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stanford-photography

Ranunculus - Warm Toned Black & White

- Photographer Jeff Stanford

imagediver

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Detail from Three peaches on a stone ledge with a Painted Lady butterfly, Adriaen Coorte , 1693-1695

artsnquotes

One eye sees, the other feels.

Paul Klee (via wordsnquotes)

tokyopic-official

Genko-an Temple: The Place to Reflect on and Realize Yourself / Tokyo Pic

andrewhutchinson

Sunrise Bleed #1

Belair x 6-12

Kodak Ektar 100

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Vision of Saint Jerome (detail), Parmigianino. Italian Mannerist Painter (1503 - 1540)

pianto-di-sirena-blog

源光庵（げんこうあん）　悟りの窓

theiainteriordesign

gunpowder and fresh mint tea

larmoyante

Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.

J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales (via larmoyante)

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drakontomalloi

Rembrandt - Two Women Teaching a Child to Walk. N.d., between 1635 and 1637

leadingtone

It is the same with me in any work—in the midst of it one thinks it well done, sometimes even very good. But as soon as a little time passes, you see how almost completely unsuitable it really is and how it would be better to change everything, although I really don’t know how to do it any differently.

Rachmaninoff letter of 6 July 1905 while scoring his opera Francesca da Rimini

(via leadingtone)

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theparisreview

“‘We’re always hearing that classical music is closing itself off, audiences are declining, people are distracted, no one can relate. But that’s nonsense. Mozart toured Europe for years looking for work. It was difficult then, it’s difficult now. Beethoven was right, of course, music takes us to a higher world, but it is also a job.’ Richard hesitated. A look of bewilderment passed over his face and briefly he closed his eyes. ‘We need to support that—if we think it worthwhile. You are of course supporting it by being here tonight,’ he smiled, ‘but I don’t need to say how you might further support it. The envelopes are at the back of the hall!’

“A few claps arose from the audience. Vadim came forward at last. He nodded, rather than bowed, without quite looking at any of them. Then in a single movement, he turned, slotted himself behind the piano, and began.”

—Adelaide Docx, “Musicians Afloat in the Night Sky” Art Credit Hans Holbein the Younger, Detail from “The Ambassadors”