between the desire and the spasm

"the atrocious loneliness of that monster!" [ A ]. companionably reclusive and socially unacceptable; inescapably imperious but emotionally absent; chronically craving and unremittingly remote; and vicariously versed in all manner of vice.

[msvhs-deactivated20251231]

The Color of Pomegranates (Նռան գույնը), dir. Sergei Parajanov (1969)

[disease]

RICKY COHETE / “UNTITLED: I” / 2017 [archival b/w pigment print | 36 x 24″]

[lightthereis]

Romeo and Juliet by Svetlin Vassilev

[unwomanlyy-deactivated20190805]

Karese Burrows, “Persephone Writes a Poem” // Richard Siken, “A Primer for the Small Weird Loves”

[bestiolin]

the unasked question

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

Clarice Lispecto

[oldpaintings]

The Daughters of Danaus, c.1900 by Fernand Sabatté (French, 1874–1940)

[a-state-of-bliss]

Nadja Auermann @ John Galliano Fall/Wint 1995

[gabxarchival]

by Peter Schmid

[vintageeurope]

Venice 1900/1920

[gnossienne]

Hopefully you’re well. *whispering* We miss you.

anon, you are too kind <3 i am indeed well and still somewhat lurking around, a full(er) return planned soon....

[gnossienne]

Ænrmòus AW26

[gnossienne]

Il carnevale di Venezia 2026 (marcovalmarana on ig)

[apocryphics]

[gnossienne]

it's a la sonnambula sort of evening (callas 1957, of course) and a maple old-fashioned. the weather has been so dreary this past week but tonight feels especially gloomy for some reason, the wet leaves crumpled haphazardly on the cobblestones, the glow of the lamplight outside the shops diffused by the constant drizzle. it's the ideal type of evening for a haunting, accompanied by the lilt of la callas, scent of santal hovering in the air like a timid church prayer, and the occasional pop of embers in the fireplace.

[gnossienne]

Gounod's Faust (Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, 2008), dir. Robert Wilson

[gnossienne]

Museo Fortuny