Memoria, Mors, et Tenebrae

𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 | 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚡𝚍

[pulchritudoinmorte]

The Uninvited (1944)

Dir. Lewis Allen

[derangedrhythms]

The smell of death, the smell of decomposing flesh, pervaded me, body and soul. It seemed to me that I had always been saturated with the smell of death and had slept all my life in a black coffin...

Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owl and Other Stories; from 'The Blind Owl', tr. D. P. Costello

[charnel-grounds]

Noell S. Oszvald, “Escape from Reality: Nightmare,” 2012

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[pulchritudoinmorte]

The Silence of the lambs (1991)

[rozieramati]

Kiss sculpture in Vienna Central cemetery

[02decay]

by Clay Hensley

[enchantedbook]

The Witch (1893) by John Collier

[consecrationoftheflesh]

“In peace I will lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8)

[cyberxbattalion]

[scavengedluxury]

Lincoln Cathedral. February 2015.

[ducissatenebrarum]

This anatomical skull bust dates to the early modern period, approximately the 17th or 18th century CE, when anatomy and art were closely intertwined in Europe.

The sculpted face can be opened to reveal a real human skull beneath, combining realism with scientific purpose. Materials include wood, plaster, and bone, carefully assembled to educate and impress.

This object reflects a time when understanding the human body was both a scholarly pursuit and a confrontation with mortality.

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Ruins of Netley Abbey, Hampshire (mid-19th century) - Miss Selby

[rosieandthemoon]

Alsace, France

[plant-scans]

Barn owl, Life on Earth, David Attenborough, 1979

[charnel-grounds]

Julia Soboleva, “Thin red thread”

[seasons-in-hell]

Jules-Élie Delaunay

The Angel of Death Striking a Door During the Plague of Rome

[softvalar]

ℑ 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔩𝔢𝔡𝔤𝔢, 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔶 𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔩𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔣 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔱𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫.