Theodora Dove

Archivist, femme dandy, bibliophile, polymath, bricoleuse.

[random-brushstrokes]

Lotte Laserstein - Woman wearing a red beret (1931)

[365gleit]

Point Reyes, CA

February 2016

[iphigenesis]

in a way john watson is a fantasy (what if you had this brilliant enigmatic friend and what if he liked you in particular and what if he offered you the excitement of youth and adventures and a way out of boring society life and all without having to actually give up your status as a gentleman so you could have the best of both worlds) and in a way sherlock holmes is a fantasy (what if someone never got tired of you despite your various strange habits and mood swings and instead of simply tolerating you they genuinely liked you and what if you didn’t have to live alone forever and what if you never had to give up doing the things you love) and of course there’s the most fantastical part of it all (what if you could afford london housing prices)

[theodoradove]

I think your taste in/knowledge of vintage film is really cool

I am immediately seeing the downside of this approach which is that I can't reply with what I think is super cool about anon but having one's personal nerdery perceived as cool is the bee's knees

[al9x-deactivated20210909]

Anonymously tell me something you think about me 💭

[nobrashfestivity]

Via amandapourlesintimes

[romanceyourdemons]

it’s called german expressionism because they’re all making EXPRESSIONS. with their FACES

[jareckiworld]

Remedios Varo (1908-1963) — El Otro Reloj (The Other Clock) [gouache on cardboard, 1957]

[rainwashedsoul]

[aeolianblues]

morose code I communicate in short and long sighs

[nobrashfestivity]

Hilma af Klint (Swedish, 1862-1944) Group X, No. 1, Altarpiece (Grupp X, nr 1, Altarbild) ( and detail) 1915 From Altarpieces (Altarbilder) Oil and metal leaf on canvas 237.5 x 179.5cm © The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm Photo: Albin Dahlström, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Most of the Hilma jams should be visible now (got to look). this one too, but nice detail on the new post

[troublewithangels]

serving and he knows it

[st-just]

Relatedly, 'which version of this is the original/authentic/'real' one?' is just fundamentally not a valuable conversation about basically anything for anyone but antiquarians and sociologists. Embrace multiplicity! Embrace mutation!

[outkidman]

Greta Garbo.

[polkadotmotmot]

Changyong Wang - Peaceful Dwelling in Blessed Land, 2026 - Ink on paper

[harmonyinbllue]

Energía Cósmica (Inspiración) (1956), Remedios Varo.

[bakwaaas]

the true elation and dopamine hit I get when I have a friendly random conversation with a stranger in public needs to be studied

[bakwaaas]

no this is exactly it