Van Gogh's left ear

[entheognosis]

The grandeur of life is the attempt, not the solution. It's about being as fearless as one can and behaving as beautifully as one can under completely impossible circumstances. Good is more interesting, more complex, more demanding. Evil is silly. It may be horrible, but it is not a compelling idea. The opposite survival, blossoming, endurance, those things are more compelling intellectually, if not spiritually, which they certainly are also. We are already born. We are going to die. So in between, you have to do something interesting that you respect.

Toni Morrison

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Morning poem by Robin Becker

[weltenwellen]

On Seatbelts and Sunsets Hanif Abdurraqib

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TOKYO ALLEY 💜💙 - www.twitter.com/liamwong

[ronandreams]

erin lecount, sweet fruit

[classic-art]

Wild Asters

Dennis Miller Bunker, 1889

[yourneighbortoasty]

moomin floating in a cup of green tea

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walks

[pclysemia]

“The conventional wisdom of the Tower of Babel story is that the collapse was a misfortune. That it was the distraction, or the weight of many languages that precipitated the tower’s failed architecture. That one monolithic language would have expedited the building and heaven would have been reached. Whose heaven, she wonders? And what kind? Perhaps the achievement of Paradise was premature, a little hasty if no one could take the time to understand other languages, other views, other narratives period. Had they, the heaven they imagined might have been found at their feet. Complicated, demanding, yes, but a view of heaven as life; not heaven as post-life.”

— Toni Morrison’s Nobel lecture, December 7, 1993

[girlwhoisgoingtobeokay]

I HAVE TO DO THE WORK SO THAT MY LIFE CAN BE DIFFERENT AND I CAN REAP THE BENEFITS

[quasistarjudgement]

[crowshaped]

my two cats who just met each other

[technoturian]

Inspired by this post.

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imagine being the two last haters left on earth

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[ontemparis]

On YouTube 25.12.12

Inside ‘The Embrace’: a focused visual analysis of A. Yoshida’s abstract painting “The Embrace.” This short video breaks down composition, color, texture, and emotional impact — from the deep red ground and textured yellow-orange mass with its anchoring black core, to the elongated black extension and scattered gold flecks. Ideal for art students, educators, and abstract expressionism enthusiasts…

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[dailyclassicart]

Edgar Degas - "Ballet Scene" (1893)

[vintage-treasures]

Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs, Watercolour and Gouache on paper (1864)

Created by Irish painter Frederic William Burton (1816–1900). It is considered a masterwork of Pre-Raphaelite style, though Burton was not an official member of the Brotherhood. The subject is taken from a medieval Danish ballad that tells the story of Hellelil, who fell in love with her personal guard, Hildebrand, Prince of Engelland. Her father disapproved of the relationship and ordered her seven brothers to kill the young prince. Burton chose to imagine a romantic moment from the story before the terrible end, the final meeting of the two lovers. Loc. National Gallery of Ireland, since 1900. Dim. 95.5 cm H x 60.8 cm W.