Rho Ophiuchi and Antares nebula by Tjm8874 (astroBin)

No need for a passport—the USA itself is an endless world of wonder.. Every turn here reveals something surreal.! A thread 1. Arches National Park, Utah

Serenade Laszlo Moholy-Nagy/Q1, 1923

An epic Surrealism exhibition at the Centre Pompidou should be the grandaddy of all Surrealism shows mounted this year to celebrate the movement’s 100th anniversary. Tap the link in our bio to see what else you’ll want to know about this fall: tinyurl.com/2722b7b4

They also removed ‘Fahrenheit 451’ 🔥 List of the 1,300 banned books the publishers removed from our library linked in this FAQ: help.archive.org/help/why-are-s…

This is Mars...

Tonight my first grader said “but what is someone else gets hurt because I’ve taken the best hiding spot?” when we talked about active shooter drills and his priority to stay safe.

This is Afghanistan’s culture, not what the Taliban show you. #Attan

"It was evening. My mother was in the garden quietly pottering, reliving those glorious moments and wonderful, heartwarming words. Gently smiling, she moved among her flowers, basking like a cat in the evening sun and in the memory of the praise of her beloved garden."~C.R.Milne

M42 Great Orion nebula by 📷@ astrofalls..

Sitting in a coffee shop in my swing county in my swing state, and two older, white men are sitting near me grumbling to each other about how selfish and petty Trump is. I don’t know, y’all. Tide might be turning here in North Carolina.

The subject may seem simple: trees and bushes behind a fence. But it's intriguing how Van Gogh handles it. Note the distinctive ways he depicts what he sees: dots for gravel and heart-shaped leaves for the tree on the left. What's your favourite detail?

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"When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them—and that is of course because they accept the system and identify themselves with it." -Thomas Merton

From Jennifer Carter, a teacher at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. What the hell are we doing?

Emily Dickinson's herbarium – a forgotten masterpiece at the intersection of poetry and science themarginalian.org/2017/05/23/emi…

“Fault lines of memory” is what we are dealing with in the aftermaths (and current) #culturewar fatigue. We need healing. IAMCULTURECARE Academy Kintsugi

“Early on, I had called myself a painter… really what attracted me to that was paint itself. The sort of alchemical magical way colors came together on the surface of a canvas.” —Ilana Harris-Babou in our newest film 📺Watch in full: youtu.be/pWuOAU3exCs

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"Marks and Whispers," an exhibition of paintings, works on paper, and a film by Oscar Murillo, closes tomorrow, September 7, at Gagosian, Rome: on.gagosian.com/3VA2DMq