magic words

and this is what it feels like

[funeral]

Sara Teasdale, "The Crystal Gazer", Dark of the Moon

[cherrychouchou]

embroidered ceramic vessel by caroline harrius

[miamaimania]

“what the eyes cannot see” (2010–2011) ⦿ Miriam Medrez — fiber and thread sculpture

[colorful4japan]

A window of a temple

Kyoto,Japan

2012

[bobbole]

Mitani Takuya

[venusimleder]

Prada, A/W 1999.

Ph. Norbert Schoerner

[pmamtraveller]

The Swan, 1915, by Hilma Af Klint

[maj8kko]

[petaltexturedskies]

Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

[claar-bookdragonwitch]

[commonplacebuddhism]

Being "good" will not make you invulnerable to disease, assure you of job promotions, or protect your children. Even being yourself will not add or subtract one iota from your life; it will only make your perceptions a bit more keen, soften your heart a little, deepen your dark places until they sound the depths, and brighten your shining to reflect your experience more clearly.

— Walking the Way: 81 Zen Encounters with the Tao Te Ching by Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum

[perfectfeelings]

“Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.”

— William Nicholson

[overthink]

we are just a moment in time

[sidneysheldon]

Sidney Sheldon, “Nothing Lasts Forever”

[diana-andraste]

Anita Ekberg threatening paparazzi with her bow and arrow, 1960

[goth-queen]

[goth-queen]