le jardin des larmes

it actually is Thursday the 23rd

2009

Hugo Simberg, The Garden of Death, 1896.

Maybe it’s supposed to be a memento mori, but a comforting and encouraging one.

“In Simberg’s garden the humble Death-like figures struggle against harsh conditions; the landscape around the garden has burnt yellow, it is dry and barren. The cherished flowers grow in exotic shapes, slowly, requiring constant care. The black-clad figures love their nurslings. The garden is a place where Death is allowed to realize its feelings of affection. The Garden of Death can be seen depicting the impossibility of this love; maybe the flowers are tender and fragile because they can not handle the love of Death. Love has two faces: one of them is the face of devastation.”

crisp glass of water moodboard

Please

As several others have already said in the notes, this is Jerome Robbins’ “Mistake Waltz,” and it is GLORIOUS. And so much respect for the dancers, because having to do something intentionally wrong is frequently harder than trying to do it right.

palestine will be free

Little Finnish Things

Asiallinen

Fairy crossing 🪽🌿

from Frankenstein illustrated by Lynd Ward

The Seine Bridge at Asnieres (1887) by Vincent van Gogh

Thomas Fearnley; details of From Balestrand at the Sognefjord.