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𝙰𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖: 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖?

[frithurikja]

"𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫-𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠,

𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

𝐓𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞; 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧

𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐝!"

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 - 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 (𝟏𝟕𝟖𝟑)

𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒛𝒌𝒐𝒘𝒔𝒌𝒊 - 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 (𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒋ą𝒄𝒂 𝑮𝒘𝒊𝒂𝒛𝒅𝒂), 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟒.

[prettydeadoll]

i'm a girl who wishes on scars.

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"𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔!

𝑭𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒙! 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx (1894)

The Kiss of the Sphinx (1895), Franz Von Stuck

[120daysofsodomm]

[velvetnightgallery]

The fairy dance (1895), Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

[frithurikja]

The grotesque works of: Alberto Martini.

1: Nascita;

2: Follia (1914);

3: Morte. La tragedia della forza (1914);

4: Il bacio (1915);

5: Re Peste (From E. A. Poe story: the king Pest, 1905);

6: Petite discussion avec une momie (From E. A. Poe story: Some words with a mummy, 1908);

7: Il sorriso terrificante (from E. A. Poe story: Berenice, 1905)

8: Lacrime d'amore (1915);

9: Autoritratto (Autoportrait, 1905).

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"He is a dangerous creator

A master in his mortal cave

I am a savage violator

A valet innocent and vain."

Nico, Innocent and Vain (The End, 1974).

Image: Frontispiece to Frankenstein of year 1831 by Theodor Von Holst.

[yamamotakato]

It’s been so hard to look in the mirror.

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Bauhaus, 1982.

[pmamtraveller]

The Divine Comedy, Lucifer by Alberto Zardo

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Siouxsie Sioux during her 'Kaleidoscope' Era, 1980.

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Hannah Fury on the cover of 'The Thing That Feels'.

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The Shimabara Rebellion of 1637.

Takato Yamamoto.

(2004).

[weepingwidar]

Peter Birkhäuser (Swiss, 1911–1976) - The Woman with the Cup (1971)

[venustapolis]

Winter Night in the Mountains (Harald Sohlberg, 1914)

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Tibetan skeleton dancers during the ritual of 'Durdak Garcham'.

Photo 1: Joseph F. Rock. 1925

Photo 2: unknown.