Every Tale's Essence

Devotee of poets past, invested in the weirdness of it all. Posts on: quotes, literature, art, history, travel, & photography.

[whitgbson]

"Laughter. Running. Let-down hair. That is all there is to life."

Vladimir Nabokov

[whitgbson]

"Perhaps there is more to your story than just all of your yesterdays."

Kate Clemons

[whitgbson]

"Rebirth sucks when the flames give that first lick. But once you're in it, there's nothing more fire than the collaging of your insides.

Haven Skye

[whitgbson]

Lately I'm feeling tired the sun doesn't quite warm my skin you say sweet things to me and I can't hear them lately I'm feeling flat like the earth doesn't know who I am

Gemma Troy

[whitgbson]

"Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[whitgbson]

"Listen. Learn. Go on. That it every tale's essence."

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

[whitgbson]

"It's your one chance at life. Live in epic grace."

Mark Borchardt

[whitgbson]

"Keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can."

Louisa May Alcott

[whitgbson]

We have to be more interested in making things better than just being right, or interesting, or funny.

Roxane Gay

[whitgbson]

my place is between you and the things that can hurt you.

Tyler Knott Gregson

[whitgbson]

"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."

Pema Chödrön

[intheheatherbright]

Costume. Chitons.

[intheheatherbright]

Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece (London: B. T. Batsford, 1931).

[killerchickadee]

Wait, wait…. Is that seriously it? How their clothes go?

[treewizarded]

that genuinely is it

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

yeah hey whats up bout to put some fucking giant sheets on my body

[sourcefieldmix-deactivated20161]

lets bring back sheetwares

[hostagesandsnacks]

also chlamys:

and exomis:

[hidingthemane-deactivated201801]

trust the ancients to make a fashion statement out of straight cloth and nothing but pins

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Wrap Yourself In Blankets, Call It a Day

[awhiffofcavendish]

Wear blanket. Conquer world.

[goys2men]

That last one looks dope

[moniquill]

Squares and rectangles: easy to weave!! No cutting means no hemming.

[hc-svnt-dracones]

And easy to construct, you don’t have to have complicated seaming and patterning to turn fabric into clothing!

[pendragyn]

ancient Egyptian robes

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

This sort of clothing solution wasn’t just for the Mediterranean, or northern Africa, either. Behold the Belted Plaid:

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[marlynnofmany]

Has anyone already reblogged this with saris? It’s cool how many cultures have similarities like this hidden in plain sight.

[tieras]

https://kalaavarsha.com/how-to-wear-or-drape-a-saree/

[deliciouswastelandgoddess]

The lungi is a traditional garment worn in many southern states of India. It's different from the dhoti, in that it is a tubular shape (like

Since we are here might as well share the dhoti and the lungi

https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-a-Lungi

https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-a-Pancha-Kachcham?amp=1

It’s only men in the photos but really anyone can wear them. I am wearing a lungi right now.

I also know Thailand and Sri Lanka have their versions of a lungi as well.

[litsnaps]

[killrockstar]

empire of the senseless, kathy acker

[funnytwittertweets]

[tylerknott]

Typewriter Series #153 for yo asses. And eyes. (at Helena, Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5UdDov8o8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[fragarach21]

Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury (England).