The Selfish Giant

“In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.”

[medeae]

“… she no longer said “making love”; she said “having sex.” But it amounted to the same thing. You had sex, and love got made out of it whether you liked it or not. You woke up on a bed or more likely on a mattress, with an arm around you, and found yourself wondering what it might be like to keep on doing it.”

— Margaret Atwood, from “The Age of Lead,” Wilderness Tips (via lifeinpoetry)

[vjeranski]

Saul Steinberg “Kiss”, 1959.

[stylesnews]

Harry behind the scenes of the “Weekend” photo shoot. 

[mysteriousartcentury]

John Byam Liston Shaw (1872-1919), The Blessed Damozel, 1895, oil on canvas, 94 x 180 cm. Guildhall Art Gallery

[neapolis-neapolis]

Ninfeo imperiale di Punta Epitaffio (I sec.), Parco Archeologico sommerso di Baia, Bacoli, Napoli.

[renaissance-art]

Hans Holbein c. 1533

The Ambassadors (detail of the Celestial Globe)

[glazedeye-s]

the statues of apollo and athena, at the academy athens, in a full moon night.

[yoraak]

the secret history—donna tartt

[wendymydarling]

[styleslouis]

what about popchik?

[princesskuragina]

I'm back on my bullshit

[oakesfegleys]

2020, a summary

[evilbuildingsblog]

Hallgrímskirkja Church. Reykjavik, Iceland

[mesogeios]

“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.”

— Albert Camus, Notebooks 1951-1959

[vertigo1871]

Stephan Sinding, To Mennesker, 1889

[boringangel]

[wulfhalls]

frank herbert // the great dune trilogy