Memoria, Mors, et Tenebrae

Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owl and Other Stories; from 'The Blind Owl', tr. D. P. Costello

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Kiss sculpture in Vienna Central cemetery

by Clay Hensley

The Witch (1893) by John Collier

“In peace I will lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8)

Lincoln Cathedral. February 2015.

This object reflects a time when understanding the human body was both a scholarly pursuit and a confrontation with mortality.

Ruins of Netley Abbey, Hampshire (mid-19th century) - Miss Selby

Alsace, France

Barn owl, Life on Earth, David Attenborough, 1979

Julia Soboleva, “Thin red thread”

The Angel of Death Striking a Door During the Plague of Rome

ℑ 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔩𝔢𝔡𝔤𝔢, 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔶 𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔩𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔣 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔱𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫.