1. Morgue and autopsy facility on Ellis Island. From 1892 to 1954, 12 million immigrants underwent inspections here. Ellis Island was the first piece of American land they stepped on.
2-3. An x-ray examination in 1963 revealed the potato basket in Millet’s The Angelus was a repaint. Underneath was an odd geometric shape. Dali believed it to be a child’s coffin
4. Impact with 3 holes by Irene Chou, installation view, Ten Million Rooms of Yearning (2014) @ para site
5. 詩經·召南·野有死麕 written by a calligraphy hobbyist on a magazine editorial
6. August Kekule discovered the structure of benzene after dreaming of an ouroboros
7. Ramanujan claimed most of his discoveries were revealed to him by a goddess in his dreams. Including this formula for approximating Pi.
8. Drawing of a mushroom by Hilma af Klimt
9. Chalk drawing on black paper by Lucian Freud
10. 暗香密影，歐陽詢化度寺碑集字
