Stilled

More bitter than sweet. My words tagged #me . Side blogs: @the-life-studio @beautifulbricks @museoverflowing Once upon a time there was @curiousmuse

[derangedrhythms]

Madison Cawein, Poems Bewitched and Haunted; from 'The Wood Witch'

[s-u-w-i]

Some last-minute window views, now I'm back in Czechia ( ﾉ ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ

[nobrashfestivity]

Shiro Kasamatsu Nozawa Onsen in the Morning 1933

[shisasan]

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, All The Precious Words The Love Poems of Rumi, First published 1273

[outofeverythingthisnamewasleft]

"Un verre d'eau" (A Glass of Water) - Eugène Carrière.

[nobrashfestivity]

Edward J. Steichen Moonlight - Winter 1902 Platinum print with applied color 34.5 x 42.4 cm. (13 9/16 x 16 11/16 in.) Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933

[petaltexturedskies]

Donna Tartt, The Secret History

[macrolit]

from “When We Two Parted” by Lord Byron

[ensuent-blog]

(by stane)

[dame-de-pique]

Solarisation et Halo, 1888-1893

[nobrashfestivity]

Henry Moore, Mother and Son, 1967

[lostfunzones]

Vintage photo: Rose bush.

[a-quiet-green-agreement]

"Do you know what colour of sky that is?" He pointed above the roofs of Harcourt Street.

"It's blue," I said. "A blue sky."

"It's not a blue sky, but it goes without saying that blue is what it would be called by everybody in this sloppy country. Agate is the exact word. There are many blues. That is an agate sky."

"How do you know it's agate?"

"A painter I used to knock around with taught me the different colours."

"It's a beautiful word," I said.

"It's the right word," he replied.

– John McGahern, from “Parachutes,” High Ground (Faber & Faber, 1985)

[dsunearthed]

2006

[stilled]

[requiem-on-water]

by Enmiljontystnader

[nobrashfestivity]

Mochizuki Gyokkei, Bat and Moon, 1900