RUIN
From crumbling relics of cultures who once ruled to the sad shells of individuals once on high, the memento-mori of loss and the schadenfreude of failure, there is an undeniable…
TREASURE
From Aladdin’s cave of wonders to the gold in the California hills, the quest for el Dorado to daring midnight heists, hidden riches has been the driving force behind epic…
ILLUSION
The eyes deceive, the ears lie, and things are not always as they seem. Whether fooled by nature or elaborate artifice our minds can play tricks on us, even while…
MADNESS
Mercury-crazed genius explodes on canvas, “hysterical" women writhe in the erotic throes of stimulation therapy, and a mysterious plague of 1518 led the afflicted to dance themselves to death. Madness…
SPICE ~ June 10, 2014
Port De San Francisco Dans La Haute Californie, Eugene Duflot de Mofras 1844
Further Reading: BEFORE SAN FRANCISCO
Books, research material, and web resources from Odd Salon BEFORE SAN FRANCISCO, at the California Historical Society.
CHAOS ~ May 27, 2014
GOLD, MURDER & SPIRITS
