illustration from Christina Rossetti's poem : 'Goblin Market' by Hilda Hechle, 1914
Gustave Doré (1832–1883) The Destruction of Leviathan (Is. 27:1-13) (1866) Engraving “In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon on that is in the sea…” (Isaiah 27:1)
Details: Mid Ocean and The Ocean, ca. 1900, by Frederick Judd Waugh.
Not to get morbid - I'm in good spirits, I want to stress that - but hearing about those roman gravestones that address whoever pauses to read them makes me want to have one too once I'm done. But I don't think I want one that's sweetly thanking people for pausing to remember. I want to grab people by the throat from beyond the grave and put them into existential contemplations of their own life. Something along the lines of
In this moment we are both here - you there, aboveground, I here, below. Come tomorrow, I will still be here. Where will you be?
prints in my shop! :)
La Muerte es una Ilusión (Death is an Illusion), 2023
Artist: Alejandro Pasquale
by euphemia.stokefield
Dandelion crowns are such a nostalgic ware for so many folks! Remember to pick in later in the season once their pollen has already had its first picks for the bees!
forget about touching grass, i need to touch THE SEA I NEED TO GO INTO THE WATER I NEED TO DIVE INTO THE SEA!!!!!!!!!!!!
All that silence. #pascalcampion
i said 'explain physics to me like youre in love with me' and after a while of quiet he went 'everything sings'. so i get it now