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(ē-kwə-ˈni-mə-tē) noun | A sign of extreme emotional intelligence, equanimity is defined as remaining calm, composed, and mentally stable in a strenuous situation. Although displaying equanimity may seem ordinary or cold, it is a deeply mastered psychological state of mind, where one is undisturbed by the experience of pain or panic-stricken circumstances. It showcases a balanced mind under pressure.  (via wordsnquotes)

Conflicted.

Anatomy for artists. A handbook of pictorial art. 1921.

Emily Dickinson (via loveage-moondream)

Collection of lachrymatorys (or lachrymosas), these tear catchers or tear vials - sometimes worn on a necklace, sometimes merely held - were used to gather the tears wept by mourners at funerals, to hold the tears of people mourning the passing of loved ones. One type of lachrymosa had a special top which allowed the tears to evaporate (signifying the time to stop mourning), others had a sealed top to allow the tears to last for a year, at which point they would be poured on the grave of the person whom the tears were wept for, Victorian era, 19th Century.

She Was Summoned By Darkness by Bill Crisafi

The Grauballe Man is a remarkably well preserved human body which was discovered in a peat bog in Denmark, 1952. Believed to date back to the 3rd century BC, a more thorough analysis revealed that the deceased had apparently died due to a deep neck laceration. The individual, which was found to be a man aged around 30 years old at the time of death, may well be an existing example of either an act of human sacrifice or murder as the ear-to-ear wound on his throat ruled out the potentiality of suicide. Due to the successful extent of preservation, fingerprints were able to be taken before he was put on display at the Moesgaard Museum. The body can still be seen there today.

Eve Repentant, George Frederick Watts

Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters (via poems-and-words)

Mineralized Forms of Yesterday’s Whispers

Nayirrah Waheed (via wordsnquotes)