Nautical but nice

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oldbookillustrations: To hear the sea-maid’s music. Arthur Rackham, from A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, London, New York, 1908. (Source: archive.org) At the baths the other day I couldn’t decide if all the topless sunbathers looked like reclining mermaids or sleepy seals. Maybe what mermaids look like when we are not looking, and seals beyond a judging gaze.

oldbookillustrations:

To hear the sea-maid’s music.

Arthur Rackham, from A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, London, New York, 1908.

(Source: archive.org)

At the baths the other day I couldn’t decide if all the topless sunbathers looked like reclining mermaids or sleepy seals. Maybe what mermaids look like when we are not looking, and seals beyond a judging gaze.

(via libraryland)

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