
Der schlafende Endymion
Anne Louis Girodet Trioson, 1793
A garden of beautiful things
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.
The Bones
Maren Morris
USA, 2019
I Gotta Feeling
Black Eyed Peas
USA, 2009
Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
USA, 1981
Moonlight Sonata
Ludwig van Beethoven
Germany, 1801

A girl reading a letter by candlelight, with a young man peering over her shoulder
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1760
bellyache
Billie Eilish
USA, 2017
Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, these submissions form a growing tapestry of thought, emotion, and cultural memory.
“Know your endoxas”
“closest to ideal. ”
“Nothing is easy. What looks easy is not easy. What looks hard is also not easy. Easy is nothing. Is everything hard? Somethings are liquid and somethings are gas but none of them are easy.”
“Rise to your calling!”
“Beautiful suns will rise and set, I believe.”
“Some short but much needed walks must be called first aid walks (FAW for short).”
“I am trying everyone. I am doing my best.”
“Why extraordinary doesn‘t mean over ordinary? Like a little bit more ordinary? Or is being ordinary a circle? ”
“I am shocked how much of our modern western view of the "world" in 21st century is still grounded on David Hume's philosophy.”
“Sometimes the brightest moment of my day is the salad I get for my lunch. ”