the blackbirds are rough today
and the butterflies and ants and bridges and cemeteries

the rocket-makers and dogs and garage mechanics
will still go on a
while

until we run out of stamps
and/or
ideas.
15:45 bachs:

The Rape of Proserpina (detail), Bernini, 1621.
15:35"You’re going to discover that conversations are best at 4am. The heavier the eyelids, the sincerer the words. Those are the talks you’ll remember. It’s ok not to know the answer and silence is not awkward. It’s shared, so share it more often than not." — Jeff Stuckel

(Source: thr-ill, via ornatos)

11:01 “He too saw the image in the water; but he looked up at once, and became aware of the lovely lassie who sat there up in the tree.”
The Lassie and her GodmotherEast of the Sun, West of the Moon Kay Nielsen (1914)- illustration from Peter Christen Asbjørnsen & Jrgen Engebretsen Moe’s East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
10:57
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Lost in Amsterdam by Parov Stelar
10:45
10:39 gifmovie:

From my walk yesterday
21:49 // Her Face was Veiled with a Veil of Gauze but her Feet were Naked //
Jessie M. King - illustration from Oscar Wilde’s The Fisherman and His Soul
21:48
15:55 // He found her hiding in a tree //
John Bauer
15:50"Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand." — William Butler Yeats (The Stolen Child)