Thursday, December 3, 2020

Metsän Kuninkaat (Kings of the Forest)

There is no limit to the number of godparents for a jackalope child, but at least one of them should be a forestcousin. Jack Loki had four such creatures at his christening, invited by his Finnish grandmother. All were metsän kuninkaat with home territories near the river Kapperijoki in Finland.

For a glimpse of all four kings: Metsän Kuninkaat

The Garden is Raining a Vision

Yost wrote a note on the back of the artwork for this GLP panel: “Dubious translation from...

6EQUJ5

The Adamant Heart

“All heroes, all gods, all heavens, all glories falter and fade before the adamant heart of Entropy.” A quote attributed to various people who were in the know about jackalopes, including Baruch Spinoza, Kasturba Gandhi, Evelyn Einstein, Frieda Lawrence, Ninon de l’Enclos, James Randi and Diogenes....

6EQUJ5

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Three Targets for Nemesis Nilaat Talavetippu

6EQUJ5

The Rapport Between Cinnabar and Gold

6EQUJ5

Not Enough Impediments

6EQUJ5

When this Hawthorn Winter Grows Remote

6EQUJ5

Monumental Landscape

6EQUJ5

The Kiusaaminen of a Cheapjack Benevolence

Also published under the title “Looks Sweet, Tastes Bitter”.

6EQUJ5

A Short Guide to Evading Efficacy

6EQUJ5

Monday, March 2, 2020

Twenty Shades of Yonder


6EQUJ5

Our Blue Sagrada Samana


This was Yost’s response to the Joseph Cornell box Toward the Blue Peninsula. The box was Cornell’s response to a poem by Emily Dickinson. Yost wrote in pencil on the back of the original art: “It might be easier to fail with land in sight than gain our blue sagrada samana.” You can see another version here.