You’re very welcome for the bugs indeed! Thanks. The Lippard quote comes from his completely bonkers 19th century gothic american novel called The Quaker City / The Monks of Monk Hall. It’s very good if you like Poe, Radcliffe, Shelley, Maturin etc.
lol yeah before I dropped out I was doing my doctoral dissertation on 19th century entomology and insect depictions in literature and even though I'm not in grad school anymore I still uh circle that eternal research drain I guess. I'm def gonna check it out, thanks!
