Martha Moran

The following are themes in the posts I retweet: solitude, the solitary, urban grit and beauty juxtaposed with moments of human connection created by the work and performance of notable artists - mainly from the 20th century. If you like this kind of thing, give me a follow.

20 years ago, these sweet dance moves dropped.

Paul Klee -Capriccio in February, 1938

The Cure - Just Like Heaven (1995)

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

Ernest Cole 📸 Harlem, New York 1950

John Updike at his typewriter.

"The universe is what it is, not what I choose that it should be." — Bertrand Russell

Paul Klee

Four Foxes Franz Marc 1913

Salvador Dalí The Sandman 1966

RIP, rock icon, Dave Mason, once legendary Traffic singer- guitarist who later released his solo hit, “We Just Disagree”, in 1977 … he was 79.

Leo Tolstoy in his study.

📺The last original episode of ‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ aired 44 years ago, April 21, 1982, on CBS

“We will not solve our problem by electing the right people. We will only solve our problem by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing.” — Milton Friedman

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding views which others find inadmissible.” — Carl Jung

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

Iggy Pop, Scala Cinema, London, 1972 Photo by Alec Byrne

A construction worker takes a break from building the Chrysler Building, New York, 1930.

Illustration by Borolina (Cyn Barrera)

New-York City. 1930. Hot dog cart. 📸 Stanley Kubrick