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The 'Loot From the Rainbow' an illustration from Arthur Ferrier in 1928

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“Loot From the Rainbow” by Arthur Ferrier (1928)

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Folks! Ive found her! Our Patron! The transfemme goddess of Pride - alongside Marsha ofc!

Original art is “The Loot from the Rainbow” by Arthur Ferrier, 1928, which seems very appropriate given how much our movement and modern queer culture got started in that decade.

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The 'Loot From the Rainbow', an illustration from Arthur Ferrier in 1928

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The 'Loot From the Rainbow' an illustration from Arthur Ferrier in 1928

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1928 illustration by Arthur Ferrier by totallymystified Via Flickr: ‘The Loot Of The Rainbow’ from The Tatler magazine.

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Arthur Ferrier

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🎉 This is part of the promo campaign for the upcoming three-volume art book of the amazing Arthur Ferrier’s work 💋 As a tribute, I’ve decided to redraw one of his pieces in my style leading up to today’s launch of the campaign.

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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Arthur Ferrier’s Pin-up Parade, coming soon from Korero Press

Mark your diaries! The Kickstarter campaign by Korero Press to publish Arthur Ferrier’s Pin-up Parade, a sizzling three-volume classic cartoon collection, launches soon

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Images d'œuvres d'art par Arthur Ferrier (1891-1973)provenant de Bridgeman Images

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The poetry that inspired Jeff Buckley

Aimee Ferrier

Sun 1 October 2023 21:15, UK

Voices as incredible as the one belonging to Jeff Buckley don’t come around too often. Unfortunately, after releasing one record, Grace, Buckley, with all his potential, was taken away too soon. At the age of 30, the singer went for a swim from which he never returned, drowning in the Mississippi River.

Yet, his legacy lives on as one of the most influential artists to emerge from the 1990s, and his music is widely celebrated today for its emotional and lyrical complexity. Not only did Buckley possess an otherworldly voice, but he was also an extremely gifted guitar player and writer, with all his talents combining to create a masterful body of work.

Even when Buckley was covering other artists’ songs, such as ‘Lilac Wine’, ‘The Other Woman’ and ‘Hallelujah’, he imbued the pieces with his own distinctive style. Yet, his penchant for covers wasn’t a reflection of an aversion to writing. Buckley knew how to pen a stunningly poetic track, with songs like ‘Lover, You Should’ve Come Over’ and ‘Morning Theft’ suggesting that even if Buckley didn’t have the vocal pipes he was gifted with, he’d get by just fine as a writer.

Buckley took inspiration from many different writers and musicians when writing his own songs. Musically, Buckley looked back to folk artists like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and, of course, his own father, Tim Buckley, from whom he was estranged. Elsewhere, he loved the work of Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the rich tones of Nina Simone, and Led Zeppelin, calling Robert Plant “my man”.

However, when it came to his literary inspirations, Buckley had an extensive book collection, which he no doubt looked to for ideas when writing his lyrics. He owned a lot of poetry, with Rainer Maria Rilke proving to be a particular favourite. Not only did Buckley own Dunio Elegies, Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations Poems from the Book of Hours, but he also owned his epistolary collection Letters to a Young Poet.

Buckley was also a fan of the classic American poet Walt Whitman, owning Leaves of Grass and From the Soil. Of course, no poetry collection is complete without copies of Arthur Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell and Illuminations, alongside some Charles Baudelaire – Buckley-owned Paris Spleen. The singer also owned the Selected Poems of confessional poet Anne Sexton and modernist writer T.S Eliot.

Check out Buckley’s complete poetry collection below.

The poetry that inspired Jeff Buckley:

Dunio Elegies – Rainer Maria Rilke

Poems from the Book of Hours – Rilke

Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations – Rilke

Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman

From This Soil – Whitman

The Odyssey – Homer

Early Work, 1970-1979 – Patti Smith

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense – Charles Bukowski

Selected Poems of Ezra Pound

The Complete Lyrics – Hank Williams

A Haiku Journey: Basho’s Narrow Road to a Far Province – Matsuo Basho

Paris Spleen – Charles Baudelaire

The Captain’s Verses – Pablo Neruda

Selected Poems – T.S. Eliot

A Season in Hell and Illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud

Writing and Drawings – Bob Dylan

Ode to Walt Whitman – Federico Garcia Lorca

New Poems: 1962 – Robert Graves

Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems – Jim Carroll

Selected Poems of Anne Sexton – Anne Sexton

Selected Poems – John Shaw Neilson

Selected Poems: Summer Knowledge – Demore Schwartz

The Collected Poems of Frank O’Hara – Frank O’Hara

Poems – Pier Paolo Pasolini

Space: And Other Poems – Eliot Katz

Tim Buckley Lyrics

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I've finally caught up with Letters From Watson! Since the Mormon backstory part of the story is basically over, I just want to give some brief and random thoughts about it.

I honestly found myself enjoying it. Obviously I would have preferred more Holmes and Watson, but compared to the boredom I felt when I first read it I was much more interested this time. Ferrier and Lucy being forced to assimilate into Mormon culture or be left to die in the wilderness was bleak, and I enjoyed the symmetry of Ferrier ultimately dying in the wilderness regardless, with the Mormons being the decider of his fate once more. You could also say that was where Lucy symbolically died as well, since that's where her depression from the forced marriage started.

One of the moments I really liked though was at the start when Ferrier told child Lucy that her mother was dead. She goes from this reaction:

“Then mother's a deader too,” cried the little girl dropping her face in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly.

To this one after being told they're on the brink of death:

“Why didn't you say so before?” she said, laughing gleefully. “You gave me such a fright. Why, of course, now as long as we die we'll be with mother again.”

The idea of heaven basically stops Lucy from grieving her mother, and her own death isn't scary to her either cause it just means seeing her again. I'm not religious so I don't have much else to say about it, but it did jump out to me and I found it interesting.

As for later, I didn't find myself particularly invested in the romance between Jefferson Hope and Lucy. It was certainly better than the Mormons, but it just felt like another escape from a terrible situation. First it was the Mormons saving them from nature, now it's Jefferson Hope saving them from Mormons. I think that's where my emotional investment was at, not the romantic aspect but their efforts to escape. I did think it was neat that Lucy, despite growing up with the Mormons, never actually bought into their beliefs, presumably because Ferrier taught her otherwise.

As to the ninja Mormon stuff, I felt it was a bit too absurd. The idea of Mormons sneaking onto Ferrier's property in the middle of the night to burn a number somewhere every day for a month was too odd to be scary. I kept asking myself logistical questions. Like did they decide where to burn the number beforehand, or did they do it on the spot randomly? What did they wear? Did they have Mormon stealth clothing so they weren't caught? Was it the same person each night, or was it different every time? Or was it one person per week and they did it on rotation or something? "Hey Michael, it's your turn to tiptoe onto Ferrier's property this week. Oh, and make sure not to burn it on the dinner table, Jim did that two nights ago."

Let's see. Drebber and Stangerson were brief but terrible people and I'm glad Jefferson Hope got them in the end. I'm also glad there was no attempt at showing their desire to marry Lucy as anything but greed and selfishness. They wanted Lucy because Ferrier was rich, simple and terrible as that. Ironically, Ferrier and Lucy might have survived if he weren't so prosperous.

Jefferson Hope's vengeance was okay. Another post talked about how unrealistic it would be for him to be able to follow Drebber and Stangerson across Europe, but I bought into his desire for revenge enough that I didn't mind. Certainly there were a few moments of luck/coincidence, but whatever, he got lucky.

Overall, I had a good time. I would still gladly trade all of this out for more Holmes and Watson, or at least have a more thematic connection between the two segments. Nonetheless, it's fine. It's okay.

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Was inspired by recent chats with @thewildwestpyro to draw The Woman. No one beats the original Scandal in Bohemia Irene Adler, all other versions are weak sauce in comparison.

Used Lillie Langtry and Lola Montez as reference, as it’s thought Doyle may have used one or both of them as inspiration for her character. There’s also some Jennifer Connelly, since she’s a hot American with Irish-Jewish roots like I imagine Irene.

Kathleen Ferrier is my voice canon for her: https://open.spotify.com/album/3CuONztUAmQPWUdGp4N9iR?si=TLyKyfkhSaurP3PjKSInsA

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Based on Arthur Ferrier's "The Loot of the Rainbow" + the queer and genderfluid flags for Leo ^^

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Someone asked to see Crowley as the "Loot of the rainbow" by Arthur Ferrier (1928). Here is my version.

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