la dernière danse

nothing like love to put blood back in the language.

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Flora (Detail), 2016 by Roberto Ferri

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Violets resist the perfumer’s art and always have. It is possible to make a high-quality perfume from violets, but it’s exceedingly difficult and expensive. Only the wealthiest people could afford it; but there have always been empresses, dandies, trend setters, and extravagants enough to keep perfumers busy. The thing about violets, which many people find cloying to the point of nausea, is that no response to them lasts long; as Shakespeare put it, they’re:

Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute.

Violets contain ionone, which short-circuits our sense of smell. The flower continues to exude its fragrance, but we lose the ability to smell it. Wait a minute or two, and its smell will blare again. Then it will fade again, and so on. (…) No scent is more flirtatious. Appearing, disappearing, appearing, disappearing, it plays hide-and-seek with our senses, and there’s no way to get too much of it.

— Diane Ackerman, ‘Smell: Of Violets and Neurons’ A Natural History of the Senses

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Tumblr: fae king hozier haha bog man who writes songs about nature

Hozier:

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Heart cutouts at Frolov fw23 

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“Self-portraits with trench” Vogue Italia (March 2000) ph. Paolo Roversi

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Window appreciation post

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WolfSkullJack

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*thinking about killing maiming biting*

[equleart]

had to take a break from baldurs gate to do some art and for some reason I always love when characters change their appearance so here's shadowheart :>

[lady-valtieri]

Astarion in Early Access: "Hahaha yes I'm very charming and deceptive and evil and sex is so much fun and I really don't care about anyone."

Astarion in the Full Game: "I haven't had bodily autonomy in 200 years and I've forgotten how to be intimate with someone beyond using it to lure people to their deaths and I have so much trauma regarding sex and I seduced you because it's what I've had to do to survive for literal centuries and I needed you to be on my side but I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you but you're so kind and amazing that I fell anyway and I'm terrified of real emotions but I want *us* to be real because you deserve it and I really care about you but I need you to help me because this is all so new and I'm so scared but I want this to work and I-"

[lizzy-frizzle]

I love when people are excited over the small things in life. I'm so happy you got that plushie you wanted. I adore that you got a cool yo-yo. I'm proud of you for finding joy in a new hobby. Keep enjoying life!

[dorywhynot]

Spectra - 11x15", Watercolor on paper, 2022.

Started with the prompt, "Gorgon," and wanted to paint sunbeam snakes :)

Painted for "Mystical Rhythms," a @wowxwow group show.

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the queen of my heart

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Lae'zel: Silence white boy

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But I shall not get too comfortable here...

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ursula k le guin was right

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all of it, more or less