the sacred scorpion

1920’s Czech glass charm 

Sophocles, tr. by Robert Fagles, from The News of Orestes’ Death; “Electra,”

1897

olly jeavons, hotheadedness

Flower sellers at the Central Market in Riga, Latvia (1964) (via)

adam whyte

Hijras, who can be eunuchs, intersex or transgender, have been part of South Asia’s culture for thousands of years. Eunuchs are celebrated in sacred Hindu texts such as the Mahabharata and the Kama Sutra. They also enjoyed influential positions in the Mughal courts. (x)

Cecil Beaton, Bathroom of his house where would ask to stencil guest’s hands and have them sign it 

Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Shell paintings by babyjewish on instagram.

From The Story of a Tattooed Girl by Cindy Ray, 1966

Attributed to Giuliano Pesello, The Celestial Hemesphere in the Sagrestia Vecchia ca.1442