After-Orts #46

A thoughtful and hilarious takedown/appreciation of an Italian religious(?) painting from 1540.
Early surrealism?!
St.Francis's foot is an especially fine detail.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/13/arts/design/parmigianino-madonna-of-the-long-neck.html


We have two universal languages— mathematics and music— one to describe the universe, the other to describe how we feel about it.
     — Pranay Pathole, on Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/ppathole/status/1427528353532186628


- Serbian cave hermit gets Covid-19 vaccine, urges others to follow -
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/serbian-cave-hermit-gets-covid-19-vaccine-urges-others-to-follow