mysterium tremendum et fascinans

sofi

[nostalgicine]

Félix Thiollier (Emma Thiollier, daughter of the photographer) 1895-1905

[cosmonautroger]

Paula Rego, Him, 1996

[wetdirtguy]

A display from a smalltown second hand bookstore. What has been found in books.

[lamignonette]

[cineemaa]

keyhole effect in cinema

date with an angel (1987) umberto d (1952) judex (1963) branded to kill (1963) the keyhole (1933) what happened to the inquistive janirot (1902) the oyster princess (1919) the madness of dr. tube (1915)

[smsomah]

Jibbali roundhouse (strit) blends into the landscape. Scanned from the book The Craft Heritage of Oman; 2003; Neil Richardson & Marcia Dorr

[ta-cer-in]

the impact that seeing la dame à la licorne in person had on me… i think about unicorns everyday

[smsomah]

Boy holding kittens. Naga; India, 1937. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf

[eucanthos]

Konyak Naga child holding leopard cubs

[lamignonette]

[heavensghost]

You don’t have to belong everywhere (textile home)

[whoknowswherethetimegoes]

Joan Baez's hand, 1965, photographed by Tony Evans.

[miamaimania]

Aqrah, Kurdistan (2016) by Safin Hamed ⍋ A shepherd and his flock on the green slopes — AFP / Getty Images

[fairycosmos]

the issue with growing up in the 2000s and 2010s was like there was this really big push toward "accepting your weirdness" overall but they meant like idk wearing mismatched socks or something not being tangibly beyond the norm in any way shape or form

[lamignonette]

[etherealcry]

"Sypanie piaskiem" is an old custom from the rural parts of Poland that consists in drawing protective or decorative symbols with sand.

[smsomah]

Scanned from the book Sahara toujours recommencé; 1978; Henri-Jean Hugot & Jean-Marc Durou and Joël Jaffré

[funeral]

L'Été / Summer (1968) dir. Marcel Hanoun