Jose Doraz



Bridging the Bohemian Baroque to the Folk.

There is a time for clarity, but now is not the time as secular society will be undermined by the infusion of art into life. This is not some weak performance art piece, but the grand scheme of living art.

You have never seen anyone smoke until you have seen me smoke
Feb
03
ragbag: a taxonomy of noses so i was p90x-ing last night while reading one of my all-time favourite tracts on nose classifications systems. it’s called nasology by george jabet* (1848). the preface states: We have a belief founded on long continued personal observation that there is more in a Nose than most owners of that appendage are generally aware. We believe that besides being an ornament to the face or a convenient handle by which to grasp an impudent fellow, it is an important index to its owner’s character… It will not be contended that all the faculties and properties of mind are revealed by the Nose, for instance we can read nothing of Temper or the Passions from it… The proposition which is sought to be established is this THE NOSE is AN IMPORTANT INDEX TO CHARACTER here is a key to what jabet says your nose says about you: the Roman nose: indicates great Decision, considerable Energy, Firmness, Absence of refinement, and Disregard for the bienséances of life the Greek nose: indicates Refinement of character, Love for the fine arts and belles lettres, Astuteness of craft, and a preference for indirect rather than direct action the Cogitative nose: indicates a Cogitative mind having strong powers of Thought and given to close and serious Meditation the Jewish nose: indicates considerable Shrewdness in worldly matters, a deep Insight into character, and facility of turning that insight to profitable account the Snub nose: indicates natural weakness, mean disagreeable disposition with petty insolence, and diverse other characteristics of conscious weakness the Feminine nose: indicates refinement and purity of taste and the ability to excel in the minor domestic departments of life. i should point out that this book is an absolute LAUGH FACTORY especially for all fans/h8ters of phrenology and m. alphonse bertillon. there is not a single paragraph of pseudoscientific quackery in this volume that will not cause you to belch with laughter. i highly recommend that you peruse it the next time that you are cranking out plyometrics or whatever it is that you like to multitask reading 19th century literature with. __ *a pseudonym of victorian prankster, eden warwick. [the small print: this nasology tract was actually a satire on phrenology and why it is totally stupid]. for a book in a similar vein, you can give this a looky-loo. Be wary of men with a crooked nose, they can only smell stuff on one side of their body.

ragbag:

a taxonomy of noses

so i was p90x-ing last night while reading one of my all-time favourite tracts on nose classifications systems. it’s called nasology by george jabet* (1848). the preface states:

We have a belief founded on long continued personal observation that there is more in a Nose than most owners of that appendage are generally aware. We believe that besides being an ornament to the face or a convenient handle by which to grasp an impudent fellow, it is an important index to its owner’s character… It will not be contended that all the faculties and properties of mind are revealed by the Nose, for instance we can read nothing of Temper or the Passions from it… The proposition which is sought to be established is this THE NOSE is AN IMPORTANT INDEX TO CHARACTER

here is a key to what jabet says your nose says about you:

  • the Roman nose: indicates great Decision, considerable Energy, Firmness, Absence of refinement, and Disregard for the bienséances of life
  • the Greek nose: indicates Refinement of character, Love for the fine arts and belles lettres, Astuteness of craft, and a preference for indirect rather than direct action
  • the Cogitative nose: indicates a Cogitative mind having strong powers of Thought and given to close and serious Meditation
  • the Jewish nose: indicates considerable Shrewdness in worldly matters, a deep Insight into character, and facility of turning that insight to profitable account
  • the Snub nose: indicates natural weakness, mean disagreeable disposition with petty insolence, and diverse other characteristics of conscious weakness
  • the Feminine nose: indicates refinement and purity of taste and the ability to excel in the minor domestic departments of life.

i should point out that this book is an absolute LAUGH FACTORY especially for all fans/h8ters of phrenology and m. alphonse bertillon. there is not a single paragraph of pseudoscientific quackery in this volume that will not cause you to belch with laughter. i highly recommend that you peruse it the next time that you are cranking out plyometrics or whatever it is that you like to multitask reading 19th century literature with.

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*a pseudonym of victorian prankster, eden warwick. [the small print: this nasology tract was actually a satire on phrenology and why it is totally stupid]. for a book in a similar vein, you can give this a looky-loo.

Be wary of men with a crooked nose, they can only smell stuff on one side of their body.