[mournfulroses]

“October is my empire. Terror is part of me.”

— Tamura Ryuichi, from “October Poem,” written c. 1943

[artist-vangogh]

Man with Spade in a Suburb of Paris, 1887, Vincent van Gogh

Medium: oil,canvas

[artist-mueller]

Drei Mädchen Im Profil, 1918, Otto Mueller

[eugene-boudin]

Laundresses on the Banks of the Touques, Eugene Boudin

[timbllr]

[artist-gris]

Guitar and Fruit Bowl on a Table, 1918, Juan Gris

Medium: oil,canvas

[artist-paul-nash]

Dymchurch, Kent, Paul Nash

[unsubconscious]

Jean-Luc Manaud, Algérie, 1999.

[john-henry-twachtman]

Arques Battle, 1885, John Henry Twachtman

Medium: oil,canvas

[gasolinehive]

The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.

— Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

[gllry-blog-blog]

[understands]

[edouard-cortes]

Tuileries Garden, Edouard Cortes

https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-cortes/tuileries-garden

[adirabennett]

[yellowgelb]

[firstfullmoon]

“She is submerged, July is a lost month.”

— Zadie Smith, from NW

[russian-style]