Some scans of harder-to-find Japanese art book images to dispel feverish and monotonous election vibes. Starting off with some Amano.
Some of the more explicitly Klimt-y Amano
Some "Oriental" Amano. The 3rd image may be a little more popular, since it's his version of the heroine Ilian from Moorcock's fantasy novels, & was used as cover art for a Japanese translation of Count Brass.
Some Amano's art for The Guin Saga. The longest series of fantasy novels in the world (over 130 vols), by Kaoru Kurimoto, about an amnesiac w a leopard mask magically stuck to his face. Big influence on everything from Berserk to Dorohedoro. Still virtually unknown in the US.
Also more popular, some of Amano's original art for Final Fantasy VII.
Some more misc. Amano
Still more misc. Amano
More misc Amano today.
Going to end with some of his illustrations of the Tale of Genji, which imo are some of his greatest works, before switching gears.
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If I'm getting this right, a White woman who started a failed MeToo org for people in STEM only to be accused of racist harassment herself was exposed as having created an account where she pretended to be a nonexistent queer Native American professor at Arizona State University.
And she was exposed after trying to ditch the account by claiming the prof died of COVID and doing this bizarre eulogy thread to her.
The ex-cop (who was locked up for drug trafficking and murder) w/ phone access who may have had something to do w Epstein's injuries was from Briarcliff Manor, a town a north of NYC known for its wealthy estate-owning families, including the Vanderbilts, Astors, & Rockefellers.
"Briarcliff Manor has a number of wealthy residents, and was rated 19th on CNNMoney's 25 Top-Earning Towns in the U.S."
The Briarcliff Manor's police department's troubles with unsavory cops goes right up to the level of the ex-chief himself, who was suspended without pay in 2015 for an infraction that no one in the department will discuss.