emma. 19. lost amongst the fauna and flora of the plains.
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Uncredited Photographer Young Member of the French Anti-fascist Resistance 1944
“I missed only Lila, Lila who didn’t answer my letters. I was afraid of what was happening to her, good or bad, in my absence. It was an old fear, a fear that has never left me: the fear that, in losing pieces of her life, mine lost intensity and importance. And the fact that she didn’t answer emphasized that preoccupation. However hard I tried in my letters to communicate the privilege of the days in Ischia, my river of words and her silence seemed to demonstrate that my life was splendid but uneventful, which left me time to write to her every day, while hers was dark but full.”
— Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend
Shawl Dancers. Ruthe Blalock Jones / Chulundit. 2004. acrylic on canvas
lila and rino sibling dynamic in my brilliant friend book reminds me very much with dany and viserys. both of these girls suffered so much abuse from the brothers that supposed to protected them :(
mary oliver, ‘from this river, when i was a child, i used to drink’
[ID: “‘What, precisely, will you grieve for?’ For the river. For myself, my lost joyfulness. For the children who will not know what a river can be—a friend, a companion, a hint of heaven.” end ID]
Tunisia | view of the Gafsa oasis
unknown photographer, 1920's
u heard about doomed by the narrative now get ready for doomed by my mum and her coven of space eugenics cult sisters thru their 10k year long breeding program. duned by the narrative if u will
Annie: There are legends of people born with the gift of making music so true, it can pierce the veil between life and death; conjuring spirits from the past...and the future. In ancient Ireland, they were called Filí. In Choctaw land, they called them Fire Keepers. And in West Africa, they were called Griots. This gift can bring healing to their communities. But it also...attracts evil....
Sinners (2025)
Irish band kneecap opening their set at coachella weekend 2
since dawn, israel has killed at least 64 people in strikes targeting overcrowded homes and displacement tents — one of the deadliest mornings in Gaza since the genoc/de resumed last month.
“Veil of Smoke” by Unknown Photographer ◇ Cigarette smoke caught between transparency and touch
Credits : Tian Shiguang, Reborn - Jiang Hanting, Blue Bird and Fish Pond - Zhang Dazhuang, Sun Jing - Zhang Shanji, Wang Fuan, Tiger Calligraphy - Xie Zhiliu, Pan Boying, Orchid and Poem in Cursive Script - Ding Fuzhi,Pomegranate flowers
Hall, Creech Grange, unknown artist (signed with monogram 'D.R' lower right), English school, c. 19th century, watercolour.
'boundaries' as the dignity of a human being and their personhood, autonomy and inherent right to live being eroded and destroyed. lila thrown out of a window as a child for demanding to go to school. pasquale's father being thrown against a wall for demanding justice after mafiosi stole his shop. the neighbourhood itself as the thing that shaves down your dignity. poverty and capitalism and fascism and misogyny all fused together to create a different beast, and that beast eats away at your boundaries slowly slowly slowly. pasquale's mama in the bathroom after a lifetime of sorrow and horror. the children are outside singing. do you remember? she painted her nails red. 'dissolving boundaries' as the body's response to abuse in its every form, individual and societal. and so the person within the body becomes undone. loosens. nothing firm remains. like oil like water. lila cerullo.
The Bridge at La Cava, Kingdom of Naples
Joseph Bidauld (1758-1846)
oil on paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source: I was there
New Yorkkkkkkkkk
beaded & embroidered felt earrings ❤️✨ handmade with vintage & salvaged beads
etsy
The Death of Sappho (1876) by Gustave Moreau
In Weimar Germany, in 1930, before Hitler, you could get gender treatment as a trans woman. The laws against homosexuality were largely unenforced, and the earliest gender-affirming surgeries were being developed.
A few years later, those same people were all living inside Hitler's Germany. It was all gone.
In the US in 2024 you could get an M, F, or X gender marker on your passport. No questions asked, just circle the box you want.
It's gone now.
Each verse of history has the same refrain. Kill your generation's fascists and rebuild.
The Brontë Sisters (Anne Brontë; Emily Brontë; Charlotte Brontë) by Patrick Branwell Brontë oil on canvas, circa 1834 NPG 1725
© National Portrait Gallery, London
The grandeur of life is the attempt, not the solution. It's about being as fearless as one can and behaving as beautifully as one can under completely impossible circumstances. Good is more interesting, more complex, more demanding. Evil is silly. It may be horrible, but it is not a compelling idea. The opposite survival, blossoming, endurance, those things are more compelling intellectually, if not spiritually, which they certainly are also. We are already born. We are going to die. So in between, you have to do something interesting that you respect.
Toni Morrison
Imogene costume for Renee Fleming in “IL Pirata” | Robert Perdziola
Chinese courtyard by 熊丁