Mysterious absences
Jul. 28th, 2024 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shewhomustI was wondering, in those disconnected thoughts which follow a really relaxing bath, why William Morris never created a design involving puffins. I'm pretty sure he didn't (though I'd love to be wrong about this): an internet search offers various images in which puffins are imposed onto Morris designs, often depicted as perched on foliage in a way for which their feet are not suitable, but I can't find any evidence of a genuine William Morris puffin.
He must have seen puffins, mustn't he, during his Icelandic journeys? I wouldn't be surprised if he'd cooked some. And yet...
File under missed opportunities, alongside Shakespeare's Arthurian plays.
He must have seen puffins, mustn't he, during his Icelandic journeys? I wouldn't be surprised if he'd cooked some. And yet...
File under missed opportunities, alongside Shakespeare's Arthurian plays.
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Date: 2024-07-28 11:55 pm (UTC)This is such a wonderful image I am sorry to read the rest of the post.
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Date: 2024-07-29 01:31 am (UTC)Nine
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