M.J. Rose

Perhaps this is not exactly mysterious, but the work of artists who tinker in thought provoking ways is always going to inspire wonder here at the Museum of Mysteries…

Two Turntables Are A Drawing Machine

“Forget two turntables and a microphone—focus instead on two turntables and some wooden arms. In Drawing Apparatus Robert Howsare turns a pair of turntables into an automated drawing machine, swapping rotating vinyl for two wooden arms that draw geometric patterns as the turntables spin around…”

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First of all, I love the word “abandonments” – and here are some in miniature. Made of Legos. Amazing!

LEGO Abandonments: Home-Made Model Haunted Houses

(Article by Urbanist)

“Hundreds of hours and in some cases over one hundred thousand pieces have gone into the creation of this series of seriously detailed LEGO models, each constructed to replicate the processes of decay in miniature…”

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…The power of words is no less potent than a love potion. I think it’s quite obvious that Virginia Woolf knew the secret to writing an effective love letter –

Throw Over Your Man: Virginia Woolf’s 1927 Love Letter to Vita Sackville-West

by Maria Popova

“…and I’ll tell you all the things I have in my head, millions, myriads.”

“What makes an extraordinary love letter? After Monday’s omnibus of famous correspondence, I revisited a lovely decade-old book titled The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time, which features missives from icons like Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Frida Kahlo, Franz Kafka, and Mozart, covering everything from tender love to lust to bitter breakups.

Among them is this 1927 letter from Virginia Woolf to English poet Vita Sackville-West, with whom Woolf had fallen madly in love….”

More here.