of himself

[philaprint]

“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.” — Nina Simone

[benisuncreative]

Tree of Life from Palace of Shaki Khans, Azerbaijan 

[philaprint]

“I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.” — Audre Lorde

[ofhimself]

hercules & love affair - are you still certain feat. mashrou leila (source)

[zvetenze]

Rite of spring costume designs by Nikolai Roerich

[dappledwithshadow]

[orwell]

Black Venus on Blue Background, Pierre Boncampain, s.d.

[kvetchlandia]

Richard Avedon     Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company with Frederick Ashton as the Wicked Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, New York City       1949

[uncutgems]

Emily Jacir

‘MEMORIAL TO 418 PALESTINIAN VILLAGES WHICH WERE DESTROYED, DEPOPULATED AND OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL IN 1948′

A refugee tent embroidered with the names of the 418 Palestinian villages.

[thingsmagazine]

Cristobal de Acosta, 1585

[nataliakoptseva]

Bernardino Zaganelli - Saint Sebastian

Detail

[nemfrog]

Four yellow irises.  Nature’s garden. 1900. Cover art. 

[fawnvelveteen]

Yva, Dancer, 1933

[clawmarks]

The fables of Æsopby - illustrated by Richard Heighway - 1922 - via Internet Archive

[clawmarks]

Illustration from The girl who sat by the ashes - Padraic Colum - 1919 - via Internet Archive

[ofhimself]

seinabo sey, breathe

[jareckiworld]

Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos  -   Los Elotes (Corns)     [oil on canvas, 1954]

[clawmarks]

The fern paradise: a plea for the culture of ferns - Francis George Heath - 1908 - via Internet Archive