“One discovers the light in darkness, that is what darkness is for; but everything in our lives depends on how we bear the light,” – James Baldwin, Nothing Personal      The Sun (1919) by Frans Masereel (1889–1972) opens with an artist resting his head on his desk beneath an open window beyond which we … Continue reading "The Sun by Frans Masereel, A Story Without Words – 1919" The post The Sun by Frans Masereel, A Story Without Words – 1919 appeared first on Flashbak.

“This is the longest diary I ever kept. Not a diary of course but an attempt to map the actual working days and hours of a novel. If a day is skipped it will show glaringly on this record and there will be some reason given for the slip.” – John Steinbeck, Working Days, The … Continue reading "How John Steinbeck Harnessed Desire and Self-Doubt To Write The Grapes of Wrath" The post How John Steinbeck Harnessed Desire and Self-Doubt To Write The Grapes of Wrath appeared first on Flashbak.

Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves (Man’yōshū), which refers to a multi-leaved autumnal herb (momoyogusa), … Continue reading "Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)" The post Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910) appeared first on Flashbak.

Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist and photographer Sheila Burnett has not longed moved to the area when she began to take pictures of the people who lived and worked there.     In the 1970s, Sheila arrived in London from her naive Birmingham to work … Continue reading "People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s" The post People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s appeared first on Flashbak.