saudade

Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning  

[velvetcloak]

alexander mcqueen | fall 2016 (ph: marcus tondo)

[scandireader]

i exchanged the plant that was in this pot for some daffodils and watered them and the pot started crying

[252percent]

モンシロチョウ

[peoplehood-deactivated20211003]

IN MY ARMS: embraces in art

Eva Antonini / Peter Wever / Holly Warburton / Alisher Kushakov / Salman Toor / Briony Marshall / Alisher Kushakov / Edvard Munch / Jurga Martin

[detailedart]

Ocean looking like clouds / By Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940)

[glazedeye-s]

A view of Monet’s house and own inspirational garden: Giverny, France.

[ivy-kissobryos]

The left image shows Ariadne, whilst the right image shows Ariadne together with Dionysus.

[weltenwellen]

Rainer Maria Rilke, Selected Letters, 1902-1922

[chintzmann]

[untilghosts-deactivated20211029]

“I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.”

— C.S. Lewis (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[l2g-deactivated20240513]

[calliophies]

art detail: gold, black & white fashion

[awanqi]

The Order of Virtues

[hildegardavon]

Niccolò Bambini, 1651-1736

The triunpf of Amphitrite, n/d, oil on canvas, 64,8x219,1 cm

Private Collection

This beautiful painting of The Triumph of Amphitrite had long been given to Luca Giordano and was only recently correctly identified as a masterpiece by the Venetian painter Niccolò Bambini by Dr. Lino Moretti. (Sotheby’s)

[the2headedcalf-moved]

i think a lot about how it is such a common experience to withstand our deepest pains and sorrows on our own and never even shed a tear, then, the moment someone offers us comfort, we break down completely

[the2headedcalf-moved]

sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined

by ocean vuong

it surprises me, how a gesture so small can feel so very big. how sometimes you don't realize the nervousness or sadness you were holding deep inside until the touch of someone you love lets it all out of you, like your entire body is exhaling

by lucy keating

[duxuebing]

Photography by Xuebing Du

Instagram: xuebing.du

[sbsebek]

Northern Lights Sydney Mortimer Laurence

[a-state-of-bliss]

Pirelli Calendar 2003 - Natalia Vodianova, unknown & Karolina Kurkova by Bruce Weber