it was murder!

(the moon is revealing itself like a pearl / to my equally naked heart)

[gnossienne]

Hélène Cixous, Stigmata: Escaping Texts

[izvletchenie]

Dieric Bouts, The Ascension of the Elect (detail), c. 1470

[edwordsmyth]

Derrida, Kirby Dick / Amy Ziering (2002)

[bluebeardsbride-archive]

“A rose is a rose is a rose, but not to the perfumer. Russian rose is softer, Indian thinner, Egyptian richer, Turkish sweeter, Bulgarian rounder, Moroccan brighter. Jasmine sambac is sharp, while grandiflorum jasmine is more full-bodied. Deepgreen Tasmanian boronia has a rich herbal scent, whereas the bright orange kind has a sweet-tart citrusy odor. Spanish, Tunisian, and French orange flower absolute all vary in sweetness and depth.”

—

Mandy Aftel, Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume

[xanaxfarts]

Georgia Gerber: A Promise Kept (1999)

[weepingwidar]

Laura Benson (American, 1997) - Haunt (n.d.)

[derangedrhythms]

The mass of lilies that surrounded me exhaled, now, the odour of their withering. They looked like the trumpets of the angels of death.

Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories; from ‘The Bloody Chamber’

[summertimenoir]

Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Delilah (1949)

[distantvoices]

Simone Rocha SS24 RTW

[thekimonogallery]

Parting Spring by Kawai Gyokudō, 1916

[barcarole]

The 39 Steps, Alfred Hitchcock, 1935.

[spiderbasil]

settings

> my oyster

> configure my oyster

> release my pearl

[chemicalcupcake]

" i'll love you long as life gives breath and living hold that love till death"

source* unknown

[lisamarie-vee]

[boydswan]

A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932) dir. Frank Borzage

[evilvillain123456789]

what you experience is hyperfixation, which is pathological. what I experience is psychosexual obsession， which is also pathological, but in a darkly chic and subversive way. thank you for understanding.

[mauledbywolvesmauledbywolvesmau]