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Iris at Sea (1994)

Jamie Wyeth

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My beautiful rage

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“I can see myself sitting on my dust heap making a world in my mind as surely as God created this one. But God saw his world. I’ll never see mine except—this way.”

East of Eden, John Steinbeck

[dreamstars]

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A perfect night alone in my bed: Sea Salt and Wood Sage Candle, Apple Tonic, East of Eden

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[mortals0ul]

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James Elkins’ list of words which, according to him, are strategies for not quite naming God, when used in art criticism.

The Numinous: Frightening, intimate, overwhelming presence of the sacred.

The Aura: Gleam of unique objects, before we were jaded by photographs and reproductions.

The Uncanny: The creeping feeling that something is ghostly, and yet deeply familiar.

The Abject: An object that has no proper place in the world because it is both a part of us and a waste product.

The Enigma: The incomprehensible aroma of a place.

[missstigmata]

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I wish my job was to give colors their names.

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A baby next to me at the church held my hand during The Lord’s Prayer. I almost cried.