town loser

Vanitas Flower Still Life, detail c. 1656 by Willem van Aelst

A hawk with an arrow pierced through its body.

Museo del Prado

Collection of lachrymatorys (or lachrymosas), these tear catchers or tear vials - sometimes worn on a necklace, sometimes merely held - were used to gather the tears wept by mourners at funerals, to hold the tears of people mourning the passing of loved ones. One type of lachrymosa had a special top which allowed the tears to evaporate (signifying the time to stop mourning), others had a sealed top to allow the tears to last for a year, at which point they would be poured on the grave of the person whom the tears were wept for, Victorian era, 19th Century.

Sandro Botticelli Three Graces, detail.

the energy I get from sinning

Weeping Mary.

When (Neutron) Stars Collide : This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided. (via NASA)

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For Untitled (Perfect Lovers) (1991), he synchronized two industrial clocks placed side by side. Inevitably, because batteries fail and things tend toward entropy, the clocks would slowly begin to advance at differing rates, out of sync, having moved, however briefly, perfectly together. (x)

Edward John Poynter - The Ionian Dance [detail]