— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, from Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.

way out there - lord huron

Eros, ancient one whose might it was that brought life into being, capricious one whose gift it is  to fire the hearts of gods and men with lust and love,  I call out to you. Eros, master of desire, bearer of the bow, your golden shafts you shoot, so swift, so sharp, we barely feel the prick. Eros, your blessings I have known; I know their worth. They are a treasure, precious and true. Eros, grant to me your sweet misery, the yearning and the need that drive mankind, that bring us  together again and again. Strike me  with your dart, O Eros, make of me your mark.

— Paulo Coelho, The Spy 

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surreal animal sculptures made of metallic branches pay homage to the gifts of nature

Devil Horns from a Ring of Fire : Atmospheric refraction flattened the solar disk and distorted its appearance in this telescopic view of an Atlantic sunrise on June 10. From Belmar, New Jersey on the US east coast, the scene was recorded at New Moon during this season’s annular solar eclipse. The Moon in partial silhouette gives the rising Sun its crescent shape reminding some of the horns of the devil (or maybe a flying canoe …). But at its full annular phase this eclipsed Sun looked like a ring of fire in the heavens. June’s annular solar eclipse followed on the heels of the total lunar eclipse of late May’s Full Moon. Of course, that total lunar eclipse was a dramatic red Blood Moon eclipse. via NASA

A chance encounter with god, acrylic on canvas.

a reward for being stubborn enough.

Sierra DeMulder, “Evolution in Nine Parts” from New Shoes On A Dead Horse

Greco Roman period, ca 30 BC 300 AD

An Encounter with Simone Weil 

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ivan shishkin, rain in the oak forest / vladimir nabokov, letters to vera / rodion kutsaev on unsplash / george herbert, the flower / j. r. r. tolkien, the return of the king / peter mørk mønsted, landscape with a fishing boy / madelainejubileesato’s post / andrew peterson, “after all these years” / dimsilver’s photo / vladimir kurilov on shutterstock