Collage Work By Paw Grabowski (oejerum)

Half wood-nymph, half princess.

Molly Haskell on Audrey Hepburn, FIlm Comment (1991)

“[That] there were sunsets every day, that we weren’t meant to be coffined and buried whilst all the time still living, that nothing of the dark was so enormous that never could we surmount it, that always there were new chapters, that we must let go the old, open ourselves to symbolism, to the most unexpected of interpretations, that we must too, uncover what we’ve kept hidden, what we think we might have lost.”

— Anna Burns, from Milkman (via firstfullmoon)

Van Gogh, Monet, Waugh, Degas; pastel touch.

“above the gray sea ice clouded with crystals I felt, a grim reminder of something gone wrong, (…)”

— Joanna Klink, from Peripheries in “Circadian”

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EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME:

[5/8] JAPANESE GODS AND GODDESSES | AME NO UZUME

Ame no Uzume [天鈿女命] is the goddess of dawn, mirth and revelry in the Shinto religion of Japan. She famously relates to the tale of the missing sun deity, Amaterasu.

Amaterasu’s brother, the storm god Susanoo, had vandalized her rice fields, threw a flayed horse at her loom, and brutally killed one of her maidens due to a quarrel between them. In turn, Amaterasu became furious with him and retreated into the Heavenly Rock Cave, Amano-Iwato. The world, without the illumination of the sun, became dark and the gods could not lure Amaterasu out of her hiding place.

It was then that the clever Uzume overturned a tub near the cave entrance and began a dance on it, tearing off her clothing in front of the other deities. They considered this so comical that they laughed heartily at the sight. Amaterasu heard them, and peered out to see what all the fuss was about. When she opened the cave, she saw her glorious reflection in a mirror which Uzume had placed on a tree, and slowly emerged from her hiding spot. At that moment, the god Ame no Tajikarawo dashed forth and closed the cave behind her, refusing to budge so that she could no longer retreat. Another god tied a magic straw rope across the entrance. Other deities then asked Amaterasu to rejoin the divine. She agreed, and light was restored to the earth.

I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.

JANEEYRE(2011) | dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga

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

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