The very Lovecraftian Loriciferan Pliciloricus enigmaticus (Higgins & Kristensen, 1986)
A Venus comb murex, Murex pecten (Lightfoot 1786)
Lionfish fry photographed by Steven Kovacs off Palm Beach, Florida, 2017
Masques made with Seashells by Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626-79) (click for larger)
• Eyeway to Ell — a better paronamasia than this one…
Sunburst lichen, Xanthorina parietina,* and Sea ivory, Ramalina siliquosa
• Songs from the Center of the Sun — an interview with Faster Than Lichen
• The Gold and the Grey — a pre-previous pre-posting of another version of this image
The surfer Darrick Doerner riding a big wave in Hawaii (from The Daily Mail)
(click image for full size)
Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:
• Bullets and Butterflies – Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary, Ivan Smith (Helion / 30° South Publishers 2012)
• Jaundiced on George – George Orwell: English Rebel, Robert Colls (Oxford University Press 2013)
• Crabsody in View – RSPB Handbook of the Seashore, Maya Plass (Bloomsbury 2013)
Or Read a Review at Random: RaRaR
Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:
• Conteur Compatissant – Short Stories, Guy de Maupassant, translated by Marjorie Laurie (Everyman’s Library 1934)
• Riff-Raph – 100 Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces, Gordon Kerr (Flame Tree Publishing 2011)
• Fall of the Wild – A Fall of Moondust, Arthur C. Clarke (1961)
• Orchid and Oak – Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, W.E. Vine et al (Thomas Nelson 1984)
• Hoare Here – Risingtidefallingstar, Philip Hoare (Fourth Estate 2017)
• Slug is a Drug — Collins Complete Guide to British Coastal Wildlife (2012)
…γῆς ἱδρῶτα θάλασσαν… — Ἐμπεδοκλῆς
“The sea is the sweat of the earth.” — Empedocles (c. 495–435 BC), Fragments 165
