seedsofinfluence

A pair of marble statues stood on their own plinths in the centre of the lawn, facing one another. On my first glance they appeared to be identical, down to the folds of their robes spilling over the plinths. ‘Bought them ridiculously cheap from an old planter’s wife after the planter ran off with his fifteen-year-old lover,’ said Magnus. ‘The one on the right is Mnemosyne. You’ve heard of her?’ ‘The goddess of Memory,’ I said. ‘Who’s the other woman?’ ‘Her twin sister, of course. The goddess of Forgetting.’ I looked at him, wondering if he was pulling my leg. ‘I don’t recall there’s a goddess for that.’ ‘Ah, doesn’t the fact of your not recalling prove her existence?’ He grinned. ‘Maybe she exists, but it’s just that we have forgotten.’ ‘So, what’s her name?’ He shrugged, showing me his empty palms. ‘You see, we don’t even remember her name anymore.’

[itsbarbiebiiittchhhhh]

Marc Riboud, Paris, 1953

[frmarino]

photographer: Marc Riboud

[cesontlesfemmes]

Gong Li par Marc Riboud, Chine, 1983

[kaalbela]

Marc Riboud | The Antique Dealer's Window. Beijing, 1965.

[1five1two]

Shiro Kasamatsu.

[ochyming-deactivated20220410]

SHIRO KASAMATSU

Japanese, 1898-1991

SHŌWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

SNOW AT THE STONE GARDEN || YUKI NO ISHINIWA, 1960

Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper

[psikonauti]

Shiro Kasamatsu 

Shirahone Hotspring, Shinshu, 1935

[mnemosyneisnotmylover]

be careful what you wish for

you say you love me when I tell you he wishes to build a life with me.

I feel like I’m on barren ground, easy to stumble. Unsure of where my next footstep should fall.

Before I know it, my hearts already broken

I am so very very afraid

[enjoy-the-manga]

Yokohama Meibutsu: Otoko Katayama-gumi! (1991) - episode 1

[modedamour]

mvb wearing orseund iris

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Orseund Iris

[japanese-graphic-design]

[allthingseurope]

Luxury Hotel in Santorini, Greece (by Travelive)

[bookmania]

Excerpt from In Praise of Reading and Fiction by Mario Vargas Llosa

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (Griffin Dunne, 2017)

[oldfilmsflicker]

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, 2017 (dir. Griffin Dunne)

[mnemosyneisnotmylover]

start writing

[wordsthat-speak]

“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out, is in.”

— Junot Diaz