Sleeves

He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.

 

Arnold Bennet (1867-1931)

British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What could be more mundane than the lowly sleeve? It extends from some point on the upper arm to some point in the general direction of the wrist.

 

 

 

 For warmth, for modesty, for style, even for seduction, the sleeve has many shapes and forms. And here I show you only a few of them.

 

 

What will a sleeve look like in the future? Maybe our time travelers will give us a hint of what may be coming within arm’s reach.....

 

 

 

Joan accepts comments, questions, and commissions at thilgesh@myclearwave.net.

Accessorizing the pseudo-Victorian Gent

As Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592) once commented 

 

Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. 

 

Society is all about what people seem to be, and rather less about who (or what) they are. It should not surprise, then, that the gentlefolk of Timescapes are similarly inclined, although they would unquestionably argue this to a fine point!

 

That having been said, who are the gentlefolk of Timescapes? Perhaps a brief introduction to a few of the braver denizens is in order.

 

The Wordsmith craves text on a page and lives to opine.  He, who dreams of love but shies at the admiring sideways glances of the gentler sex is, in many ways, a contradiction -- the juxtaposition of prose and practicality.

 

 

The Aeronaut is a dreamer of dreams, a navigator of the great beyond, an ace extraordinaire. He traverses the skies where, hitherto, only birds have dared to soar. 

 

 

The Diviner is a master of illusions. He toys with time the way a cat plays 

with a mouse. He knows what demons plague man -- 

and dares to travel in the spaces between 

knowledge and superstition.

 

 

In the Timescape, we may find the grist to question facts, or be exposed to facts that challenge beliefs. 

Join us!