I Am Made Of Memories

there is no difference between ecstasy and tragedy when loving a god

[9notasaint]

“He saw darkness in her beauty and she saw beauty in his darkness.”

— about Hades and Persephone (via xvaniex)

[pmamtraveller]

Gustav Vigeland - Kneeling Man and Standing Woman

[cimmerianweathers]

Portrait of a Young Woman as Flora, by Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) and Carlo dei Fiori (1653-95). Undated. Oil on canvas.

[philosophybits]

“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”

— André Gide, Autumn Leaves

[lionfloss]

Yellowstone Wildflowers

[talonabraxas]

Statue of the goddess Aphrodite bathing in the garden of the Reggia di Caserta, Italy.

[oldpaintings]

The Birth of Venus by Paul Joseph Blanc (French, 1846–1904) 

[a-little-bit-pre-raphaelite]

Pre-Raphaelite Dove Advent Calendar 20

Saint Eulalia, 1885, John William Waterhouse

[oldpaintings]

Untitled (Woman in Moonlight) by Hemendranath Mazumdar (Indian, 1894–1948)

[witchstone]

Danaë  Gustav Klimt Oil on canvas Wurthle Gallery, Vienna, Austria  1907 - 1908

[hildegardavon]

Narcisse Virgilio Diaz de la Peña, 1807-1876

Ariadne on Naxos, n/d, oil on wood, 31x19 cm

Private Collection

[hildegardavon]

Narcisse Virgilio Diaz de la Peña, 1807-1876

The Forest Nymph, n/d, oil on plywood, 34.5×27 cm

Private Collection

[hildegardavon]

Narcisse Virgilio Diaz de la Peña, 1807-1876

Diana's bath, n/d, oil on canvas, 36.5x28.5 cm

Private Collection

[oldpaintings]

Flora by Albert Beck Wenzell (American, 1864–1917)

[xxstargoddessxx]

- Okne Enyunsk

[antigonick]

“What is it, that you need so badly? Think about this.”

— Mary Oliver, excerpt of “Logan International”, in Thirst

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Golden Fleece by Herbert James Draper (1904)