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Jordan Nuttall's avatar

Greetings David, I’ve been following your work for a little while, and I really appreciate the depth you bring to these topics.

I explore something similar, but from a slightly stranger angle: forgotten travel narratives, old geographies, and the ideas they obscured from modern history.

My latest piece dives into an obscure book that records giant beings with a clarity that raises more questions than it answers.

If that kind of thing interests you, here’s the link:

https://open.substack.com/pub/jordannuttall/p/the-history-of-giants?r=4f55i2&utm_medium=ios

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Sila Trevor's avatar

Another of those meetings! Been to a few…what’s the book.

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David Black's avatar

The graphic depicts a phantasmagoria, which was a kind of early cheap thrills picture house per the book The Phantasmagoria of Capital

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Sila Trevor's avatar

I see - I just posted a Dore etching on PD page - similar dark image. Not read it but it’s very interesting. Now I know what it means!

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