Anaïs Nin, from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5: 1947-1955
[Text ID: I could not live in any of the worlds offered to me — the world of my parents, the world of war, the world of politics. I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I could breathe, reign, and recreate myself when destroyed by living. That, I believe, is the reason for every work of art.]
from a reprint of the 1976 picture book Takeru by Masakane Yonekura
NAMIKI Hajime(並木一 Japanese, b.1947)
Tree Scene 105 2001 woodblock print 38×31cm via
#stars #constellations #thenightsky #astrology #goodnightmoon
Attributed to Giuliano Pesello, The Celestial Hemesphere in the Sagrestia Vecchia ca.1442
a sculpture of Mary with crystals by Kyle Montgomery
Kokoshnik is a traditional Russian headdress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan, primarily worn in the northern regions of Russia in the 16th to 19th centuries.
Кокошник - (от слав. «кокош», обозначавшего курицу и петуха,старинный русский головной убор в виде гребня (опахала, полумесяца или округлого щита) вокруг головы, символ русского традиционного костюма.
#art #saint&sinner #thevirginandthewhore
Frank Papé illustration for Thaïs, Anatole France, 1890
#studioghibli #anime #princessmononoke #wolfgirl
Pour into what I know will not be filled.
𝙸 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸’𝚖 𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢
𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸’𝚖 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢,
𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘
𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛
𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠
𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍.