. Indiana University Press, 1998. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/book/40033.
Prehistoric Beast. Directed by Phil Tippett, Tippett Studios, 1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaXIRTjNfo
Randles, Jonathan. “VFX Studio with Star Wars, Jurassic Park Credits Goes Bankrupt.” Bloomberg Law, 1 May 2024, news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/vfx-studio-with-star-wars-jurassic-park-credits-goes-bankrupt. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Shanley, Patrick. “Gearbox Software CEO Accused of Contempt in Latest Filing.” The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Aug. 2019, www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/gearbox-software-ceo-accused-contempt-latest-filing-1235064/. Accessed 19 June 2024.
The Making of “Jurassic Park.” Directed by John Schultz, Amblin Entertainment, 1995. https://youtu.be/8r01mk6F_Pk
The Making of Mad God. Directed by Maya Tippett, Shudder, 2021. https://youtu.be/sfUOHh0xmwc
The Tale of the Fox. Directed by Irene Starewicz and Ladislas Starevich, UFA GmbH, 10 Apr. 1941. https://youtu.be/Us_Pn6Q1dBQ
Wikipedia contributors. "List of films with longest production time." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 12 Jun. 2024. Web. 19 Jun. 2024.
Wikipedia contributors. "List of media notable for being in development hell." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 Jun. 2024. Web. 19 Jun. 2024.
Wikipedia contributors. "List of Rankin/Bass Productions films." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Jun. 2024. Web. 19 Jun. 2024.
Wikipedia contributors. "Tadahito Mochinaga." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 Nov. 2023. Web. 19 Jun. 2024.
Wilson, Josh. “Phil Tippett: 24 Frames per Second < the Fabulist Words & Art.” The Fabulist Words & Art, 5 Nov. 2021, fabulistmagazine.com/24-frames-per-second-the-phil-tippett-interview/.
Worse than the Demon. Directed by Maya Tippett, Shudder, 2013. https://youtu.be/ghKqvDNRe4c
#video#video essay#youtube#stop motion#harold halibut#Mad God#phil tippett#Rankin Bass#laika studios#Animation#The Overcoat#yuri norstein#Francheska Yarbusova#Youtube
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Finding out that some of those iconic classical paintings with magical looking sunsets were actually inspired by unique phenomena in the sky that were caused by volcanic eruptions at the time because of aerosols that were shot into the atmosphere is so fascinating. A lot of those paintings are around the time of 1815 after the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which caused "The year without summer":
A Windmill near Norwich by John Crome
The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, Fighting Bucks by J.M.W. Turner
Zwei Männer am Meer by Caspar David Friedrich
Evard Munch's "The Scream" was probably also inspired by the look of the skies after the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883!
Vulcanos are so scary and powerful, but I find it fascinating to see how nature - even with disasters like that - inspired artists to depict what they had seen during the time, thus giving us a little window into the past.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (Artology)
Jean Racine (Writerism)
John Crome (Artology)
Kenneth Rexroth (Writerism)
Khoiak Ceremony for Raising the Djed Pillar (Osiris Festival; Ancient Egypt)
Lottie Moon (Episcopal Church USA)
Maelbrigte (Celtic Book of Days)
Marco Polo Day (Pastafarian)
Masaccio (Artology)
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Paul Kuniholm Pauper (Artology)
Thomas Couture (Artology)
Tony Isabella (Artology)
Turuhalmë (Yule-Log Drawing; Elves; Starza Pagan Book of Days) [Tolkien]
Wolfgang the Seal (Muppetism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 24 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [24 of 24]
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [51 of 53]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [60 of 60]
Premieres
Always (Film; 1989)
Animated Epics: Canterbury Tales (Nickelodeon Cartoon Series; 2022)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Cartoon Series; 1991)
Avatar 5 (Film; 2031)
The Bandmaster (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1947)
Born on the Fourth of July (Film; 1989)
Cast Away (Film; 2000)
The Cats Me-Ouch! (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)
Clarinet Quintet in A, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Quintet; 1789)
Darkest Hour (Film; 2017)
Dear Old Switzerland (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1944)
Dirty Harry (Film; 1971)
Doctor Zhivago (Film; 1965)
The Enforcer (Film; 1976)
Flying Down to Rio (Film; 1933)
Goldfinger (US Film; 1964) [James Bond #3]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Film; 1978)
Jack Frost (ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)
King Midas Junior (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1942)
The King’s Man (Film; 2021)
Lady Liberty (Film; 1971)
A Man for All Seasons (Film; 1966)
The Matrix Resurrections (Film; 2021)
Meet the Fockers (Film; 2004)
Miss Congeniality (Film; 2000)
The Mummy (Film; 1932)
My Neighbors the Yamaha’s (Anime Film; 2000)
Night at the Museum (Film; 2006)
Obedience to Authority, by Stanley Milgram (Philosophy Book; 1974)
O Brother Where Art Thou (Film; 2000)
Passengers (Film; 2016)
Philadelphia (Film; 1993)
The Pilgrim’s Progress (Novel; 1678)
Pink Bananas (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Pintails for Two (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Pitch Perfect 3 (Film; 2017)
The Point, by Harry Nilsson (UK Musical Play; 1978)
The Post (Film; 2017)
Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faun (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), by Claude Debussy (Orchestral Work; 1894)
The Prize Pest (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)
Quiet Please! (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1945)
Rebel Moon (Film; 2023)
Roger & Me (Documentary Film; 1989)
The Rosey and Buddy Show (Cartoon TV Series; 1991)
The Santa Claus Brothers (Cartoon TV Special; 2000)
Sock-a-Bye Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1950)
Stand by Me (Disney Cartoon; 1995)
Suddenly, Last Summer (Film; 1959)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Symphony; 1808)
Symphony No. 6, “The Pastoral,” by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Symphony; 1808)
Thirteen Days (Film; 2000)
Toyland Broadcast (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1934)
True Grit (Film; 2010)
Watershed Down (BBC Mini-Series; 2018)
The West Point Story (Film; 1950)
Wiegenlied (a.k.a. Brahms’ Lullaby), by Johannes Brahms (Lied; 1869)
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Zénó (Hungary)
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Ingar, Ingemar (Norway)
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Holidays 12.22
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Abilities Day
Armed Forces Day (Vietnam)
Be A Lover of Silence Day
Brussels Calling Day (Belgium)
Chipmunks Day
Christmas Eve Eve Eve
Christmas Tree Lights Day
Coal Day (French Republic)
Diplomatic Service Day (Ukraine)
Dongzhi Festival (China)
Energy Industry Day
Flag Day (Proclamation of the Flag; Quebec)
Forefather's Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts) [Unless Sunday, then next Monday]
Freedom Day (on “Futurama”)
Hari Ibu (Mother’s Day; Indonesia)
Home Alone Day
Horn & Hardart Day
International Arbor Day
International Don’t Text & Drive Day
International Festival of the Sahara begins (Tunisia)
International Sound Engineers Day
Kagyed Dance (Sikkim, India)
Kayin New Year (Myanmar)
Kids’ Day (Serbia)
Merlinpeen (from “30 Rock”)
Mother’s Day (a.k.a. Hard Ibu; Indonesia)
National Ashton Day
National Be Safe, Be Seen Day (Ireland)
National Betty Day
National Day of Working Women (Pakistan)
National Haiku Poetry Day
National Mathematics Day (India)
National Unity Day (Zimbabwe)
Ouverture Du Sabre National (Niger) [Afternoon]
Power Engineer’s Day (Russia; Ukraine)
Santa Claus Flight Clearance Day
Short Person Day
Sound Money Day
Teacher Appreciation Day (Cuba)
Thermometer Day
Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day
World Bard Song Day
World Day of the Thermometer
Yuletide Lad #11 arrives (Gáttaþefur or Doorway-Sniffer; Iceland)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chocolate Orange Day (UK)
Defrost Your Turkey Day (UK)
National Cookie Exchange Day
National Date Nut Bread Day
Independence & Related Days
Bangladesh (Exiled Government established in Dacca; 1971)
Democratic Union of British States (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Kingdom of Caeruleus (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Kingdom of Nepal (Declared; 1768)
4th Sunday in December
Bluegrass Brunch [4th Sunday]
4th Sunday in Advent [1st Sunday before Xmas] (a.k.a. ...
Advent Sunday
Gold Sunday
Peace Sunday
Pyrmera (Southern Solstice; Aretéanism) [4th Sunday] (Fire)
Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]
Soothing Sunday [4th Sunday of Each Month]
Spud Sunday [4th Sunday of Each Month]
Stories for Invisible Friends [4th Sunday]
Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]
Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]
Weekly Holidays beginning December 22 (4th Full Week of December)
Christmas Week (thru 12.30) [Week from Sunday before Xmas to 12.30]
It’s About Time Week (thru 12.28) [4th Week]
National Eggnog Week (thru 12.28) [4th Week]
Festivals Beginning December 22, 2024
The 10 Days of Wanking begins [ website ]
Feast Days
Anastasia of Sirmium (Orthodox Church)
Aya Takano (Artology)
Beetle Banquet and Badger Ball (Shamanism)
Berzelius (Positivist; Saint)
Bootsy Collins Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Capricorn zodiac sign begins (Astrology; Pagan)
Chaeremon, Ischyrion, and His Companions (Christian; Martyrs)
Cyril and Methodius (Christian; Confessors)
Day Sacred to the Lares (Ancient Roman Household Gods)
Eimhin (Christian; Saint)
Ernan, Son of Eogan (Christian; Saint)
Feast of Alvis (in “Sealab 2021”)
Frances Xavier Cabrini (Outside US; Christian; Saint)
Giacomo Manzù (Artology)
Henry Budd (Episcopal Church USA)
Hunger (Christian; Saint)
Ischyrion (Christian; Saint)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (Artology)
Jean Racine (Writerism)
John Crome (Artology)
Kenneth Rexroth (Writerism)
Khoiak Ceremony for Raising the Djed Pillar (Osiris Festival; Ancient Egypt)
Lottie Moon (Episcopal Church USA)
Maelbrigte (Celtic Book of Days)
Marco Polo Day (Pastafarian)
Masaccio (Artology)
O Rex Gentium (6th O Antiphon or Great Advent Antiphon; Christian) [O King of the Nations; 6 of 7]
Paul Kuniholm Pauper (Artology)
Thomas Couture (Artology)
Tony Isabella (Artology)
Turuhalmë (Yule-Log Drawing; Elves; Starza Pagan Book of Days) [Tolkien]
Wolfgang the Seal (Muppetism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 24 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [24 of 24]
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [51 of 53]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [60 of 60]
Premieres
Always (Film; 1989)
Animated Epics: Canterbury Tales (Nickelodeon Cartoon Series; 2022)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Cartoon Series; 1991)
Avatar 5 (Film; 2031)
The Bandmaster (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1947)
Born on the Fourth of July (Film; 1989)
Cast Away (Film; 2000)
The Cats Me-Ouch! (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)
Clarinet Quintet in A, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Quintet; 1789)
Darkest Hour (Film; 2017)
Dear Old Switzerland (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1944)
Dirty Harry (Film; 1971)
Doctor Zhivago (Film; 1965)
The Enforcer (Film; 1976)
Flying Down to Rio (Film; 1933)
Goldfinger (US Film; 1964) [James Bond #3]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Film; 1978)
Jack Frost (ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)
King Midas Junior (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1942)
The King’s Man (Film; 2021)
Lady Liberty (Film; 1971)
A Man for All Seasons (Film; 1966)
The Matrix Resurrections (Film; 2021)
Meet the Fockers (Film; 2004)
Miss Congeniality (Film; 2000)
The Mummy (Film; 1932)
My Neighbors the Yamaha’s (Anime Film; 2000)
Night at the Museum (Film; 2006)
Obedience to Authority, by Stanley Milgram (Philosophy Book; 1974)
O Brother Where Art Thou (Film; 2000)
Passengers (Film; 2016)
Philadelphia (Film; 1993)
The Pilgrim’s Progress (Novel; 1678)
Pink Bananas (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Pintails for Two (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Pitch Perfect 3 (Film; 2017)
The Point, by Harry Nilsson (UK Musical Play; 1978)
The Post (Film; 2017)
Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faun (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), by Claude Debussy (Orchestral Work; 1894)
The Prize Pest (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)
Quiet Please! (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1945)
Rebel Moon (Film; 2023)
Roger & Me (Documentary Film; 1989)
The Rosey and Buddy Show (Cartoon TV Series; 1991)
The Santa Claus Brothers (Cartoon TV Special; 2000)
Sock-a-Bye Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1950)
Stand by Me (Disney Cartoon; 1995)
Suddenly, Last Summer (Film; 1959)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Symphony; 1808)
Symphony No. 6, “The Pastoral,” by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Symphony; 1808)
Thirteen Days (Film; 2000)
Toyland Broadcast (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1934)
True Grit (Film; 2010)
Watershed Down (BBC Mini-Series; 2018)
The West Point Story (Film; 1950)
Wiegenlied (a.k.a. Brahms’ Lullaby), by Johannes Brahms (Lied; 1869)
Today’s Name Days
Jutta (Austria)
Časlav, Flavijan, Honorat, Toma (Croatia)
Šimon (Czech Republic)
Japetus (Denmark)
Vambo, Vambola (Estonia)
Raafael (Finland)
Françoise-Xavière, Gratien (France)
Francesca, Jutta (Germany)
Anastasia, Natasa, Zoilos (Greece)
Zénó (Hungary)
Flaviano, Francesca (Italy)
Donalds, Donis, Saulvedis (Latvia)
Dovilė, Gedvydas, Ksavera, Zenonas (Lithuania)
Ingar, Ingemar (Norway)
Beata, Drogomir, Flawian, Franciszka, Gryzelda, Honorata, Ksawera, Ksaweryna, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)
Petru (Romania)
Anna (Russia)
Adela (Slovakia)
Demetrio, Francisca (Spain)
Jonatan, Natanael (Sweden)
Anastasia, Stasia (Ukraine)
Asta, Astrid, Trista, Tristan, Tristen, Tristin, Triston (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 357 of 2024; 9 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of Week 51 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 11 (Bing-Zi), Day 22 (Geng-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 21 Kislev 5785
Islamic: 20 Jumada II 1446
J Cal: 27 Black; Sixthday [27 of 30]
Julian: 9 December 2024
Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter
Positivist: 21 Bichat (13th Month) [Lavoisier]
Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 2 of 90)
Week: 4th Full Week of December
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 1 of 30)
Calendar Changes
Capricorn (The Goat) begins [Zodiac Sign 10; thru 1.19]
Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Half-Month 1 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 1.12)
Ruis (Elder) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 13 of 13]
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An Egyptian Poppy and a Water Mole painted by John Crome (1768 - 1821)
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Gene Pitney She's A Heartbreaker 1968 video (dir John Crome)
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Aldous Huxley, tra LSD e satira
Lo scrittore che fu fondamentale nella storia della fantascienza del Novecento… Aldous Leonard Huxley, nacque a Godalming, in Inghilterra, il 26 luglio 1894, suo nonno era il noto zoologo Thomas Henry, uno dei più accesi sostenitori delle teorie darwiniane, mentre il padre, Leonard, aveva diretto la Cornhill Magazin, il fratello Julian Sorell era biologo di fama mondiale ed il fratellastro Andrew era Premio Nobel per la Medicina; la madre, Julia Arnold, era nipote del poeta Matthew Arnold. A 16 anni s'iscrisse alla Public School di Eton con l'intenzione di diventare medico ma, appena iniziati gli studi, fu vittima di una grave forma di cheratite e, nel giro di pochi mesi perse quasi completamente la vista. Huxley riuscì ugualmente a portare a termine gli studi imparando il braille, ma il sogno di una brillante carriera scientifica svanì ma, grazie all'uso di una lente d'ingrandimento, riuscì a recuperare l'uso di un occhio e si potè iscrivere al Balliol College di Oxford, dove, nel 1915, si laureò in Letteratura Inglese e Filologia. Iniziò a scrivere durante il primo periodo bellico, con recensioni di teatro, arte, musica e libri, e versi oscillanti fra vena romantica e abile satira e Crome Yellow, il suo primo romanzo apparve nel 1921, diventando famoso per le vivaci caratterizzazioni dei personaggi e la brillantezza delle conversazioni. Lo scrittore passò gran parte della sua vita viaggiando tra Francia, Italia, India e Usa, mentre visse in Italia tra il 1923 e il 1930, dove scrisse Point Counter Point, considerato come la miglior prova di Huxley nel campo del romanzo delle idee attraverso la contrapposizione dei tempi, gli umori dei personaggi e le scene. Durante il 1930 Aldous visse tra la Francia e l'Inghilterra e, nel 1932, scrisse il suo romanzo più noto, Brave New World, col quale raggiunse la notorietà internazionale, oltre a iniziare una serie di viaggi in CentroAmerica e, nel 1937, entrò in contatto con l'équipe medica del dottor Bates di New York, che con la sua terapia di Rafforzamento della Vista, curò in maniera efficace la malattia alla cornea dello scrittore ed a fargli recuperare quasi totalmente la vista. Nel 1944 Huxley si dedicò alla stesura di The Perennial Philosophy, una raccolta di saggi filosofici sugli ideali dell'uomo, che viene pubblicata poco dopo il termine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Affascinato dagli studi storici e dal misticismo, nel 1952 lo scrittore pubblicò The Devils of Loudun, rigorosa ricostruzione storica di un processo per stregoneria nella Francia del Seicento. Huxley abbandonò progressivamente l'attività di narratore per dedicarsi sempre più a quella di saggista ed alla meditazione filosofica, convinto che la felicità e l'infelicità altro non fossero che il frutto di reazioni chimiche all'interno dell'organismo umano, oltre a sperimentare su sé stesso gli effetti della mescalina e LSD, come raccontò in due importanti saggi, Doors of Perception (1954) e Heaven and Hell (1956). Il successo di Brave New World spinse lo scrittore a pubblicare, nel 1959, la raccolta di saggi Brave New World Revisited, con cui riesaminò le sue profezie alla luce degli avvenimenti di quegli anni. Nel 1962 Huxley tornò alla narrativa con The island, un'usopia basata su un paradiso terrestre in un'isola deserta, in cui ci sono anche i temi sviluppati nei saggi. Allo scrittore nel 1960 fu diagnosticato un cancro alla lingua e Huxley morì ad Hollywood il 22 novembre 1963, lo stesso giorno in cui venne assassinato a Dallas il presidente degli Stati Uniti John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Read the full article
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Moonlight on the Yare by John Crome
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