[thephotoregistry]

[kazucamera]

[tilldeathdousart]

[morbidology]

In Iran in 1943, a group of Polish soldiers found and adopted an orphaned brown bear cub whose mother had been shot and killed by hunters. They gave him the name Wojtek, meaning “joyful warrior.” When Wojtek was first rescued, he had swallowing problems; the soldiers fed him with condensed milk and gradually marmalade, honey, syrup, and fruit. The soldiers would reward him with beer which quickly became his favourite. He also enjoyed stealing and eating cigarettes. Wotjek was taught to salute when he was greeted and his main hobby was wrestling with the soldiers and swimming.

Due to Wojtek being an animal, he was not allowed into theatres of operation, much to the dismay of the soldiers who raised him. They knew that they couldn’t give up on him - he had quickly became their boost to morale and their unofficial mascot. In a true testament to the quote “leave no man behind,” they enlisted him into the 22nd Artillery Transport Company of the 2nd Corps, and even gave him the rank of private meaning he had his own.

Wojtek lived with the other soldiers in their own tent and most notably, accompanied them in the Balle of Monte Cassino where he carried crates of ammunition. Following WWII, Wojtek , along with the rest of the 2nd Corps, were transported to Berwickshire, Scotland where, due to his popularity, Wojtek was awarded as an honorary member of the Polish-Scottish Association. After demobilisation, Wotjek was sent to Edinburgh Zoo where he died at the age of 21, weighing 500 pounds, and standing over 6 feet. After his death, numerous memorials commemorating this extraordinary and loyal bear were erected worldwide.

[im-not-a-skelmersdale-monster]

Lad

[bantarleton]

The campaign we had in Edinburgh to get the Wotjek statue made was great. He’s a fine addition to Princes Street Gardens.

[seventhstart]

I want to do things with my life but I also want to bury myself in a forest and let the moss grow over me so where does that leave us

[aesthetic-stories]

Brendan Lynch

[earthstory]

organikadam_En sevdiğiniz renk gün batımındaki kızıllık olmalı☺️

Swinging above the clouds in Eastern Turkey

[midnight-charm]

My Heart Is With You And I Love You Always Always Always, Tracey Emin, 2006

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“On an October night when witchery can occur…”

— Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems (1999); “February Third,”

[red-lipstick]

[oldmanpeace]

[pattismithandrobertmapplethorpe]

oath

Jesus died for somebody’s sins

but not mine

melting in a pot of thieves

wild card up my sleeve

thick heart of stone

my sins my own

I engrave my own palm

Sweet black X

Adam placed no hex on me

I embrace Eve

and take full responsibility

for every pocket I have picked

mean and slick

every Johnny Ace song I’ve balled to

long before the church

made it neat and right

So Christ

I’m giving you the good-bye

firing you tonight

I can make my own light shine

and darkness too is equally fine

you got strung up for my brother

but with me I draw the line

you died for somebody’s sins

but not mine

© Patti Smith

photos by Robert Mapplethorpe

[endangered-justice-seeker]

 the only criticism of millennials l accept

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Constructive Criticism

[fleurdulys]

Champ fleuri - Antoine Chintreuil

[qvotable]

“You must allow yourself to outgrow and depart from certain eras of your life with a gentle sort of ruthlessness.”

— Katy Maxwell // girl of the earth

[purplebuddhaquotes]

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up.”

— Louise Erdrich

[love1etter]