Odd Reblogging

[futuregone]

Head of a woman, Gustav Vigeland.

[bluewillowmoon]

“The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.”

— Mikko Harvey, from “For M,” Foundry (no. 9, September 2018)

[bluewillowmoon]

“It is late now, I am a bit tired; the sky is irritated by stars. And I love you, I love you, I love you–and perhaps this is how the whole enormous world, shining all over, can be created–out of five vowels and three consonants.”

— Vladimir Nabokov, in a letter to Véra Nabokov, Letters to Véra, ed. and transl. Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd (Alfred A. Knopf, 2014)

[lifeinpoetry]

“Don’t say it’s the beautiful I praise. I praise the human, gutted and rising.”

— Katie Ford, from “Song After Sadness,” Blood Lyrics: Poems

[petaltexturedskies]

Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.

May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude

[you-are-another-me]

[museoprivado]

“Joven con guitarra"  pintura realizada en 1923 por el artista Henri Lebasque (1865-1937), pintor postimpresionista frances

[enchantedbook]

'She Kissed The Bear On Muzzle' - John Bauer

[gunnr-lp]

Night and Day (c. 1880-1885)

Artist: Edward Robert Hughes

[ksjanes]

[thoughtkick]

“Not everyone deserves to know the real you. Let them criticize who they think you are.”

— Unknown

[7pleiades7]

Evening Star (also known as L'Étoile du soir), (Detail), (1848), by Henry Pierre Picou (French, 1824 – 1895), signed 'HENRY PICOU' (lower right), oil on canvas, 54 × 35½ in. (137.2 × 90 cm.), Private Collection

[zerounwantedvibrations]

[you-are-another-me]

[you-are-another-me]

[radical-revolution]

Embracing the Present: Watts argued that if life were a race, the goal would be to reach the end as quickly as possible. Since dancing is about the movements and enjoying the rhythm in the moment, he encouraged people to savor the journey rather than constantly looking toward the next milestone.

Reevaluating "The Destination": He pointed out the tragedy of cheating ourselves by working tirelessly just to reach retirement age, only to lack the energy to enjoy it. He noted that, like dancing, the meaning and purpose of living is the dance itself.

Universal Harmony: Watts emphasized that we are not separate from the unfolding universe; we are active participants in this continuous, ever-shifting flow of energy.

[radical-revolution]