Robert Daeley

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Throughout his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, Marcel #Proust (who died #onthisday in 1922) would time and again turn to the visual arts. Explore here the artworks he mentions including paintings by Giotto, Botticelli and Poussin: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/paintings-in-proust-vol-1-swann-s-way #OTD
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor of Ran, Yojimbo and Harakiri, dies aged 92

Star of Japan’s cinematic golden age, who collaborated with Kurosawa and played the lead in Kobayashi’s Human Condition trilogy, died from pneumonia

The Guardian

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ProPublica

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“What’s in your TBR pile?”

“Follow me to the TBRR.”

“TBR…R?”

“Room.” Opens door. Paperback avalanche roar begins in the distance.

“You realize the sun doesn't go down / It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round”
Pasadena's Vroman's bookstore up for sale along with Book Soup

Vroman's, a longtime Pasadena bookstore, is for sale. Its owner is also looking to sell its second Pasadena location and Book Soup in West Hollywood.

Los Angeles Times

Public Books: Finding Other Ways to Flow: The Once and Future Le Guin

https://www.publicbooks.org/finding-other-ways-to-flow-the-once-and-future-le-guin/

“Finding Other Ways to Flow”: The Once and Future Le Guin - Public Books

“There’s something very solitary in her writing as well. I almost think of it a solitary solidarity.”

Public Books
When I talk to comic book artists I always emphasize the importance of clearly separating their planes of depth. This rule is only for comics and does not apply to Turkish photographer Sami Uçan.

"This Mar Vista Mother and Son Are Fighting Gentrification With Their Own Blue Corn Nixtamal"

https://lataco.com/sabys-mar-vista

This Mar Vista Mother and Son Are Fighting Gentrification With Their Own Blue Corn Nixtamal ~ L.A. TACO

The Diaz family is exactly who blue corn was meant to help out. For thousands of years, the people of the sun survived and thrived off corn. Today in Venice, it's still coming through for them. 

In April, Studio Ghibli launched new Totoro products created by Japanese local craftsmen.
Watching them working is a bit like ASMR.

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Unfortunately the product is limited and was made in small amount.

Something that makes it special is the Totoro were carved from camphor, the wood of the same kind of tree where Totoro lives in.

🌳🌳🌳

https://www.nakagawa-masashichi.jp/shop/e/ev0534/

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #myneighbortotoro #hayaomiyazaki #WoodWorking

ジブリと、工芸。|工芸・暮らし・贈りもの|中川政七商店オンラインショップ

風土と人がつくるもの。その価値を、次の世代に伝えるために。日本の工芸をつくる中川政七商店と、スタジオジブリが手を取りました。