mostly ghostly

I know I could have loved you but you would not let me

The thalai, with the pendant known as chutti, that Tamil brides wear on their forehead. Scanned from the book Wedding Ceremonies: Ethnic Symbols, Costume and Rituals; 2001; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone

Cat paw prints in the medieval floor tiles of the 12th century CE St Peter Church in Wormleighton, England

Wild horses in the Pindus mountain range, Greece

flamingos flying over tanzania’s lake natron, a salt lake which is home to three quarters of the world’s three million lesser flamingos, as well as toxic multicoloured extremophile cyanobacteria that thrive in water so hypersaline it would strip away human skin. for the flamingos, however, the tough skin and scales on their legs prevents burning, leaving them uniquely free to drink from the near boiling freshwater found from springs and geysers at the lake’s edges.  (x, x, x, x, x)

Beirut, 2011

i'll always be disposable