ashlynn the good witch

She stood there. She listened. She heard the names of the stars.

[1five1two]

'In the Winter Dusk'. David Grossmann. 2022.

[thunderstruck9]

David Grossmann (American, 1984), In the Winter Dusk, 2022. Oil on linen over panel, 127 × 76.2 cm.

[dogpuppy]

[holymagdalenes]

"There's no hope for the future." And that's how they felt during the Atomic Age, during the World Wars, during the Enlightenment Revolutions, during thr plagues, during the Viking raids, during the fall of Rome.

Yet, we persisted.

[ave-immaculata]

[letmetakeastabatit]

CS Lewis had something to say about this

[angie-words]

Been feeling a bit hopeless of late. Wasn't expecting to stumble across a quote that would fundamentally alter my perspective and make me cry during my lunch break but here we are

[outrageousring5655]

This is an excellent sentiment.

[amuseoffyre]

Nevertheless, we persisted :)

[night-thief]

"Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all."

- Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

[sharpenededges]

[godkillerbrigade]

it msut feel sooooo good to be an undulating sea creature swimming around. no bones no eyes just pure wiggling

[inkpressedpetals]

[animentality]

[zegalba]

The Ama (sea women) are a group of japanese divers famous for collecting pearls.

Even in modern times, ama dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making them a traditional sort of free-diver.

[goonologistphd]

A24 horror movie following a DJ doing their set at a rave and they can't leave the deck but keep seeing scary things happen around them

[mermaidenmystic]

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— josé olivarez // natalie diaz

[pagewoman]

Roses at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England

 by Paul Minister

[gnossienne]

William James Dawson, “Growing Old Together” (1893)

[dogpuppy]

[ysengrm]

Joseph Wolf, 1853

Allaert van Everdingen (approx. 1650)

[clawmarks]

Storm Over Haller Anger (Gewitterstimmung im Haller Anger) - Leopold Scheiring - c.1920 - via Sotheby's