[rawhoneybliss]

Everything is working out in my favor...everything.

[virtuallyinsane-autumn]

[meiselr]

Archetype Inspirations | Ballerina Witch

[cruellesummer]

back when I was livin’ for the hope of it all

[theartsyproject]

Hugo Simberg, The Garden of Death, 1896.

[citizen-zero]

Every time I see this I always wonder what the painter’s intended message was. It looks so pleasant, that middle skeleton looks so happy with its work.

Maybe it’s supposed to be a memento mori, but a comforting and encouraging one.

[spookyloop]

This is one of the most famous paintings in Finland. There are multiple interpretations of it but they all share the same base idea:

“According to Simberg, the flowers represent people’s souls, the skeletons are aids to Death, and the Garden of Death is a purgatory of sorts for souls waiting for entrance into heaven. This artwork invites the viewer to consider the afterlife, to take comfort in his or her own passing, and to not fear what happens after the body fails to function.”

“It depicts Simberg’s thoughts on afterlife, which is not run by angels but skeletons who take care of the heavenly garden with a gentle hand, while waiting for more “gardeners” to arrive. It is derived from the medieval belief that the dead sleep in a blooming garden.”

“In Simberg’s garden the humble Death-like figures struggle against harsh conditions; the landscape around the garden has burnt yellow, it is dry and barren. The cherished flowers grow in exotic shapes, slowly, requiring constant care. The black-clad figures love their nurslings. The garden is a place where Death is allowed to realize its feelings of affection. The Garden of Death can be seen depicting the impossibility of this love; maybe the flowers are tender and fragile because they can not handle the love of Death. Love has two faces: one of them is the face of devastation.”

[spookyloop]

Out of all the comments I’ve posted on this site this is my favourite. The notes are just full of people showing pure love to the Finnish Skeleton Gardeners.

[aavr]

i don't believe in motivation.

i've read Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins and he mentioned something about the 40% rule.

when you think that you're doing your best and you can't push yourself no more, you're only at your 40%. the truth is, we don't usually live up to our potential because our mind is soooo inclined towards the path with the least resistance. he thought me how to have the willpower to wake up early and grind. (yup! the numbers listed in my bujo)

also, i hope you loved my froggie! i know i do :D (frogs always look like they're smiling, literally melts my heart all the time) i hope you have a good week ahead!

[duotheism]

Nico’s, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.

[madammaddy]

🕯📖☕️.

[studylustre]

good food and good company, pre-lockdown times. now i spend my days with notebooks as company (which i’m not complaining about tbh)

ig: studylustre

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Barbara Bouchet in The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)

[flowerytale]

Virginia Woolf ― The Waves

[thecaftanclique]

From the pages of Cozy Interiors by Jessica Lawson

[lennonslittlegarden]

Cottagecore but make it dark

[leahberman]

sea story; el matador beach, california

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[howelljenkins]

reading the right book is like seeing a chiropractor

[howelljenkins]

“I learned absolutely nothing, but some minor adjustment was made within me, some imperceptible shift that occurs only when I encounter wonder and awe, the best art.” – Yaa Gyasi

[muppethole-deactivated20240312]

girl at the bar who asks for your humor and then says “oh I knew you had an imbalance of yellow bile that was such a choleric thing to say omg”

[apricitystudies]

24.06.2021 // reading some essays and doing a little self-study this afternoon! i spent the morning reading my old journals from 2019 and wow 16 year old me was so dramatic