coolcatj - curatorial emporio

“We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.” - #ThomasAquinas

“We are all roamers of vast spaces and travellers in many ages.” ― H.P. Lovecraft, Beyond the Wall of Sleep

Illustration of a dragonfly from a manuscript produced in Bruges, around 1510.

"Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic" - ( Lillian Jackson Braun) • Art : Salvatore Fiume (Italian 1915-1977) #Caturday #painting #Italianart

#OTD in 1934 Cover of The New Yorker, April 7, 1934 Rea Irvin #TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin

Happy Monday

大好きな音楽を聴きながら、一晩この部屋で過ごせたら〜❤💙

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music ― Aldous Huxley © Lucyan Azevedo

New beginnings…

larimar, chrome diopside, amber, garnet, zoisite, etc.

A Weekend Easter Egg Art Hunt: Nesting from the Gratifying Iningat Ilagiit Archive: A Place for Family🪺 • Pitseolak Ashoona | Owls and Egg #DigitalMuseumsCanada #McMichael #EggCollection #FromtheArchives #EasterEggArt #WestBaffin #Owlish #Nestlings #ArcticArtists #TheHatch

Folk-Inspired hand painted eggs by Dinara Mirtalipova, self taught illustrator and designer, born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan #womensart #Easter

Imperial Faberge Egg. The Memory of Azov Egg. It was made in 1891 for Tsar Alexander II, who presented it to his wife, the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, as an Easter gift.

The Eagle, Symbol of St. John, Book of Kells Illuminated Celtic Gospels, Ireland, ca. 800

Astronomical observations: The Moon (detail, 1711) Donato Creti

@Thru_theglass You’re welcome :) beautiful photograph.

@Jackieveky Thank you for sharing❤️

Glacier Appreciation #chasingtime #glacierfed

This impressive Eagle Headdress was hand-carved by Tom D. Hunt of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation. Carved from red cedar & painted in acrylic the piece is distinguished by shimmering painted copper elements that lend a luminous quality. The Eagle is revered as a powerful spiritual being

Yuko Nakamura "Black Cat"

Least Grebe Galveston's Lafitte's Cove in Texas, USA. 03/28/2026 #leastgrebe #grebe #birdphotography #naturephotography