Obscura Arcana

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[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses by James Joyce, Long Island, 1955. Photo by Eve Arnold.

[elhieroglyph]

Ancient Egyptian Hippo Ivory Eye with Obsidian Pupil

[razorbladedoll]

[belfryoddities]

One of our favorite items in the store is this antique piece of French mourning hair depicting a graveyard scene. 

[razorbladedoll]

[thingsfromthedirt]

hidden antique wallpaper

[deformutilated]

[lamignonette]

[xanaxfarts]

Assortment of whimsy window grates

[mothprincess]

don’t forget that it’s your life. it’s not school’s life, it’s not work’s life, it’s not your family or your partner’s life—it’s perpetually your life, for better or worse. what do you want from this life? forget happy, what motivates you to live? why are you here?

[soliqz]

[catchymemes]

[cosmicanger]

[thingsfromthedirt]

[elegieenbleu]

WILL SHELDON /

Mystic May The Community Centre & The Community Garden July 2021, Pantin (Paris)

[eyexunt]

[zegalba]

Fata Morgana

a superior mirage caused by warm air resting on patches of colder air in an atmospheric duct that acts like a refracting lens. Objects on the horizon could appear to be mirrored, distorted, or float. This form of mirage could be the reason for the Flying Dutchman Legend.