Wilhelm Freddie, The Prayer, 1940

Albert Welti, Riders in the Mist, 1886

Hans Holbein the Younger , The Stone Thrower , 1533

Tyra Kleen , Paradise Lost , 1909

William Rimmer , Evening (The Fall of Day) , 1869

Henry Fuseli, Odysseus between Scylla and Charybdis, 1795

Ivan Aivazovsky, The Wrath Of The Seas, 1886

Sergius Hruby, Apotheosis, 1901

Georgia O'Keeffe, New York street with moon, 1925

Leopold Schmutzler, The Gypsy

Archimede Bresciani da Gazoldo, Santa Maria Maddalena, 1924

Owe Zerge, Victoria Mortis (Victory over Death), 1921

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Gonzalo Bilbao, The Slave, 1904

As Long as You’re Upright by Blaga Dimitrova

Don’t forget to rejoice! —
the wise trees whisper
as they crash on failing knees
under the ax.
Don’t forget to rejoice!
As long as you’re upright,
as long as you encounter the wind,
as long as you breathe the heights.
As long as the ax slumbers.

Kawanabe Kyōsai , Skeleton shamisen player in top-hat with dancing monster, 1871