chasing ataraxia

magical realist, ethereal pragmatist I don't follow crowds. And they don't follow me, so it works out. Please keep on moving if you are a sexual blog or post sexual content. Please do not follow me. You aren't interesting enough for me to go there, and I have impossibly high standards. Thanks. My name is Elle.

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The angel's eye looks down with love — ER, 26 September 2024

*Elledit: I might like it softer :) I can still adjust it

I've reworked poems I wrote 20 years ago. You can do that! :D

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😭😭😭

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I love seeing people in love

even if it's acting, if the actress and actor are good at their craft

many of them did have dalliances off screen, Lol. which is grim if they were already with someone else... but that's history and they're all gone now (I watch mostly old films, I honestly have barely zero interest in modern film and even less for the players in them)

some had notorious personality conflicts behind the scenes

but I think most just genuinely got along well and some of that friendship comes across in the acting

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One of the famous Medusa heads inside the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Turkey. The massive underground reservoir was completed in 532 AD during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

This cistern is easily one of the most atmospheric places on earth! The orientation of that Medusa head always fascinates me. It wasn't a mistake by the Byzantine builders in 532 AD; they were reusing older Roman pagan monuments (known as spolia) purely for structural support. However, historians believe that placing Medusa upside down or sideways was highly intentional it was a way to negate the mythical power of her "gaze," literally crushing the authority of the old gods beneath the foundation of Justinian's new Christian empire.

Basilica Cistern Medusa Heads | Origins, Myths, & Symbols

Stroll through the Basilica Cistern and learn about its Medusa Heads, their origins in Roman times, and their mysterious role in Byzantine a

[commentary not mine]

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Promo Image for Private Number (1936) Basil Rathbone & Loretta Young

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this film is so adorable aweeee 😭😭😭

even though I prefer seeing my secret imaginary boyfriend not as a cad as he is in this film, it's still good and still enjoyable to watch him Lol

I tried to find this picture in a torrent but haven't been able to yet