Marié Digby's cover of Shakira's "Empire"

I love this cover of Shakira's song "Empire" by the wonderfully talented musician Marié Digby. The video is itself a beautiful work of art befitting a such an emotionally stirring song.

 

Literature Pick #75

The Man from Time
by Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994)
A wonderful science fiction short story from the March 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe.

George Barret, Sr. painting

The Timber Wagon
by George Barret, Sr.
Unknown date, gouache, 17.8" × 25"
18th century artist; born in Dublin, Ireland

Hendrik Verschuring painting

Bustle in Front of the City Gate
by Hendrik Verschuring (1627–1690)
1675, Oil on Panel, 20.1" x 23.6"
Dutch Golden Age landscape painter from Gorinchem

Domenico Ghirlandaio painting

St. Jerome in his Study
by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494)
1480, Fresco, 72.4" x 46.9"
Italian Renaissance painter from Florence

Cosimo Tura painting

Group of Riders, Fragment
by Cosimo Tura (c. 1430 – 1495)
Painted during the last 3rd of the 15th century
Tura was an early Renaissance painter from Ferrara, Italy

Literature Pick #74

The Cavern of the Shining Ones
by Hal K. Wells
A masterful science fiction short story from the November 1932 issue of Astounding Stories.

Literature Pick #73

Solomon's Orbit
by William Carroll
A lighthearted science fiction short story from the November 1962 issue of Analog.

Paintings of William Davis

At Hale, Lancashire
by William Davis (1812 - 1873)
1860-1870, Oil on canvas, 12.99" x 19.69"
Dublin born painter who was influenced by Pre-Raphaelite art.

View from Bidston Hill
by William Davis
1856-1865, oil on canvas, 12.01" x 15.94"

Cornelis Massijs painting

Landscape with the Flight to Egypt
by Cornelis Massijs
1545-1550, Oil on Wood, 10.63" x 12.99"
Flemish Renaissance painter from Antwerp

Lluís Rigalt painting

Landscape with Ruins
by Lluís Rigalt i Farriols (1814 - 1894)
1848, Oil on Canvas, 38.58" x 46.85"
Spanish painter and draftsman from Barcelona

Literature Pick #72

Advanced Chemistry
by Jack G. Huekels
A science fiction short story from the August 1923 issue of the Hugo Gernsback edited magazine Science and Invention, it was republished in Amazing Stories in 1927 and 1956.

 

Matthias Rudolf Toma painting

Hammer Mill in Gutenstein (according to tradition)
by Matthias Rudolf Toma (1792-1869)
1832, oil on panel, 14.8" x 18.5"
Austrian painter and lithographer from Vienna

Richard Wilson painting

Tivoli: Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna
by Richard Wilson (1714-1782)
1752
Welsh landscape painter from the village of Penegoes

Jan van der Heyden painting

View of the Herengracht, Amsterdam
by Jan van der Heyden (1637–1712)
Circa 1670, Oil on Canvas
Baroque era painter from Gorinchem, Holland