secrets from a princess

an infinite pursuit of pure human experience.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Aleksandra Waliszewska (Polish, b. 1976, Warsaw, Poland) - Untitled, Painting

[lforlimbo]

“I've had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book.” Kenneth Rexroth

[mayonezli]

[wintercorrybriea]

1xblue

[webrelic]

Renée French

[cosmonautroger]

Stephen Shore, 1973

[oncce-againn]

one thing about me is that i noticed

[pisces-core]

[sorrrowfull]

[odonianpoet]

Sissinghurst Castle garden, Kent, England

[perfectquote]

“There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets.”

— Robert Brault

[charnel-grounds]

Benz and Chang, “After Carmilla, 1916”

walnut ink on watercolour paper, 2016

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— unknown; the longevity of life and love (via theblob1958)

[shisasan]

“𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞? 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?”

— 𝐓. 𝐒. 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒)

[cosmonautroger]

[madphantom]

"I'm just a girl☺️🥰💖💞💅🌺🌷🦄" when you were eight and the teacher said she needed some strong boys to carry something you used to be furious, and when you convinced them to let you help, you carried twice as many chairs as the boys with the righteous anger of a girl who knew she was just as capable as them. Where did that go?

[memories-of-ancients]

Flask, Egypt, 1400-1330 BC

from The National Museum of Asian Art Smithonian