𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒏

Art by Raja Nandepu

― Ovid, Metamorphoses

Minor Arcana by Casimir

Maurice Sapiro (American,b.1932)

Cloud At Dusk, 2011

oil on canvas

tell me you’ve been thinking of me

The Course of Empire is a series of five paintings created by the English-born American painter Thomas Cole between 1833 and 1836, which depicts the growth and fall of an imaginary city. The Course of Empire comprises the following works: The Course of Empire – The Savage State (1); The Arcadian or Pastoral State (2); The Consummation of Empire (3); Destruction (4); and Desolation (5).

mars black

Vertigo Peaks by Dion Anja 2. Return II by Dean Gioia

Kate Chopin, from The Awakening

You become happier when you realize that no one belongs to you. Only you belong to you. Real love is not possessive; it’s appreciative, respectful of individuality, and reciprocal.