in the sunlight

breathe

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[toiich]

Veronica Lake, 1941

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“You cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. This is your tragedy … because you understand them, and they do not understand you.”

— Daniel Saint

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[modedamour]

[petrarchesco]

Matteo di Giovanni, Annunciation with Saints John the Baptist and Bernardine of Siena (Pala di San Pietro a Ovile), 1455. Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, Annunciation with Saint Ansanus and Saint Maxima, 1333.

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Robert W. Kelley (Américain, 1920 - 1991), Charlotte, Caroline du Nord, ca. 1935.

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Lover's Eye Bracelet,from c. 1860, British {via}

This example is rendered in delicate watercolor on ivory.

Popular in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, lover’s eye miniatures were discreet tokens of affection, allowing the wearer to carry the presence of a beloved without revealing their identity.

By the mid-1800s, such objects could also function as sentimental or mourning jewelry, blurring the line between romance and remembrance.

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accepting that I am a difficult woman

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my high horse is actually awesome and fast like the wind

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Mary Oliver, “Dogfish.” Dream Work