Femme Fatale

[rilke]

— Adonis, Transformations of the Lover; The Pages of Day and Night

[yungdonr]

to experience her is a privilege

[odaro]

Villa Boe in Lombok, Indonesia / Alexis Dornier

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[8gnorant]

Closing my weekend in Astoria, catching the setting sun

[lucidloving]

THE QUESTION:

THE ANSWER:

Traci Brimhall, "Vive, Vive" // Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things

[girlfriendsinjeans]

[perriaeyjeve]

[petaltexturedskies]

Antonio Gómez Cros, The Birth of Venus (c. 1860) Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid — detail

[gobloggirl]

[greeniery]

does anyone feel the layer of plexiglass between themselves and the rest of the world or is that just a me thing

[driflloon]

adelia cham for nathania alice collection

[driflloon]

kavita shetty by dean raphael

[artemisiasea]

I think the creation of beauty actually has a lot to do with care and integrity. The most beautiful people I know move with a depth of care for themselves, others, and the earth that naturally exudes from them. When you care about your craft and your life it’s never not felt. Beauty in my eyes is a harmonious, sacred intelligence.

[da11ae]

In a room full of people, i’d look at you so we can leave

[lipfilllers]

[heavenlyyshecomes]

there is a level of seduction that exists beyond the body. something less tangible, and perhaps more potent. anais nin understood this idea about how desire does not begin with touch but with language, perception, and the sharp electric pull of a mind that challenges and excites you. in her journals, desire is not just a physical hunger but a hunger of the intellect, an unraveling of thought before an unraveling of the body. to be drawn into someone’s mind, to feel their thoughts press against your own, can be more intoxicating than any physical closeness.

—Caitlyn Richardson, 'can intellectual intimacy replace physical desire?', in milk fed