tête de pierrot

léo, he/him, 25, bi and trans | this is a self-indulgent digital scrapbook

[eeveelover]

“It was the beginning of June; summer was arising out of spring, like an aloe from a field of grass.”

— Gabriele D'Annunzio, from The Book of the Virgins (Hesperus Press, 2003)

[victoriantomodern]

Two Chippewa dance aprons, c. 1900, beadwork and wool on cloth, Benton Museum of Art, Pomona College (1, 2)

[cavedwell]

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne // Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, Thomas Moore // The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk // Sweet Movie, Alisha Dietzman

[calleido]

county clare, ireland

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

1920s

Kent State University Museum

[mothprincess]

sometimes, i will realize, 'oh, i didn't need to prepare so much' or 'i didn't need to be so hard on myself.' these difficulties that i bring upon myself often do not make the situation better, and they just wear me down physically and mentally. i'm more productive and more authentic when i'm kinder to myself. life becomes easier, whether or not life is truly easy

[weepingwidar]

Tuan Vu (Vietnamese, 1971) - On the Bridge (2024)

[theinternetarchive]

linen center with bobbin lace border; average: 38.8 x 38.8 cm; flanders c. 1800s.

[undinesea]

I am waiting for you You have to come soon My door is open for you Come in Come like a gust of summer wind or Like a shower of autumn rain.

Risalet Merdan, "I Am Waiting For You," from Uyghur Poems

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Fragment of a relief with Aphrodite and Adonis.

Culture: Greek

Period: Hellenistic Period

Date: 3rd–2nd century B.C.

Medium: Plaster

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1810-1820

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum

[pierrotface]

Crazy how no matter how dark and edgy and inviting to morally complex interpretation a piece of media is, there will always be someone high-horsing around and starting discourse.

[venustapolis]

The Daughters of Thespius (Gustave Moreau, 1853)

[a-quiet-green-agreement]

There was a breath of wind, messenger of oracles.

— Gabrielle Wittkop, Idalia on the Tower

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening Dress

c. 1889

by House of Worth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[sobadbad]

FROZEN PLANET II 1.01 • Frozen Worlds

[oh-good]

Young Cathy and Heathcliff find a half staved unconscious Jane Eyre on the moors and poked her with a stick to see if she's dead. She isn't roused by their proding and they don't care enough to try and help her so it isn't mentioned in either book.