The Brave Brown Gal

[via-appia]

Ancient Greek funerary diadem from the 3rd century BC

[holly-warbs]

Sketchbook drawing from a moment in Verőce, Hungary.

[xosiren]

Janet Jackson ~ Twenty Foreplay (1995)

[threefates]

björk’s ‘pagan poetry’ music box and dress by alexander mcqueen

[aesthetic-stories]

[offshoreoilrig]

[shlufim]

Edouard Manet, "A Cat Resting on All Fours, Seen from Behind" & "A Cat Curled Up, Sleeping," Graphite on ivory-colored paper, 1861, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

[underwelmed]

izabelle miko

[blondebrainpowered]

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola, 1979

[miamaimania]

Swallowtail wing ~ “Life on Earth” (1979) ◆ Yellow and black fractals in living architecture

[unrar]

Kadikoy, Fishmongers with Hydarapasa station behind, Turkey 2004, Alex Webb.

[uroko]

Rainy day in Kyoto

[mioritic]

Close-up of a Transylvanian Saxon girl's Sunday dress, Burgberg (RO: Vurpăr / HU: Vurpód), Transylvania, ca. 1978

Photographer uncredited

Heimatortsgemeinschaft Burgberg

[70sgroovy]

donna summer performing in atlanta, georgia, 1978

[littlewildmother]

Studies show that engaging in ritualized behavior significantly improves outcomes on measures of grief and feelings of control, even when the person participating in the ritual has little or no belief in the ritual’s power. Just a reminder for no one in particular.

[littlewildmother]

Research has revealed that, while rituals are universal across human cultures, the content and actions of those rituals vary widely even when they have the same intended purpose. This suggests that it is not the actions that matter, but that you are taking any action at all and naming it ritual. It can be an elaborate ritual with dozens of moving parts and participants, or it can be as simple as lighting a candle alone with the intent to remember someone.

The healing is in the doing.

[cosylavie]

[overclassy]