Ballad~Bird

Ksenia Svincova has created some dark and fantastical artwork inspired by Norse Mythology.

Butterflies drinking the tears of a caiman. In regions where salt is scarce, it’s common to see butterflies and even bees drinking tears from reptiles.

Hellboy

Ornately scrimshawed gunpowder horn belonging to John Norton, crafted by John Rous, circa French and Indian War.

ghost choir 👻 🎵

so, in other words,

It was in the darkest hour in the darkest of places upon the shadow isles where love, not hate or scorn defeated death and misery. The urge to be united with the person that man longed for so dearly, greater than the burning anger that whispered venomous words of revenge into his ear and through an act of sacrifice was his love returned to him. 

What are gods and demons against such devotion to one another? How can they hope to defeat us when we fight not for ourselves, but for one another. When we march to war out of love for the things we choose to defend instead of the glory and riches that comes with conquest.

The next time you are trapped in the jaws of war free yourself from the ensnaring hold of anger and rage and think instead of  a place you wish to see preserved, a people thankful and prosperous living in peace or simply a lovers embrace to return home to. 

East German dress sword, circa 1950′s