From: HOW TO READ A PERSON LIKE A BOOK (1971), by Gerard I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero.

René Lalique Serpent Pectoral Pendant designed around 1899.

found this INCREDIBLY powerful pic of miss piggy from her 1983 calendar

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Sensible Thing

Goya Series, 1997

keep a part of yourself reserved for yourself alone and build a relationship with the silence at the heart of your solitude. who you are before that silence is the closest thing you can get to an unobstructed view of yourself. the noisier it is in your head, the further away you are from the middle. take medication if it helps keep the volume down. remain in your body and listen to it. whatever the day disintegrates within you, make some attempt to reintegrate it each night. whatever emotion is shaking you like a rabbit in the jaws of a dog, go limp and wait for the dog to finish before you take action or speak rashly. keep all promises to yourself. eat and sleep and drink as well as you can. figure out what makes the integity of your self worse and quit doing it. show up every day to the job of taking care of yourself. forge close personal bonds with your peers, if you can locate some peers. dance.

the newest penguin classic baby sweater🐧

masaaki miyasako (1951-) racetrack, 2010 (184.5 × 365 cm), mineral pigments on paper

Futuro House by Matti Suuronen. Location: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Photo: Matthias Heiderich