This is so soothing

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Gabriela Mistral, tr. by Langston Hughes, from Selected Poems; “Quietness,”

Brydie Mack

— Cecilia Meireles, tr. by Eloah F. Giacomelli, from “I Placed My Dream,”

Nancy Morejón, tr. Anita Whitney, from Black Woman & Other Poems; “The Reason For Poetry,”

Buttermilk Falls | Ani Lynn

— Margaret Atwood, from “The Year of the Flood,” published c. 2009

D. H. Lawrence, from “The Lost Girl,” originally published c. October 1920 (via violentwavesofemotion)

Grand Erg Oriental, Algeria – “A vast field of star dunes in this desert stands astride wind-carved hills in one of the driest landscapes on Earth.” This photo was taken on 31 October 2017 from the International Space Station. Photo credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration [4312x2868]

Nude with Back Turned, 1907, Oskar Kokoschka

Pablo Picasso

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 17, 2019, the 2,410th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its Navigation Cameras (Navcams).

Vincent van Gogh

Pablo Picasso