Born into this

"An object created by the human spirit and intellect, which means a significant object, is..."

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:19:26 -0400

“An object created by the human spirit and intellect, which means a significant object, is ‘significant’ in that it points beyond itself, is an expression and exponent of a more universal spirit and intellect, of a whole world of feelings and ideas that have found a more or less perfect image of themselves in that object - by which the degree of its significance is then measured. Moreover, love for such an object is itself equally ‘significant.’ It says something about the person who feels it, it defines his relationship to the universe, to the world represented by the created object and, whether consciously or unconsciously, loved along with it.”

- Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

Reasons I fall down a rabbit hole of literature and music and movies and more whenever I fall in love with an author or composer or friend.

(via staylorellis)

jesuisperdu: from the series Towards an Uncertain...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:04:50 -0400

jesuisperdu:

from the series Towards an Uncertain Light

ahndraya parlato

darksilenceinsuburbia: Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison....

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:02:35 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. Sentinels. Dream Fall.

Website

Jack Shainman Gallery

Via Art From Suburbia

art-library: Claude Monet, The rocks of Belle-Lle.

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:59:05 -0400

art-library:

Claude Monet, The rocks of Belle-Lle.

lamelancoly: John Goodman - Identity, 2004

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:53:31 -0400

lamelancoly:

John Goodman - Identity, 2004

"…human life and objects and trees vibrate with mysterious meanings which can be deciphered like..."

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:12:24 -0400

“…human life and objects and trees vibrate with mysterious meanings which can be deciphered like cuneiform writing. There exists a meaning, hidden from day to day but accessible in moments of greatest attentiveness, in those moments when consciousness loves the world.”

- Adam Zagajewski, Two Cities: On Exile, History, and the Imagination, trans. Lillian Vallee (with thanks to Whiskey River)

aphelia: untitled by nathanwebster. on Flickr.

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:07:05 -0400

aphelia:

untitled by nathanwebster. on Flickr.

bizarrereverie: Remedios Varo, Phenomenon 1962

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:20:24 -0400

bizarrereverie:

Remedios Varo, Phenomenon 1962

"But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn’t exist, and what..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:04:27 -0400

““But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn’t exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.
Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You’re stupid.””

- The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov (via literarylust)

"Su cento persone: che ne sanno sempre più degli altri - cinquantadue; insicuri a ogni passo -..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:42:04 -0400

“

Su cento persone:

che ne sanno sempre più degli altri
- cinquantadue;

insicuri a ogni passo
- quasi tutti gli altri;

pronti ad aiutare,
purché la cosa non duri molto
- ben quarantanove;

buoni sempre,
perché non sanno fare altrimenti
- quattro, be’, forse cinque;

propensi ad ammirare senza invidia
- diciotto;

viventi con la continua paura
di qualcuno o qualcosa
- settantasette;

dotati per la felicità,
- al massimo non più di venti;

innocui singolarmente,
che imbarbariscono nella folla
- di sicuro più della metà;

quelli col senno di poi
- non molti di più
di quelli col senno di prima;

che dalla vita prendono solo cose
- quaranta,
anche se vorrei sbagliarmi;

ripiegati, dolenti
e senza torcia nel buio
- ottantatré
prima o poi;

degni di compassione
- novantanove;

mortali
- cento su cento.
Numero al momento invariato

”

- Wislawa Szymborska (via biancolatte)

yeaverily: Graciela Iturbide, Untitled, South Texas Ranch...

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:34:03 -0400

yeaverily:

Graciela Iturbide, Untitled, South Texas Ranch series, 2004

earthandus: Rare Redeye Flatwing Butterfly. This butterfly is...

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:24:02 -0400

earthandus:

Rare Redeye Flatwing Butterfly.

This butterfly is in the Pyrginae subfamily, they are large, robust and have the wings expanded flat when when rest. Their larvae are brightly in colours with pink and green. Butterfly is orange-brown in colour with creamy semi-transparence patches on forewings. There are the blue -grey veins on the wings. Its eyes are red in colour.

luzfosca: Josef Sudek Vikářská ulička, kolem 1935 From The...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:23 -0400

luzfosca:

Josef Sudek

Vikářská ulička, kolem 1935

From The Book: Prazsky Chodec Photography by Josef Sudek

"my father always said, “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” it..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:50:47 -0400

“

my father always said, “early to bed and
early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy
and wise.”

it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our house
and we were up at dawn to the smell of
coffee, frying bacon and scrambled
eggs.

my father followed this general routine
for a lifetime and died young, broke,
and, I think, not too
wise.

taking note, I rejected his advice and it
became, for me, late to bed and late
to rise.

now, I’m not saying that I’ve conquered
the world but I’ve avoided
numberless early traffic jams, bypassed some
common pitfalls
and have met some strange, wonderful
people

one of whom
was
myself—someone my father
never
knew.

”

- Charles Bukowski, “Throwing Away the Alarm Clock” (via larmoyante)

facepalmmozart: A Bosnian soldier plays the piano in the...

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:40:22 -0400

facepalmmozart:

A Bosnian soldier plays the piano in the destroyed music school in town
[photo by Teun Voeten, Mostar, Bosnia, September 1992]

klimt-artwork: Vincent van Gogh, Mohn und Schmetterling

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:19:18 -0400

klimt-artwork:

Vincent van Gogh, Mohn und Schmetterling

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:33:48 -0400

"Il tempo intanto correva, il suo battito silenzioso scandisce sempre più precipitoso la vita, non ci..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:17:46 -0400

“Il tempo intanto correva, il suo battito silenzioso scandisce sempre più precipitoso la vita, non ci si può fermare neanche un attimo, neppure per un’occhiata indietro. ‘Ferma, ferma!’ si vorrebbe gridare, ma si capisce che è inutile. Tutto quanto fugge via, gli uomini, le stagioni, le nubi; e non serve aggrapparsi alle pietre, resistere in cima a qualche scoglio, le dita stanche si aprono, le braccia si afflosciano inerti, si è trascinati ancora nel fiume, che pare lento ma non si ferma mai.”

- Dino Buzzati, Il deserto dei Tartari (via w4bi)

german-expressionists: Мстислав Добужинский (Mstislav...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:07:37 -0400

german-expressionists:

Мстислав Добужинский (Mstislav Dobuzhinsky), Крыши домов (Rooftops), 1901

lollopings: a fear of forgetting

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:10:27 -0400

lollopings:

a fear of forgetting