#wine dark

[wild-e-eep]

Leptogium brebissonii - a jelly lichen with turgid, translucent lobes; found on mossy trees in damp environments. Its colours remind me of cold, deep sea water on a cloudy day. <3

iNaturalist observation 258720579

[soracities]

The sea was calm. I was too. But on the lookout, suspicious. As if this calm couldn’t last. Something is always about to happen.

Clarice Lispector, excerpt from “As Fast As I Can Type” (April 17, 1971), Too Much of Life: The Complete Crônicas  (trans. Margaret Jull Costa & Robert Patterson)

[waestlandbaby]

favourite word aesthetics: 2/?

dionysiac;

/ˌdʌɪəˈnɪzɪak/

adjective

1. relating to the god dionysus.

2. relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature.

[katachthonia]

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Flower still Life with a Bowl of Fruit and Oysters (1665-1672)

[agwitow]

Me: *re-reading my old stories* It's funny that I used this metaphor back then.

Me: *has used that same metaphor in every story*

Me: *once used that same metaphor twice in one story*

Me: I hope no one else notices *sweats*

[ancientgreeksuggestions]

We are still working on the invention of the full color spectrum. In the meantime, please refer to the sea as "wine-dark".

[soracities]

When I feel I don't love anything I try to get to the ocean. When I think I have a bad molar I try to get to the ocean. When I fail to use the subjunctive I try to get to the ocean. Sometimes I succeed.

Bob Hicok, from 'A prodigal in shitty weather'

[soracities]

“How flat all sounds are at the seaside, flat and yet emphatic, like the sound of gunshots heard at a distance...”

John Banville, The Sea