rock 'n' roll, sex and books

mari / 26 / she/they / finland

[robertfagden]

lets all horrifically torture our favorite characters together Forever

[fragrantblossoms]

Eduard Gübelin. Ethiopia, Lalibela, 1960-1970.

[shisasan]

Ph. Eduardo Soteras

Ph. Bete Giyorgis

Ph. Sean Gallup

The small town of Lalibela in Ethiopia is home to one of the most extraordinary sacred sites in the world. Its eleven churches were carved directly out of solid volcanic rock. This dusty, rural town only gained access to electricity relatively recently, and it still has no paved roads. Originally called Roha, the town was later named after King Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who ruled the Ethiopian Empire from 1181 to 1221. During his reign, this remarkable complex of eleven churches was created. What you see in these photographs is not a group of buildings made from stone blocks. Each church was carved from a single mass of rock, with no joints, bricks, or mortar. The builders first cut a deep trench around the future church, separating it from the surrounding bedrock. They then worked from the top down, carving the exterior before gradually hollowing out the interior. Once the doors and windows had been opened, workers entered the rock itself and carved out rooms, columns, passages, and sanctuaries from within. That is why these churches are described as monolithic: each one was shaped from a single piece of stone rather than assembled from separate materials.

This method required extraordinary technical knowledge, precision, patience and skill. Even more remarkable was the vision and courage behind the idea itself. The overall concept, the architectural design, and the artistic details and ornamentation are achievements in their own right.

As archaeologists have described it:

"As one approaches, the first feeling is often confusion and disbelief, followed by a deep sense of awe before such an extraordinary achievement. It is a monument to determination, strength, perseverance, and profound faith: first in human ability, and then in something ancient, sublime, and still unknown."

[guerrillatech]

[swinging-from-my-cable]

How is it is supposed to work: your emotions are a response to your situation and surroundings. It is OK to feel the emotion. Now take that emotion and use your logical brain to decide which parts of the emotion fit the facts of the situation and which do not and why, and how you’re going to respond to said emotions (which is what tweet said, and what therapists say)

How people seem to interpret it: any emotional reaction is perfectly fine and I am not responsible for what I do out of emotion.

[sverdenes-prinsessa-deactivated]

The “How it is supposed to work” part is really great, took me long enough and a therapist to figure that.

[perriaeyjeve]

[surpriseimbored]

Juomatyty collection part 2 electric boogaloo

Olikin aika päivittää tänne tumpunkin puolelle uudempia juomatytyjä <3

[eeeevol]

[twobabkas]

heated rivalry episode 5: I'll believe in anything

[emziess]

Anon asked: Eddie and Buck when the curtain gets pulled away 9-1-1, S09E18

[microraptorhours]

i love you archival work. i love you alphabetizing. i love you sorting. i love you reshelving. i love you document restoration. i love you shelf reading. i love you inventorying. i love you analysis. i love you archival work.

[blondebrainpowered]

The Awakening of the Poet, 1899

Artist: Gabriel Ferrier

[sundaynightfilms]

La notte, 1961

[mamiaztec]

real lovers moan while kissing

[aprilumillusion]

[moldavite]

hopefully i'll get to do something other than endure soon. that would be really nice

[cultof-aphrodite]

Sara Ramen🌿

[danceundersparklinglights]

i’m going to be really honest with you guys i think the tendency to read the absolute worst possible intentions into every action you don’t agree with is getting too automatic and it’s eating you from the inside out

[cal3ris]

is this gonna get me fired you think