John Constable - Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Posted on May 25 with 217 notes
I Lost My 30's: Kindness - Naomi Shihab Nye
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
… what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the…
Hotel-Restaurant Öschinensee | Switzerland (by Feffef) Wow, what a great place for lunch!
Posted on May 24 with 1 note
Souls never touch their objects.
An unnavigable sea washes with silent waves
Between us and the things… we converse with, (Emerson).
I spoke with vows the sea with silent waves
Erased.
An unnavigable sea washes with silent waves
Between us and the things… we converse with, (Emerson).
I spoke with vows the sea with silent waves
Erased.
- Dan Beachy-Quick, “Razo—On a line by Emerson, on a line by Melville, I need your help” (via invisiblestories)
Posted on May 24 with 200 notesStained Glass Window from the Mrs. George T. Bliss House, New York, 1908.
Détails du portrait de la marquise Balbi, Antoine Van Dyck.
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Posted on May 24 with 911 notes
My Father’s Hands by Calvin Worthington
My Father’s Hands by Calvin Worthington
His hands were rough and exceedingly strong. He could gently prune a fruit tree or firmly wrestle an ornery mule into harness. He could draw and saw a square with quick accuracy. He had been known to peel his knuckles upside a tough…
Those who don’t feel this Love
pulling them like a river
those who don’t drink dawn
like a cup of spring water
or take sunset like supper
those who don’t want to change
let them sleep…
pulling them like a river
those who don’t drink dawn
like a cup of spring water
or take sunset like supper
those who don’t want to change
let them sleep…
“There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.”
— William S. Burroughs
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Posted on May 22 with 1,006 notes
Hunting Sword with Scabbard by Joseph Deutschmann, crafted in Germany c. 1740 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Posted on May 21 with 9,651 notes