Curious Subject Matter

Things I am interested in:

carnival, circus, Victorian, Steampunk industrialization (Industrial Revolution ie steam) modernity Kafka Kafka-esque ennui nostalgia chagrin absurd cute creepy stitches existentialism characters animals anthropomorphic fairy tales folklore menagerie farm machinery farm machinery mechanization gears clockwork inventions exploration The Enlightenment robots airships Victorian fashion gas light steam power hat box antiques whirligigs whimsical wheels Grammaphone gauges boats/ships submersibles dirigibles Turn-of-the-century science protoscience typewriter wood type freak show navigational instruments maps telescopes astronomy alchemy phrenology occult chiromancy pseudo-science Nikola Tesla Tesla coil oscilloscope optical devices optics diving gear laboratory organ grinder rivets/screws/texture goggles cabinet of curiosities trapeze balancing tight rope brass port hole grotesque magic lantern cibachrome print lightbox post-WWII mores capitalism socialism economics traditional family values evolutionary biology rabbits petticoat frock coat and tails bowler hat top hat bio-mechanical farmland barn farm animals Alice in Wonderland Arthur Rackham John Tenniel Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) J.R.R Tolkien coal power iron Columbia World Fair Crystal Palace Jack the Ripper Sherlock Holmes Charles Dickens Edgar Rice Burroughs Dr. David Livingstone paleontology wunderkammer woodworking cabinets paper craft paper engineering stage craft tubes glass vessels spy glass helm wheel (ship’s wheel) nautical apparatuses pop-up books book binding bird cages wire forms dress forms Victorian wallpaper numerology harlequin pattern stripe pattern hexagons chains old tools collecting bric-a-brac bricolage detritus astrology sun dial astrolabe sextant armillary surveillance corporate culture banality Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss) 18th-century illustration natural history Abraham Cahan dinosaurs blue whale technomancy reflective globes shadow puppets miniature theaters computer games phantasmagoria dioramas naturalia mirabilia artefacta scientifica antiquites exotica Aldrovandi memento mori Four Deuces (Scar Face) reliquaries projectors camera thaumatrope zoetrope panopticon