commemorative

a casual fixture

[trulyvincent]

Louis Valtat

[heaveninawildflower]

1) Gillyflower

2) Red Buttercups ( Ranuculus )

3) Passion Flower

4) Memorial Day Poppy

5) Aster

6) Lilium convallium

7) Hibiscus

8) Calla Lily

9) Peony

10) Anemone

From Hortvs, nitidissimis omnem per annvm svperbiens floribvs 1768 - 1786

by Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769). Illustrations Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770).

Images and text courtesy NYPL Digital Collection.

[betulbrein]

Anywherep, Antwerp

[ashmoleanmuseum]

International Bat Night

Our nocturnal and oft-maligned friends have inspired great artists and craftspeople throughout history. 

Here are just a few bat-themed highlights from our collection.

Did you know that about 70% of the world’s 1,240+ bat species are insectivores (insect eaters) and most of the rest are frugivores (fruit eaters)? Bats pollinate flowers and disperse fruit seeds, with many tropical plants depending entirely on bats to distribute their seeds.

Ojime in the form of a bat, late 19th century Japan. http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1956.3749

Bat and willow tree, fan painting by Suzuki Hyakunen (1825 - 1891). http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1973.52

This is an ivory seal with a pair of bats, early 20th century China. http://www.jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1980.78

A liquor tag for claret, in the shape of a bat! On display in Gallery 55. Photograph taken 2013 by Flickr user Richardr/castrovalva: https://www.flickr.com/photos/49503152875@N01/10755402246

Incense box with stylized bats and a crescent moon, early 20th century Japan. http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1997.210

[gogetemcomics]

[paintedout]

Helen Frankenthaler

[awwww-cute]

Grumpy Bird

[nolma-art]

[euo]

let me explain what dissociation is:

dissociation is a conditioned response to chronic trauma, meaning, your brain learns to separate or split from your body because the trauma you are experiencing to too much for the mind to process. it is most common in people with ptsd, chronic trauma, or complex ptsd. when you are experiencing trauma over and over your body learns to separate from your mind and it becomes a reaction to everyday stress or trauma occurs again.

the reason people with borderline develop dissociative symptoms is because they experience emotions at such high frequencies that things can feel traumatic and overwhelming even if they are not necessarily stereotypical trauma like sexual abuse or physical abuse.

the same goes for people with schizophrenia and bipolar 1 and 2

dissociation is a spectrum with things such as depersonalization and derealization which can occur in a lot of other disorders.

[inkywings]

And don’t we both press our palms to our stomachs and have them come back cold? And aren’t there slight echoes coming from our mouths? Like hundreds of moths and their faint, familial flight? Like taste of ghost and sound of all that’s lost? And haven’t we both tried? And bent? And learned to breathe through clenched teeth and iron jaw? And don’t we taste the honey in the night and let it become sour on our tongues? And don’t we wake with a cloud of rot hanging from the roofs of our mouths? And don’t we kiss anyway? Though it’s unfilling? Though it’s unwarm? And isn’t this enough? And isn’t this where the white-knuckled hurt ends? And isn’t this where I begin again?

Voicemail #5 | Ramna Safeer (via inkywings)

[fearminism]

How much strength does it take to hurt a little girl? How much strength does it take for the girl to get over it? Which one of them do you think is stronger?

Fiona Apple on her rapist (Spin Magazine, 1997)

This hit me in the middle of my soul.

(via arieswomb)

[modelsof-color]

Kayla Clark by Hanna Hillier

[poutypetulant-deactivated201808]

Solange in Teen Vogue

[01sentencereviews]

“there will be pain, there will be doubt there will be beauty, there will be the unknown. there will be so many moments of joy and delight that the whole universe will feel painted in hues of amber and wonder. there will be times you are so sad you can’t lift your head. and there will be times you are so happy that the sensation of life knocks you down. but most importantly, there will be you. a whole, whole lot of it. and you will feel good about who she is and who she is still becoming.”

[onlynaomi]

[flawless-angell-deactivated2026]

Truth.

[thugilly]

What the term POC is supposed to do: Replace the word minority, which can have negative connotations, and vaguely describe any group of people who aren’t white 

What the term POC is NOT supposed to do:

 Replace the word black when you’re talking SPECIFICALLY about black people

Allow non black POC to make their struggles and black struggles interchangeable

Allow non black POC to be anti black under the guise of “solidarity”

This has been a public service announcement. 

[goodreadss]

Red Roses - Pierre Auguste Renoir

[gumuhit]