ignotum per ignotius.

There is no linear evolution; there is only a circumambulation of the self.

[thoughtkick]

You were born with the ability to change someone’s life, don’t ever waste it.

Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[redlipstickresurrected]

Shirō Kasamatsu aka 笠松紫浪 (Japanese, 1898-1991, b. Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan) - Shirahone Hotspring, Shinshu, 1935 (1946-57 printing) Woodblock Prints

[thezeroquotes]

I don't feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.

— Franz Kafka, Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors

[lifeinpoetry]

strangers play dice with what / we both still own / of language, / of destiny.

— Paul Celan, from “[Starting from the orchis],” Breathturn into Timestead, tr. Pierre Joris (via lifeinpoetry)

[timotaychalamet]

Wild Strawberries (1957) dir. Ingmar Bergman

[criterioncollection]

Henri Matisse’s “The Dessert: Harmony in Red” (1908) // Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers (1972) // Dexter Dalwood’s “Diana Vreeland” (2003)

[some-velvet-morning]

[elden-dusme-ruh-deactivated2023]

Turks Fruit (1973)

[raak]

[misssnippah]

From Turks Fruit (1973, Paul Verhoeven)

[noahberkley]

Contrast & Comparison: Hitching rides and freeing birds. Turkish Fruit is an amazing consolidation of what Rutger Hauer does best, as well as his two best American performances: The Hitcher and Blade Runner. Definitely worth a watch

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Monique van de Ven and Rutger Hauer in Turkish Delight (1973), directed by Paul Verhoeven.  Paul has two entries on the TSPDT list of the 1,000 Greatest Films - Robocop (ranked number 697) and Starship Troopers (number 768).  This is Paul’s third entry on Halliwell’s Top 1000, after Solider of Orange (ranked number 799) and Robocop (number 360)

[dhallorum]

Paul Verhoeven: Turks fruit, 1973

[gravity-rainbow-deactivated2024]

[localcottagefaerie]

[markmcevoy]

Life on Mars?

[weltenwellen]

Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet