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Bonefish
A Peacebone got found in the dinosaur wing
Well I've been jumpin all over, but my views were slowly shrinking
I was a jugular vein in a jugglers girl
I was supposedly leaking the most interesting colors
While half of my fingers are dipped in the sand
You progress in letters but you're used to cooking broccoli
The other side of takeout is mildew on rice
And an obsession with the past is like a dead fly
And just a few things are related to the "old times"
Then we did believe in magic and we did die
It's not my words that you should follow, it's your insides
You're just an inside. Adjust your insides. You're just an inside.
I bet the monster was happy when we made him a maze
Cause he don't understand intentions and he just looks at your face
I bet the bubbles exploded to tickle the bath
And all the birds are very curious, all the fish were at the surface.
With half of me waiting for myself to get calm
I'm like a pelican at red tide
I'm a corpse, I'm not a fisherman and
A blow out does not mean I will have a good night
Cause an obsession with the past is like a dead fly
And just a few things are related to the "old times"
When we did believe in magic and we did die.
It's not my words that you should follow, it's your inside
Adjust your insides. You're just an inside.

Well I start in a hose and I'll end in a yard
When I feel like I'm stealing I can't keep myself from hearing God
Only the taste of your cooking can make me bow on the ground
It was the clouds that carved the mountains
It was the mountains that made the kids scream
Oh well she bore all her parts but
She never was found
You think I'll carve a path through New York
and be an artist, but are you anything.
Then you find out that you can't ask a baby to cry
And an obsession with the past is like a dead fly
And just a few things are related to the "old times"
When we did believe in magic and we did die.
It's not my words that you should follow, it's your inside
Adjust your insides. You're just an inside.
Bonefish

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU FIGURES, c. 1900
Designed and fabricated by an unidentified studio. Probably made in Chicago, for a door or a
bookcase.
18 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W SM 1026 A (cornucopia), B (harp, music)
The technical and artistic similarities of these two pieces indicate them to be a pair, probably
installed originally together.
One floating female figure with flowers in her hair distributes flowers from a cornucopia, while the
other one plays a trumpet and holds a lyre.
The depiction of allegorical figures, almost always female, holding symbols associated with
nature and culture, here the concept of fruitfulness, fertility and music, was very common in
Western European art from Roman times to the early 20th century.
The applying of a very thin layer of glass atop a thicker layer of glass is called flashing. To create
the image, a bees wax resist in the shape of the desired composition is placed on the flashed red
glass. When the composition is immersed in hydroflouric acid, only those parts not covered by
glass are attacked and etched away, resulting in a frosty clear background and some body parts
lighter red than others. The glass etching process is similar to etching a copper plate for
engraving.
Etching flashed glass became very popular in the course of the 18th century, and continued so
until the early 20th entury. Because it is easier to reproduce delicate features in glass than by
cutting with a machine, etching of glass has again become popular since the 1980s.
Images such as these were mass-produced and commonly employed in doors or bookcases.
Given their popularity in the 19th century, the scarcity of these windows today is something of a
surprise, but for many years they were thought expendable and not saved.
PAIR OF FLOWERING RED BRANCHES, c. 1880s
Unidentified designer and fabricator. Possibly made in Chicago.
42" H x 36" W, each SM 1025 A, B
An overall frosted sheet of thin glass is covered in various patterns, reminding the viewer of the
eclectic nature of Victorian delights. Translucent scrolls of ribbons and flowers encircle an
elaborate central cartouche filled with a flowering branch. The naturalism of the branch is
emphasized in separate color and relief. The color is achieved through flashed on glass. The
relief is the result of etching. The butterflies add a fuller feel of nature.
Windows such as these filled the front door of homes. Their function was to obstruct the viewer's gaze while allowing light to pass into the hall. The foliage is a hint of Japanism and allusion to the
broader world of American Victorian aesthetics.