the world is quiet here

"Das Glück begreifen, daß der Boden, auf dem Du stehst, nicht größer sein kann, als die zwei Füße ihn bedecken." ♒  ("My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.")

[rubenista]

Jusepe de Ribera, The Sense of Touch, 1632. Oil on canvas, 125 x 98 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid

[bienenkiste]

Photographed by Masha Mel for Metal magazine

[sorrrowfull]

[redlipstickresurrected]

Jean Mallard (French, b. 1997, Paris, France) - Midsommar, 2024, Paintings: Watercolor on Paper

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Unless clowns give you nightmares, decide for yourself whether my collection of vintage clowns is charming or terrifying.

[angelicdewdrop]

[gobloggirl]

[pre-raphaelisme]

Study of Dante holding the hand of Love (for the painting ‘Dante’s Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice’) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1855-1856.

[feral-ballad]

Donika Kelly, from Bestiary: Poems; “Santa Rosa”

[poetrydystopian]

"Very early in my life, it was too late."

[megairea]

“It’s a good thing to be loved, even late.”

— John Steinbeck, East of Eden, 1952

[matchagirl]

[angelicdewdrop]

[asttra]

Some beautiful re-entry footage from NASA. December 2014.

[heavensghost]

‘Love is an organic thing. It rots and softens.’

Words by Clementine Von Radics

[pyritetears-deactivated20260218]

Maya Angelou working on her bed with a Thesaurus, a Dictionary, and the Holy Bible. (1982)

[metamorphesque]

i like my body when it is with your, e. e. cummings