Narcissus, an etching by Laurent de La Hyre, reworked as a two-ink print: a figure lying at the water's edge, unable to look away from his own reflection.
Laurent de La Hyre, Narcissus, 17th c. · Etching · The Met, Open Access
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02 / What it's about

Three old stories, still running.

Pillar one / Attention Pandora by Odilon Redon, reworked as a two-ink print: a figure standing among flowers, holding the box.

What got out of the box

Everything that reaches you was designed to reach you. Anti Letter is about noticing who opened the box, and what you do now that it's open.

Odilon Redon, Pandora, ca. 1914 · The Met, Open Access
Pillar two / Discipline The Fall of Icarus by Giuseppe Diamantini, reworked as a two-ink print: a winged figure falling as others rise above.

The shortcut that melts

Every course, app and system you bought promised altitude without the climb. They melt at the same height, every time. What survives is duller and slower and yours.

Giuseppe Diamantini, The Fall of Icarus, 1650–1700 · The Met, Open Access
Pillar three / The long way A detail from Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts by Jacopo del Sellaio, reworked as a two-ink print: figures and horses setting out from a walled city.

Ten years at sea

The interesting things are all on the far side of a crossing nobody posts about. This is the part the feed has no format for, so it's the part worth writing down.

Jacopo del Sellaio, Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts, ca. 1465 · The Met, Open Access

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