I am so excited to announce that I will be teaching another online class for the Institute of Art and Olfaction. This class is a fun dive into Christian olfactive ontology (I swear, it is cooler then it sounds, see below). The course will be held June 23rd, 9:00am-10:30am PST. My last two classes with…
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There Will Be Blood (Scent the Scene)
In this series, we examine aspects of death and bereavement through art, olfaction, and imaginative thinking. Feel free to follow along at home and leave your take on this scented death meditation below. This Week’s Muse St. Francis Borgia at the Death Bed of an Impenitent, Francisco Goya, 1788
Loving Death (Scent the Scene)
In this series, we examine aspects of death and bereavement through art, olfaction, and imaginative thinking. Feel free to follow along at home and leave your take on this scented death meditation below. This Week’s Muse Girls 3, Matsuyama Miyabi, 2016
Recommended Reading: Heavenly Bodies
If you are in the market for a coffee table book that will certainly get people talking, I can not recommend enough Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs by Paul Koudounaris. This photo-heavy book explores the surviving examples of Catacomb Saints. What’s a Catacomb Saint you say?
