corporal punishment

soft as snow but warm inside “But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.” — Kurt Vonnegut

[lamignonette]

[ducissatenebrarum]

Heart-shaped, black-enameled mourning locket containing plaited hair for Elizabeth Hughes Obt. 28 Septr. 1797.

https://auctions.roseberys.co.uk

[shisasan]

Reading Vladimir Nabokov’s letters to Vera made me understand that even the seemingly trivial expressions of love, frequently seen as predictable and trite, show how romantic language carries a depth of emotion that often defies external judgment, one that humbles the literary elitist in me. These expressions can be deeply meaningful, powerful, and transformative for the soul of those truly involved. If these words were meaningful to a literary giant like Nabokov, why dismiss them, when they reveal deeper aspects of the human condition that we so often overlook? 🜍 ⟡ ⟢

[scytheos]

Pipilotti Rist | "Ever is Over All" Video Stills | 1997 | Audio video installation

[marypickfords]

Rabbit in the Pit (Roger Fritz, 1969)

[dame-de-pique]

Etienne Descargues - Femme cueillant des fleurs dans une prairie, 1892-1914

[maureen2musings]

Gothic Colorado & Crested Butte

colorado.wanderer

[scavengedluxury]

May the brutalist Easter bunny ensure all your eggs are cast in situ.

[vintagenatgeographic]

May 1963

vintage national geographic

[hellish-daddi]

[littlealienproducts]

Lily of the Valley Bracelet by BotanicalBirdJewelry

[fatcatatheart]

1950's Green Ceramic Cat Planter Pot

[law-033]

[entermilo]

Vintage Marc Jacobs

[nyaa]

Yekaterinburg, Russia 2004-01-03

[expressions-of-nature]

Wild Garlic Woodland by Michelle Bullimore

[nobrashfestivity]

Ukrainian Pyzanky designs, 1960 

Easter eggs decorated with wax (or batik). Its name comes from the Ukrainian verb “pysaty”, which means “to write”.