the careful art of keeping alive a dead thing

I wanted nothing but silence, black woods, decay, cold winds; to lie twisted and turned as a serpent, to be in unison with a dying earth.

[gacougnol]

Roger Parry

Untitled 1929

[charnel-grounds]

Édouard Chimot (1880–1959) - Le visage humain, 1922

illustration for Henri Barbusse's novel ' L'Enfer'

[charnel-grounds]

Erik Obermann (1890–1911), “Dame and Mephistopheles”

ink on paper, 1913 — source

[portalibis]

Glycon, the snake god, Late 2nd-century statue, National History and Archeology Museum, Constanta, Romania P.I. Telegram / P.I. Facebook

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At this point, I'm sure that I am meant to be nocturnal.

[last-picture-show]

Lajos Szabo, Shadow Play, 1932

[anna--ahha]