April 1, 2020

Ten+ Days of DJ Screw


          A drawing on antique paper shows a shirtless, bearded figure with bare feet and red trousers supporting a large, rainbow-colored boulder on his shoulders. Above this figure, the words 'Self-Soothing Ain't Easy' are written in black magic marker.

The giant ‘Uj ibn ‘Anaq, as seen in a MS of Qazwini’s
‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat (The Wonders of Creation)
from a workshop of Palestine in the 2nd half of the 18th c.
Bavarian State Library Cod. arab. 463, fol. 295v (30 x 20.5 cm)

tr. by David Larsen at 7:11 AM