affinity.

My problem is that I fall in love with words, rather than actions. I fall in love with ideas and thoughts, instead of reality. And it will be the death of me. —Unknown

[rosechata]

Bâlea Lake, Romania

[kafkasapartment]

Cameo with Medusa, mid-1800s. Attributed to Luigi Saulini, 1819-1883. Sardonyx, gold mount.

[technofinch]

They need to invent a job where I don't have to wake up or go to it

[spiritsdancinginthenight-deacti]

I cried as you cried when you first saw them. I cried for their stillness and their isolation, and this horrible little place in which they stared forward at nothing or sat in darkness while Egypt died above. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat, 1985. Statue of King Menkare & wife upon discovery in 1910.

[wildspringday]

"came back wrong" but it's from work

[metamorphesque]

— The Empress Yamato Hime (translated by Kenneth Rexroth)

[text ID: Others may forget you, but not I. / I am haunted / by your beautiful ghost.]

[twirld]

“Oh, remember how short my time is”

Watchmaker: Isaac Penard The Met

[mihai-florescu]

The lion does not concern itself with the bank account balance when a little treat is calling

[mihai-florescu]

The lion will never financially recover from this

[enchantedbook]

'The Swan Maidens' by Walter Crane, 1894

[woman-becomer]

I'm on a noble quest to feel something

[woman-becomer]

things felt so far:

humidity

[woman-becomer]

shame

[kuutamosonaatti]

19th century antique enamel and gold trapeze figure brooch

[nixscriptum]

The peace of knowing I was always met with care ; never cruelty.

[cogumellow]

swinside stone circle // lake district national park, uk // 2012 // ©

[iambrillyant]

“walking down your authentic path can be one of the loneliest roads to travel on because the longer you’re on it, the more you realize that only a select few will be compatible with who you are with no mask on.”

— billy chapata

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Carl Frederik Sørensen (Danish, 1818–1879), "Danish Ships in Rough Seas" (details), 1877

[weltenwellen]

May Sarton, The House by the Sea

[rosechata]

Bâlea Lake, Romania