[pretzelmath]

dfw conference planning like

[redsel]

[naldibutnice]

Kathleen Martyn by Adolph de Meyer, 1921

[mournfulroses]

Catherynne M. Valente, from her book titled "Deathless," originally published in March 2011

[achillesinhighheels]

[birthdaylobotomy]

this world can be so kind. butterflies will land and stick in your hair, the smell of rain will float through your mind in the middle of the night, the water we swim in is cold and clear, the fruits we eat so sweet. this world can be so, so kind.

[quotefeeling]

“And so it seems I must always write you letters that I can never send.”

— Sylvia Plath

[fairycosmos]

[dreamyvixen]

mirrorpalais

[lamignonette]

[funeral]

Maya C. Popa, “Duress”, Wound is the Origin of Wonder

[7pleiades7]

The Grasshopper (La Cigale), (Detail), (1872), by Jules Lefebvre (French, 1836 – 1911), oil on canvas, 186.7 cm (73.5 in) x 123.8 cm (48.7 in), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

“Quand la bise fut venue”

[firstfullmoon]

Gabrielle Calvocoressi, “No Poems Today,” in The New Economy

[worshipfulmercy]

[newestcool]

Maison Martin Margiela s/s 2006 rtw Creative Director Martin Margiela Newest Cool

[twist000000]

Kate Bush at home using her Fairlight CMI synth (c. 1980)

[mournfulroses]

Georgia O’Keeffe, from a letter to Alfred Stieglitz featured in My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Volume One, 1915-1933