The Lunatic of Ilium

Jasmine flower harvest. Scanned from the book Wedding Ceremonies: Ethnic Symbols, Costume and Rituals; 2001; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone

— Iain M. Banks, from “A Gift from the Culture,” The State of the Art (Orbit, 1991)

18th-century stabbur ~ Hattfjelldal, Norland, Norway △ photo by Elin

English translation: They asked "Do you love her to death?" | said "Speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life."

The Bird of A Thousand Voices, installation by Boris Acket at the Vilnius Light Festival in the St. Catherine Church, 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨

Oulad Yahya; Draa. From the book Coiffures féminines du Maroc: Au sud du Haut Atlas; 1990; Mireille Morin-Barde

mavis staples photographed in the mid 70s. 📷: marc pokempner. from mavis! (2016)

Dorothy Allison, from “To The Bone”

Minoan octopus fresco

just saw this personal ad from 1966 (sourced here) and god. this is really it

USSR 1981 / Arts and Crafts of Dagestan / North Caucasus 

— jay vespertine; from the usual: full moon insanity