#laurus

[ghost-shepherdess]

✸ small wrinkly sample to practice some traditional embroidery from my region ✸

these are mostly just the techniques that i was not taught as a child (such as drawn threadwork & scalloped edges)

[the-vampire-library]

show!Armand & book!Armand x "Laurus" by Eugene Vodolazkin

"I was Arseny, Ustin, Amvrosy, and I have just now become Laurus."

"Being a mosaic does not necessarily mean scattering into pieces, answered Elder Innokenty. It is only up close that each separate little stone seems not to be connected to the others. There is something more important in each of them, O Laurus: striving for the one who looks from afar. For the one who is capable of seizing all the small stones at once."

Paintings (in order):

Four angels. Detail from the Coronation of the Madonna and Child -Madonna of the Magnificat by Sandro Botticelli

Saint Sebastian by Sandro Botticelli

Bust of an Angel by Filippino Lippi

An Angel Head and Shoulders by Sandro Botticelli

Primavera by Sandro Botticelli

Study of human male figure by Filippo Lippi

Angel with embroidered stole, detail from the Madonna of the Pomegranate by Sandro Botticelli

[francescointoppa]

Fiori maschili di Alloro (Laurus nobilis L., Lauraceae)

[camilla-denniston]

Academia Historical Fiction Recommendations

The Silver Branch, by Rosemary Sutcliff: Light Academia; Medicine; Spring; Roman Britain; 3rd century

Two on a Tower, by Thomas Hardy: Romantic Academia; Astronomy; Summer; England; 19th century

The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco: Dark Academia; Philosophy; Autumn; Italy; 14th century

Laurus, by Eugene Vodolazkin: Chaotic Academia; Medicine and Theology; Winter; Russia; 15th century

[grandpasessions]

The elder ran his hand along Arseny’s hair.

He said: Each of us repeats Adam’s journey and acknowledges, with the loss of innocence, that he is mortal. Weep and pray, O Arseny. And do not fear death, for death is not just the bitterness of parting. It is also the joy of liberation.

Laurus

Eugene Vodolazkin

[mostremote]

Laurus, Eugene Vodolazkin

[howgaytobequeer]

A cool picture of a gull (Larus sp.) I took today. Something neat about capturing that moment of takeoff.

[extractofword]

The tree of knowledge leads humanity to death but a cross of wood grants immortality to humanity. Remember, O Amvrosy, that repetitions are granted for our salvation and in order to surmount time.

Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin, 2016. Translated by Lisa C. Hayden.