the world is quiet here

the exorcist (1973) dir. william friedkin

© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society  

DOGTOOTH (2009) dir. by YORGOS LANTHIMOS

Medium: oil,canvas

﹒[HONORABLE MENTIONS: FATHER by THE FRONT BOTTOMS, FOSSILIZING TRAUMA by BLYTHE BAIRD (especially because Laura used to communicate in her diary by writing frankly amazing poems instead of being able to speak directly about her trauma), KILL ME and UNDER THE WATER by THE PRETTY RECKLESS, SATAN SAYS by SHARON OLDS, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN by JOYCE CAROL OATES, POEM FOR THREE DEAD GIRLS OF LAST SUMMER by RACHEL MCKIBBENS and a thousand other things that exist and remind me of Laura that I will forget to put here.]

SPITE AS FUEL.

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I'm your freaky Nikki. OBSESSION (2026) dir. Curry Barker

100mph on postcards from @kyleknight

"I guess there's something about you don't know why you're attracted to a character, but you're attracted to them enough to want to—it's like when a song comes on, and you feel like dancing. You don't know why; you just want to dance." - Ryan Gosling

beginning of july

Rouge cakes soon mold, and the flowers wait for no one. No sooner are you done picking, then they bloom again. ONLY YESTERDAY (1991) dir. Isao Takahata

Another illustration from my 2027 wall calendar. This piece is also available as art prints on Inprnt (based in USA, offers worldwide shipping) as well as Printler (based in EU).