Melancholic Nostalgia

The Last Samurai (Edward Zwick, 2003).

Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets Sonet XL

The Last Samurai (2003)

Shkoder, Albania

Aftersun dir:Charlotte Wells

J. R. R. Tolkien ("The Fellowship of the Ring"), Parte de todo (src), Faiz Ahmed Faiz/tr. Naomi Lazard ("When Autumn Came"), Marina Tsvetaeva, a photo by me (src), Margaret Atwood ("War Photo 2"), photo (src), Tony Hoagland (“Peaceful Transition”), Slope Point, New Zealand (src), Tara Bray ("Listen"), Max Dupain ("Banksias by the Sea"), Mary Oliver ("When I am Among the Trees"), source unknown, Ted Kooser ("Trees")

Tsukimi お月見 - Tsukimi means “moon-gazing”. It’s a Japanese custom to enjoy and appreciate the beautiful mid-September full moon, by offering Dango (dumpling) with pampas grass to the moon.

Germany 2025

— Kazuo Ishiguro, Never let me go

art republished with artist’s permission

She's in her golden gown tonight. ♡

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Violet Dickinson wr. c. October 1904