[loveletters2myself]

source? it was revealed during my nature walk.

[mybeingthere]

Birds by KIKI SMITH (b. 1954, Germany)

Kiki Smith was raised Catholic and draws heavily on traditional bird symbolism. She uses birds—particularly doves, which represent peace, the Holy Ghost, and freedom—to examine spirituality and mortality.

She kept birds as a child for over a decade. This lifelong affection evolved into a desire to incorporate animals into her art to represent our shared instincts, movement, and vulnerability.

Her process is deeply tactile. She often creates bird reliefs and sculptures using materials like bronze, aluminum, and silver. She views the natural behavior of birds as its own form of environmental "technology"—using the things around them to flourish and build architecture.

https://www.pacegallery.com/.../a-bird-is-technology-in.../

[edinburgh-by-the-sea]

all sigh in the cold sea wind

[mothballdoll]

the dying world by lauren tsai

[lakevida]

i bet the pain will end if i arrange a perfect enough sentence about it

[jetix]

Gouache paintings by Kelly Pringle, 2025

[velvetazuraa]

[zenethemoon]

Lotus Flowers at Kodai Hasu no Sato 2021

[pommegf]

sights on the southwest coastal path, Cornwall.

[bebemoon]

two-tone soufflé pearls

[lamignonette]

[del-absurdo]

Kurashi no Techo, n. 40, 1957. Cover by Yasuji Hanamori.

[imcuteforever-deactivated202605]

[chiikawagifs]

[imgmuseum]

After the Comeback (cover of the June 22, 2026 issue of The New Yorker), Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet, 2026

[jetix]

2020-09-21

[iodt]

[4-5-25]

band of lace made from human hair, likely worn as a bracelet, 17th century, from V&A