[teratocrat]

and into her blog she poured her cruelty, her malice, and her will to dominate all life

[narcissiste]

“Costume Art” exhibit at the MET.

From top left clockwise: Thom Browne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Thom Browne, Olivier Theyskens.

[heavenlyyshecomes]

there is a level of seduction that exists beyond the body. something less tangible, and perhaps more potent. anais nin understood this idea about how desire does not begin with touch but with language, perception, and the sharp electric pull of a mind that challenges and excites you. in her journals, desire is not just a physical hunger but a hunger of the intellect, an unraveling of thought before an unraveling of the body. to be drawn into someone’s mind, to feel their thoughts press against your own, can be more intoxicating than any physical closeness.

—Caitlyn Richardson, 'can intellectual intimacy replace physical desire?', in milk fed

[huckleberryhal]

Mary Oliver in “Dog Songs”

[soracities]

Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse on translating Abdulla Pashew's "Resurrection" (essay here, full poem here) [ID'd]

[colossus2]

[shisasan]

June 1962, Anne Sexton, from Complete Poems (1928-1974) first published 1981

[mmaisonnnn]

[dykescully]

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese monk and peace activist, 1985

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Sam Shaw in Amagansett, New York, 1957.

[pierrotsoup]

This is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen .. bowhead whale why you got the eyes of an antique polychrome Buddha statue ... Just like wow

[lafilleblanc]

Jim Sanborn

Topographic projections and implied geometries series, late 90s

Cork/Ireland, Cainville/Utah, Horsevalley/Utah, Kilkee County claire/Ireland

via: dezeen.com

[delux22]

Joe Greene, born 1983 (Canadian, Iroquois, Cayuga wolf clan). "Heron", soapstone

[thequietedge]

📍Istanbul, October 2025

📷 Fujifilm X-T5 / XC15-45mm

[jpgperceptual]

[nonlynear]

my high horse is actually awesome and fast like the wind

[photogdenography]

Raw Bar Patrons

Olympic Gull, various victims and onlookers - Haystack Rock, OR

[lostfunzones]

Summer in Harlem, New York, 1950. Photo, Gordon Parks.