In this short Life that only lasts an hour
How much – how little – is within our power
Emily Dickinson (poem 1287)

In this short Life that only lasts an hour
How much – how little – is within our power
Emily Dickinson (poem 1287)


Head of a Woman, 1946 by Maruja Mallo (1902–1995)

The Plan Maker, 2018 by Salman Toor (b. 1983)

Michaelmas Term, 2016 by Toyin Ojih Odutola (b. 1985)

Azorka, 2018 by Tilo Baumgärtel (b. 1972)

Barry Moser’s illustration for Lynne Reid Banks’s “The Hare and the Black-and-White Witch.” From The Magic Hare, Avon, 1994.

Mostryn, 2020 by Rosa Loy (b. 1958)

Opportunity, 1993 by George Petrovich Kichigin

Green Hell, 2018 by Ryan Heskha (b. 1970)

Tipping Point, 2020 by David Lyle (b. 1971)













































From Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Cinematography by Koji Shiragami, Yukitomo Shudo, Yasuhiro Shimizu. and Mamoru Sugiura. Via Screenmusings.

Balls O’Clock, 2015 by Hilary Harkness (b. 1971)

From The Mansion; English translation by Beatriz Haugner.

From Donald Barthelme’s children’s book The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine; or The Hithering Thithering Djinn.

Woman Reading, 1884 by Susan Macdowell Eakins (