Concrete poetry by <n>rahSMITH</n> from the 1970 book '<n>the cosmic chief: an evening of concrete</n>'.

A photograph by <n>BIMO PRADITYO</n>, curated by <n>Pierre Pauwels</n>.

A portrait of Nigerian-British singer <n>Sade Adu</n>.

Boxer <n>Muhammad Ali</n> training in London ahead of his 1966 fight with Henry Cooper. Photo by <n>Terry Fincher</n>.

Our eyes see 0.05% of the entire electromagnetic wave... *We*'*re blind cosmically*, but we judge everything by what we see.

Detail from the painting <n>Il Bacio di Giuda</n> (2015) by artist <n>Roberto Ferri</n>.

Photograph by <n>Folco Quilici</n>, 1976.

Detail from <n>The Man of Sorrows Blessing</n> by <n>Hans Memling</n>, edited by <n>Robin Isely</n>.

A reader enjoys <n>Richard Russo</n>'s novel <n>Von guten Eltern</n> in a sunlit window.

A 1991 self-portrait by <n>Masahisa Fukase</n> from his <n>Bukubuku</n> series.

Cover art for <n>Wqsk</n>'s song <n>Fallen in Love</n>.

<n>Interruptions</n> (1968) by artist <n>Vera Molnar</n>.

The god waits to be revealed in the woman, just as the goddess waits to be revealed in the man.

These two yearn to be one.
 
*As Before*

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light, and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery — celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: ‘It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to.’

Cover art for the song <n>Monochrome</n> by musician <n>Hunter Metts</n>.

Pixel art by <n>Waneella</n> titled <n>Before The Rain</n>.

<n>sopravvivenza visiva</n>, a 2017 collage by artist <n>Maria Di Pietro</n>.

1980s airbrush illustration by Japanese artist <n>Hajime Sorayama</n>.

A detail from <n>William-Adolphe Bouguereau</n>'s painting <n>Dante and Virgil in Hell</n> (1850).

Photograph by <n>Aleksandr Babarikin</n>.

A portrait of <n>Frank Ocean</n> photographed by <n>Petra Collins</n> for <n>032c</n>.

<n>Walden, Colorado</n>, a 1955 photograph by <n>Elliott Erwitt</n>.

Photo by <n>Sydney Bowen</n>. Styled by <n>Yasmina Khan</n>.

A portrait of basketball player <n>Michael Jordan</n> in his <n>Chicago Bulls</n> jersey.

A black and white photograph from <n>Saint Laurent</n> featuring a branded surfboard.

A series of <n>Instantaneous Shadow Photographs of the Splash of a Drop of Mercury</n>.

A portrait of basketball player <n>Kobe Bryant</n>.

<n>Muhammad Ali</n> and his brother <n>Rahman Ali</n> in Chicago, 1965. Photo by <n>Robert Abbott Sengstacke</n>.

Storyboard by <n>Harold Michelson</n> for <n>Alfred Hitchcock</n>'s <n>The Birds</n> (1963), featuring <n>Tippi Hedren</n>.

Graphic by <n>Bráulio Amado</n> for the <n>Walker Art Center</n>'s <n>Insights 2019</n> lecture series.

An annotated darkroom print of <n>Muhammad Ali</n>'s fist, photographed by <n>Thomas Hoepker</n> in 1966.

"<n>Monochrome</n>" by <n>Subhrankar Karmakar</n>, showing a boy jumping into the <n>Ganges River</n> in Kolkata, India.

Cover art for the track <n>Obscured Times</n> by musician <n>Ominousboy</n>.

Self-portrait by <n>Vivian Maier</n>, circa 1955.