There are several ways of performing name magic according to Jackalopian traditions. Name magic is when you use magic with or against a specific entity, whose name is used in the invocation or spell or ritual or whatever form is your preferred mode of casting.1 The Inultaru call this type of magic impantak yeldvoon, which is usually translated as “peculiar intent“. Continue reading Peculiar…
Kiyoshi Awazu, Contemporary Japanese Art, (lithograph), 1983 [MoMA, New York, NY]
April 16th for the Catholics is the feast day of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. The Inultaru also celebrate this feast day, but they honor a different woman and a different concept. Instead of dedicating the day to thinking about abused young martyrs who suffered from severe physical and mental illnesses, jackalopes honor the Women Who Dare to Rewrite History, and specifically one woman who became…
Kiyoshi Awazu, Exhibition Poster, Kizashi, (lithograph), 1975 [MoMA, New York, NY; Gift of Ivan Chermayeff]
Lin Tarczynski (as Wm Yost), Icon series
Almost two months ago, I received an inquiry/request from Dr. Inaya Milojevik, who asked me if I thought it would be a good idea to post some images from the Icon series. I think this is not a bad idea. I feel some residual uneasiness because of the forgery accusations made in 2006, but the authenticity of the art is well-documented, so I am not troubling myself with my irrational yips.
The printing of the Icon series was undertaken by my predecessor at the GLP Archive, Haarukka Yazimyek, with the help of Upfield Airman, who was...
Little dog Ready, how he lost himself in the big world - Mabel Stryker - 1923 - via Internet Archive
