By Noor Inayat Khan. Read by Ellen Burstyn. Musical accompaniment composed by Allaudin Mathieu. From the book Twenty Jataka Tales, published by Inner Traditions International (1991). Berkeley, CA: Audio Literature.
1974 Le Jardin Dumaine: "Le Loup et l'Agneau." Luçon (Vendée-'85). Postmarked Sept.1, 1974. Artaud Frères. Nantes-Carquefou, Nantes. €4 Témoignage d'Images, Paris, at the Paris Post Card Exhibition, Jan., '05.
This close-up photograph was done by the same company that did a greater distance shot for another postcard of uncertain date but postmarked in 1985. Here one sees more clearly the water separating wolf and lamb.
1957? Japanese red tin toy steam locomotive with friction motor, marked "Aesop" at the front both left and right. 9" long and 3.5" high. Marked "EO" and "Made in Japan." $6 from Matt McKeeby, Schenectady, NY, through Ebay, Feb., '00. Click on the image to see the engine larger.
Now this takes a prize! An Aesop locomotive! I gather that this toy comes from the era during which the Japanese were prone to put any symbol on any object and (re)produce it. "D-57" appears beneath the engineer's windows and on the boiler-cover at the front. There a bunny holds flags, perhaps for the tortoise and hare whose heads are pictured above the name "Aesop" on the flag panels on either side of the boiler-cover. Further back on the left side a crow in a cap holds a mouse either by a string or by its tail. On the opposite side a zebra and bear face each other. The engineer is a stork, who has a wing resting leisurely outside the windows on both sides! On the roof above him is a flying bird. In my years of collecting I never dreamed that such a thing existed.
James B. Williams standing next to the Williams Clinic at Southside Chicago
Davis, R. (2000 Summer) The Fight for Equality. Creighton University Magazine. Creighton University Archives https://creighton.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/3528
James B. Williams accepting 1999 Alumni Merit Award at Creighton School of Medicine with his wife, Willeen, and children by his side
Davis, R. (2000 Summer) The Fight for Equality. Creighton University Magazine. Creighton University Archives https://creighton.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/3528
James B. Williams featured in a Creighton University Magazine (2000 Edition)
Davis, R. (2000 Summer) The Fight for Equality. Creighton University Magazine. Creighton University Archives https://creighton.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/3528
2004 Jacques Offenbach: 6 Fables de La Fontaine; Chanson de Fortunio. Musical CD. Bruno Laplante, baritone. Marc Durand, pianist. Made in France. Calliope 4881. First recorded by Arpège in 1979.
This is the first time, I believe, that I have sat and listened to these renderings. They are delightful. The music moves wonderfully in coordination with the text of La Fontaine. The silent moment, for example, in "Shepherd and Sea" comes at the time when the former flock owner has lost everything at sea and must return now to be a hired shepherd. The contrast in voices in "Cobbler and Financier" is also engaging. Likewise, the choice of phrases to be repeated supports well what is going on in the text. Besides the title pieces, there are five other offerings on this 50-minute disc. Winner of the award "Grand Prix du Disque."
2012? Jean de La Fontaine. Twelve portrait format postcards by Souchez, France artist Jacques Nongort. €3 each at St. Ouen, August, '13.
This is some of the strongest visual work I have seen in a long time. Nongort brings out the scary underside, I believe, of several of La Fontaine's fables. His "La Cigale et la Fourmi," for example -- which appears on what seems to be his own website -- shows a dancing woman in the foreground while a burdened worker walks off into the background. Would a viewer of this card, without seeing its title, immediately associate it with the fable? Again, Nongort's "The Cat Transformed into a Woman," accents her sexuality but gives her a sinister black catface with yellow eyes. Stirring stuff! I am so glad to have found these and sorry that I cannot find out more about the artist or the series.
1909? One photographic postcard presenting “The Fool Who Sells Wisdom.” “600 SALON 1909. JACOMIN (A.) -- Le Fou qui vend la sagesse.- LL.” $8 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ‘’20.
A closer look shows that the artist catches the story at the very moment where the “fool” is giving the buyer a box on the ear. The “fool” also has strings that are part of his marketing. I have yet to understand the significance of the dogs is in the foreground; in fact, I am not even sure what they are doing. Alfred Jacomin lived from 1842 to 1913. Christie’s and Mark Murray have offered paintings by Jacomin for sale. There are also listings of his work on MutualArt. Google offers a number of his works, not including this painting.
