the big, long bereavement

"I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice."

[gatheringbones]

gloria anzaldúa, the occupant

[huariqueje]

Cherries - Kaj Bernstone

Swedish , b. 1946 -

Watercolour

[arinewman7]

Ancient Marriage Wisdom

Peter Hong-Tsun Chan

Oil on linen, 2021

[lifeinpoetry]

“I am often in pain and I fear that it will get worse. I need to sharpen every possible weapon against it, but even more so against the fear, or the fear of fear, which is what is so debilitating. And I want to learn how to do that while there is still time for learning in some state before desperation. Desperation. Reckless through despair.”

— — Audre Lorde, from “A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer,” The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

[thedireful]

Clarice Lispector, from Selected Cronicas

[serratedpens]

'Placenta Shed My,' aracelis girmay

[a-quiet-green-agreement]

The meadows had not yet been mown and daisies as big as the palm of your hand beat against our legs.

— Konstantin Paustovsky, from “Meshchora Country,” Selected Stories (Progress Publishers, 1970)

[weepingwidar]

Opal Mae Ong (American, 1994) - Much Distance (2026)

[pollen]

Czeslaw Milosz, from "Ars Poetica?"

[j-august]

“‘Is this made with last year’s rain-water too?’ asked Daiyu. Miaoyu smiled disdainfully. ‘Can you really be so vulgar as not even to tell the difference? This is snow I gathered from plum-blossom five years ago while staying in Curly Fragrance Nunnery on Mount Xuanmu. I managed to fill that whole dark blue porcelain pot, but it seemed too precious to use, so I’ve kept it buried in the earth all these years, not opening it till this summer. Today is only the second time I’ve used it. Surely you can taste the difference? How could last year’s rain-water be as light and pure as this?’”

— A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin (tr. Gladys Yang)

[unsubconscious]

Alisa Shea, ‘A Feminine Touch’, 2021 Watercolour on paper, 35 x 50cm

[abwwia]

The Ruth Asawa stamps that USPS issued in 2020 really impressed me. Perfectly harmonious and elegant stamp design to honor a uniquely brilliant artist who was ahead of her time. Here’s the full pane, plus a no-frills FDC I made. https://thestampforum.boards.net/thread/8946/modern-art-on-stamps

Ruth Aiko Asawa (January 24, 1926 – August 5, 2013) was an American modernist sculptor. Her work is featured in collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. via W

Ruth Asawa (USA, 1926 – 2013)

Ruth Asawa (1926 – 2013) was an Asian American modernist sculptor. #womensart #artherstory

[tsulasgi]

Odagwaihsö:h Gayanesha'gowäh

Norman Jimerson - Onondowa'ga:'/Seneca, Beaver Clan - 2015

Steatite

"The Seneca title of this sculpture translates to: "The Great Law Puts the Matter Straight." With its time-honored message of health, power and justice, The Great Law of Peace unites the Six Nations of the Hodinöhsö:ni' (the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora). The Ever Growing Tree wampum belt wrapping the figure in this sculpture symbolizes the Great Law. Artist Norman Jimerson wants the viewer to understand its central importance-it is the Great Law that allows the Hodinöhsö:ni' to "stand straight.""

[existential-celestial]

“Songs of continued years I sing.”

— Walt Whitman, “As Consequent, etc.,” in WHITMAN (The Laurel Poetry Series).

[antiqueanimals]

Rudolf Koller (Swiss, 1828-1905). Cows in a Meadow. Oil on paper laid on board.

MutualArt

[weltenwellen]

Wildness Before Something Sublime Leila Chatti

[worldsandemanations]

Bowl with Fish design , Iran, probably Kashan, late 13th–mid-14th century, stonepaste; black decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze