[antigonick]

“Sometimes a little silence goes a long way to keep a body sane.”

— Malin Rydén, Fallen Hero: Rebirth

[inartchive]

[oldpaintings]

Seemärchen by Hermann Kaulbach (German, 1846–1909)

[fuckindiva]

Sophocles' Electra (tr. Peter Meineck & Paul Woodruff)

[dailywomen]

Saoirse Ronan by Emmanuel Lubezki Photoshoot for Vanity Fair’s 25th annual Hollywood Issue (2019)

[twirld]

The Woman, The Man and The Serpent (detail) Byam Shaw

[holyisthenameofmyruthlessaxe]

And when we lie in bed and talk of the body’s failings, of the petulant dead, of disenchantment and insufficient passion, we’re chewing through fears so thick our teeth are beginning to rust.

Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods, ‘The Leather of Love’ by Tishani Doshi (via decreation)

[detailgifs]

[antigonick]

The casket is wide enough for us both. I doubt your sadness. You are still standing on your feet, elegant, and I, sadly enough, have no plans to die before you.

Iman Mersal, excerpt of “Oranges”, in “These Are Not Oranges, My Love”, trans. by Khaled Mattawa (via antigonick)

[thickdickgrayson]

brenton thwaites and alycia debnam-carey in a violent separation (2019)

[wishbzne-deactivated20210526]

anne carson, ‘plainwater’

[ID: “What are we made of but hunger and rage?” end ID]

[duskryn]

[neydagee]

[xwristitlo]

elusive memory, mixed media, 2020

@xwristitlo

[heavensickness]

The sun will rise and we will try again (threat)

[wedarkacademia]

~ Ocean Vuong, On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous

[deepmelancholia]

Vlada Roslyakova at John Galliano f/w 2007 backstage