feathers too bright

"some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright." 30 | queer | she/her | 18+

[traaumatic]

as long as i'm not pregnant my life is never at its very worst

[dk-thrive]

Daybreak. 6:18 to 6:25 am. 33° F. April 10, 2025. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25)

[dk-thrive]

Daybreak. 6:18 to 6:25 am. 33° F. April 10, 2025. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25)

[achesspiece]

a man walking by me on the street calls me a faggot so i point my bill gates 5g microchip gaydar at him and discover he experimented with a man in college and can reclaim it so i determine i am no longer upset

[queerslurheritageposts]

Queer Slur Heritage Posr

[omenalehto]

Reykjavík in january

[camisoledadparis]

A rare self portrait photograph from 1937 entitled "Narcissus" of a young Charles Henry Ford 1908-2002. He was American & a gifted poet, novelist, diarist, filmmaker, photographer & collage maker, & circulated in the Gay Aesthetic movement of his time. His life long partner was Russian born Pavel Tchelitchew, a Surrealist painter, set & costume designer.

[modelsof-color]

Hey Yeon by Roman Yee for Beauty Scene Magazine June 2024

[modelsof-color]

Athiec Geng and Amar Akway by Carlijn Jacobs for D Repubblica Magazine April 2025

[marcotartabini]

[lensblr-network]

photo by Marco Tartabini  (marcotartabini.tumblr.com)

[anodetoforever]

[nirka7]

[lilja4ever]

the david zwirner gallery and the felix gonzalez torres foundation in the smithsonian removed the descriptive plaque for portrait of ross in la by felix gonzalez-torres. the old plaque explained portrait for ross' origins as the artist's partner's aids related death, and replaced it with a plaque with absolutely no information about the piece itself, who ross was, or who gonzalez-torres was either. portrait of ross was also reeranged to lay on the floor long ways instead of in a pile as it typically is situated, and the plaque outside the exhibition FOR GONZALEZ-TORRES omits his sexuality, as well as his aids related death. i'm in utter disbelief

The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all

By omitting the tragic story behind Felix González-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery i

[fleshengine]

oh they just like... Changed it. That's not the same art piece anymore.

[jonsnowboard]

[woyaogaoxing]

These are fucking amazing

[mizjesbelle]

The figure swinging the earth –  The Force Of Nature by Lorenzo Quinn

The guy being dragged by a bird – part of an installation titled Hacienda Paradise – Utopia Experiment by Fredrik Raddum.

The balancing elephant – Balancing Elephant by Daniel Firman.

The tea splashes kissing – Kiss of Eternity by Johnson Tsang.

The figure emerging from the wall – Break Through From Your Mold by Zenos Frudakis

The meditating figure splitting apart – Expansion by Paige Bradley.

The horses running through water – Mustangs at Las Colinas by Robert Glen.

The giant peeking from under the lawn – Popped Up by Ervin Loránth Hervé

The man under the raining umbrella –  L’uomo della Pioggia (The Rain Man) by Jean-Michel Folon.

The huge bearded guy – The Appennnine Colossus by Giambologna.

The impossibly balanced stones on a beach – Untitled by Adrian Gray

The dragons with an egg – The Dragons in Love or The Varna Dragons by  Darin Lazarov.

The stairway to nowhere –  Diminish And Ascend by David McCracken

The underwater circle – Vicissitudes by Jason deCaires Taylor.

The epic warrior guy – General Guan Yu by Han Meilin

The sinking library –  Sinking Building Outside State Library, Melbourne, Australia.  I couldn’t find an artist’s name.

The giant hand holding a tree – The Caring Hand by Eva Oertli and Beat Huber

[katethevertebrate]

THANK YOU FOR SOURCES

[silkandfirewordsmith73-deactiva]

Always a reblog

[sonderpoison]

QUEEN LATIFAH & SAMANTHA MACLACHLAN Set It Off (1996), dir. F Gary Gray

[robertocustodioart]

Billie Holiday 1940s

[robertocustodioart]

Marlon Brando by Cecil Beaton 1946

[soberscientistlife]

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