Stillness

In commotion

[askyea-poesy]

Sometimes, between two people, something happens. Rarely, very rarely, a whole world is born. A tiny microcosm, where you can always find shelter, even when the rest of the world is falling apart.

Hannah Arendt

[heaveninawildflower]

June calendar page for 1898 with a kneeling figure picking flowers surrounded by plants and butterflies by Theo Nieuwenhuis.

Rijksmuseum.

Wikimedia.

[somehowwow]

Trains on strike

Photograph: Toby Shepheard/Reuters

[somehowwow]

Villa Pilar by Leonora Carrington

Image courtesy of Faro Santander ©2026 Estate of Leonora Carrington ARS, NY and DACS, London

[somehowwow]

Down Below by Leonora Carrington, painted during her time at the sanatorium in 1940.

Photograph: 2026 Estate of Leonora Carrington / ARS, NY and DACS

[zubatshitcrazy]

People walk near the Imam Ali shrine during a heavy dust storm in Najaf, Iraq, on May 18, 2026. By Anmar Khalil / AP // Via The Atlantic.

[maqaamarabi]

Oud player at the Palestine Broadcasting Service studios in Jerusalem circa 1940 during the British Mandate.  5x7 acetate, Matson Photo Service.

[mioritic]

St. Francis preaches to the birds.

Graduale cisterciense (Wonnentaler Graduale), Wonnental/Breisgau ca. 1340-1350, Cod. U. H. 1, f. 141v

Badische Landesbibliothek

[tinyuglyworld]

East German postage stamp showing solidarity with Palestinians after the Sabra and Shatila massacre, 1982

[noosphe-re]

Revolution: The History of Turntable Design by Gideon Schwartz

[noosphe-re]

Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design by Gideon Schwartz

[thevaultofretroandvintage]

the FULL-SERVICE entertainment center. 1966.

[poetryconcrete]

The Taq-i Kisra - Arch of Ctesiphon, in Iraq.

[pmamtraveller]

The Great Mosque of Samarra during fog, Samarra, Iraq

[khaperai]

Marx, Engels, Lenin. Ethiopia, 1970s.

[somehowwow]

Sadiq Kareem Toma, Among Palm Trees

صادق كريم طعمة

[ends-2-beginnings]

City of Churches,1918 by Paul Klee. Early works. Cubism. Cityscape. Private Collection.

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