The Old Grieving Autumn Goes On Calling To Its Summer The Valley Is Calling To Other Valleys Beyond The

𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝙱𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚊𝚔𝚘𝚟, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟾-𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟶)

how to live like a fairy:

- grow flowers, walk and dig in the soil

- eat wild strawberries and blueberries, have fruit picnics

- dance your heart away while the moon is shining upon you

- drink water infused with lavender and honey

- collect things that call to you, let them whisper their secrets and long history to you

…and the result was that he harbored a longing for all that is infinite and inexpressible.

– Albert Vigoleis Thelen, The Island of Second Sight

Teju Cole, interviewed by Aleksandar Hemon for Bomb Magazine

[Text ID: “What do I believe in? Imagination, gardens, science, poetry, love, and a variety of non-violent consolations. I suspect that in aggregate all this isn’t enough, but it’s where I am for now.“]

“(…) sudden October, the leaves burning,”

— Marie Howe, from Apology in “The Good Thief”

Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton; “Iron Hans,” wr. c. 1963

witches in old fairytales had the right idea. living alone, unmarried, in the middle of the woods, and if a hero stumbled across their cottage they’re like “maybe I’ll give you a magical token to help you out. maybe I’ll fuck up your entire life. depends :)”

Art by Mindy Lee

Winona Ryder and Sadie Frost as Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra 

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) dir Francis Ford Coppola

well i guess it's just me and my unconditional love for the moon against the world