touch & go

kylie | 26 stand witness

[friendswithclay]

“Figurine of a Seated Goddess - Baked Clay - Catalhöyük - 1 st half of 6th millennium BC.”

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

“i only like art that makes me feel good” completely foreign and repulsive idea to me. i would rather die than live your life

[arabishee]

Beirut, Lebanon by Eric Lafforgue

[oilpalette]

Untitled, 2010 by Peggy Wauters (Belgian, b. 1968); Oil on canvas

[mawmenny]

[blood-red-roses]

St. Mary Magdalene, Covered by her Hair, c. 1311, Collégiale Notre-Dame d’Ecuis, Eure, France

[authetis]

btw i am officially accepted into a university and getting my phd. lol.

[seasonofhorror]

GONE GIRL

2014, dir. David Fincher

[scoes]

Grace is one of the most classic things to fall from

[scoes]

That and the monkey barrrsssss

[victusinveritas]

X-ray of a statue of the Virgin Mary.

[madame-vide]

Moomin Spinning in the Void

[counttwinkula]

hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

[counttwinkula]

oh shit i didn't expect this to actually get notes lmao

these are all direct quotes from jeffrey jerome cohen's "monster culture (seven theses)" (full pdf linked) i highly encourage you to read it yourself!

that said, while i think cohen's writing is evocative, it can be a little dense, so while i'm here, here's my capsule summary (you can also hear me talk about this in the first episode of my podcast) (listen to @ghostswerepeopletoo)

i. the monster's body is a cultural body - The monster is a work of fiction to be analyzed through tools of literary and sociological theory.

ii. the monster always escapes - As long as the cultural fear from which the monster stems persists, the monster will reappear in retellings, reimaginings, and sequels.

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis - Monsters defy binaries and challenge easy comprehension or categorization.

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference - The monster represents the Other.

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible - Tales of the monster exist to discourage unacceptable or taboo behaviors.

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire - Subjects can vicariously participate in the disruption of the social order through the monster.

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming - Within the monster we find information about the self.

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Maya C. Popa, Wound is the Origin of Wonder: Poems: “All inner life runs at some delay” (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

[habken]

guy watching heated rivalry for the fantasy of a canadian team winning the playoffs

[dreg-heap]

We used to make posts about loki on here

[ferretteeth]

I love this post so much. “we used to make posts about loki on here” is the gentlest way possible to describe this website’s history. It’s like saying einstein dabbled in science

[ntrider]

is there any trait less attractive than a lack of curiosity

[lustcannibalism]

ok I endured it. now what!!!!!!!!!

[lustcannibalism]

[fuckyeahvintageillustration]

Some inside illustrations of ‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales from the North’; illustrated by Kay Nielsen. Published 1914 by Hodder and Stoughton.

See the complete book here