#but anyway‚ philological detours aside‚ that's a question that can lead a whole lot of interesting directions!)

[aeide-thea]

a modest assertion: if you see an image unaccompanied by any information about who made it (not to mention: when, where, how, for what purpose...), it should occur to you that something is missing.

#like obviously i have strong convictions abt crediting artists etc #but also just like. if you don't know who made a thing and you don't know when or where or why... a lot is happening to you w/o yr knowing #or alternatively things *aren't* happening for you that could be #and if you don't even notice that‚ you definitely can't remedy it #(re-encountering this post in my queue sent me down something of a rabbit hole‚ summarizable roughly as follows: #one of the classical formulations of the so-called ~Five Ws~ includes 'quibus adminiculis') #(which is roughly 'with what assistance'— #altho originally a viticulture metaphor according to perseus [or‚ you know‚ 'orig. in the language of vine-dressers‚' Because Classics]: #it's a thing you put yr hand on [ad + manus]‚ and then a prop for vines‚ and then a support more broadly— #but anyway‚ philological detours aside‚ that's a question that can lead a whole lot of interesting directions!)