veni vidi amavi

Élisée Maclet. The Garden of Montmartre. 1950. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

intangible - madisen kuhn

Before Dawn - Xiao Hua Yang

Tiny starfishes I captured in the aquariums of Artis Royal Zoo, Amsterdam

Danez Smith, “It Began Right Here”

“Portrait of Heinrike Dannecker” Gottlieb Schick / “Portrait of Laura Battiferri” Bronzino / “San Simón” Pedro Pablo Rubens / “Female Saint Holding a Book” Amico Aspertini / “The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory” Johannes van Wijckersloot /Jean François de Troy, "Portrait of Princess Louisa Maria Theresa Stuart"

— Natalie Diaz, from The Hand Has Twenty-Seven Bones—: These Hands If Not Gods (via wishbzne)

Details of “Vengeance is Sworn” (1851 - oil on canvas) by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882)

daniel garber

Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.

It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So don’t worry if you’re not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!

It goes to show that conformity isn’t always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea.

It’s actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.

today's mood: get lost alone in Paris, wandering through small streets, find an old library and buy book here, spending the whole evening in vintage cafe and enjoying hot chocolate

An afternoon in annotations

Today’s setup. Quick reading session before my Ethics and Justice discussion