If Bacchus ever had a color he could claim for his own, it should surely be the shade of tannin on drunken lips, of John Keat's 'purple-stained mouth,' or perhaps even of Homer's dangerously wine-dark sea.
In 1879 the Bengali scholar S.M. Tagore compiled a more extensive list of ruby colors from the Purana sacred texts: ‘like the China rose, like blood,… - Victoria Finlay
In 1879 the Bengali scholar S.M. Tagore compiled a more extensive list of ruby colors from the Purana sacred texts: ‘like the China rose, like blood,…
- Victoria Finlay
Throughout Asia and Europe, pearls were traditionally believed to ease a range of conditions, including eye diseases, fever, insomnia, 'female compla… - Victoria Finlay
Throughout Asia and Europe, pearls were traditionally believed to ease a range of conditions, including eye diseases, fever, insomnia, 'female compla…
Once upon a time Apache land would have stretched farther than the horizon, through New Mexico almost to Texas, but as white men found gold, silver, … - Victoria Finlay
Once upon a time Apache land would have stretched farther than the horizon, through New Mexico almost to Texas, but as white men found gold, silver, …
In precious opals there might be a dash of red here, a seductive swirl of blue there, and in the center, perhaps, a flirtatious glance of green. But … - Victoria Finlay
In precious opals there might be a dash of red here, a seductive swirl of blue there, and in the center, perhaps, a flirtatious glance of green. But …
Human life is fragile: we live in the space between one breath and the next. We often try to maintain an illusion of permanence, through what we do, … - Victoria Finlay
Human life is fragile: we live in the space between one breath and the next. We often try to maintain an illusion of permanence, through what we do, …
Communists liked history very much. It just had to be the right history. They liked to remember it selectively. - Victoria Finlay
Communists liked history very much. It just had to be the right history. They liked to remember it selectively.
I realized it was like a dating agency: the ions are the lost souls looking for mates; the electrolyte is the agency that can help them find each oth… - Victoria Finlay
I realized it was like a dating agency: the ions are the lost souls looking for mates; the electrolyte is the agency that can help them find each oth…
Patterns drawn in ultraviolet might make those ordinary little petals into the exotic peacocks of the botanical world, and yet we cannot appreciate t… - Victoria Finlay
Patterns drawn in ultraviolet might make those ordinary little petals into the exotic peacocks of the botanical world, and yet we cannot appreciate t…
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