vitt-och-natt

A little place reserved for words and images that gravitate to the wells; and to honor my friends here whose language keeps a heart from going to tin. - Santiago My poetry tumbled: Juilett14 Where else you can find me: Santiagodeco

[yama-bato]

Abstract Art in the Simple Leaf

[larmoyante]

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (via beyondstyx)

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[itsy-bitsy]

Cosmic Spheres / experiments with black paper

[codiannbackman]

[vitt-och-natt]

saola:

[jaw8jaw]

[vitt-och-natt]

Dorothy Napangardi

[tacheia-deactivated20150301]

VII

You cover the crack with a song You grow in darkness like a drowned woman Oh cover in more songs the fissure, the                                   crack, the rent.

—from “The Small Songs” by Alejandra Pizarnik

[poboh]

Toscana, 1958, Gianni Berengo Gardin. Italian, born in 1930.

[vitt-och-natt]

Another Room

Phillis Levin

Another Room

There is another room You could spend time in. What a shame not to enter More often: walls a color

Hard to imagine, windows Overlooking a shy garden. From there it is easy to see A neighbor pinning laundry,

Composing a line of forlorn Collars and sleeves Punctuated by buttons Catching the afternoon sun,

Whose face was a stranger Until their mother-of-pearl Was torn from a bed in a reef. Whenever a chance to return

Returns, you wonder why You didn’t sit in that sofa, Alone or near someone In a chair, watching

A robin abandon The swaying branches, Listening to rain on the roof, Undersong of comfort,

Undersong of grief. A lifetime could be wasted Dreaming there, a lifetime Wasted not dreaming there.

[hiddenshores]

I do not let go of him yet, but hold the string and watch my idea of him pull away and stay, and pull away, my silver kite.

Sharon Olds, from “Slowly He Starts”, in Leap Year (via hiddenshores)

Anna's

[solitaria]

(by Xin Shiu)

[casadabiqueira]

Romualdas Rakauskas, 1981

[forgetlings]

The slow arrow of beauty. — The noblest kind of beauty is not that which suddenly transports us, which makes a violent and intoxicating assault upon us (such beauty can easily excite disgust), but that which slowly infiltrates us, which we bear away with us almost without noticing and encounter...

[yama-bato]

Birds Song

Elizabeth Stone

Thanks http://3wings.tumblr.com/

[chaseigliori-deactivated2021032]

This.

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[obsessivecompulsive]

Six simple rituals: 1. Drink a glass of water when you wake up. Your body loses water while you sleep, so you’re naturally dehydrated in the morning. A glass of water when you wake helps start your day fresh. 2. Define your top 3. Every morning ask yourself, “What are the top three most important tasks that I will complete today?” Prioritizes your day accordingly and don’t sleep until the Top 3 are complete. 3. The 50/10 Rule. Solo-task and do more faster by working in 50/10 increments. Use a timer to work for 50 minutes on only one important task with 10 minute breaks in between. Spend your 10 minutes getting away from your desk, going outside, calling friends, meditating, or grabbing a glass of water. 4. Move and sweat daily. Regular movement keeps us healthy and alert. It boosts energy and mood, and relieves stress. 5. Express gratitude. Gratitude fosters happiness. Each morning, think of at least five things you’re thankful for. In times of stress, pause and reflect on these things. 6. Reflect daily. Bring closure to your day through 10 minutes of reflection. Asks yourself, “What went well?” and “What needs improvement?”

(via moaka)

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I want to be understood by my country, nothing more.

but if I fail to be understood—

what then?

               I shall pass through my native land

               at an angle, in vain,

                                          like a shower

                                          of slanting rain.

—Mayakovsky