#rodin.

You’re evil. I love it.

FIrst: Claude Monet, Terrace in Sainte-Adresse. 

Look at that. It’s fantastic. I used to have a puzzle of this as a kid, which is part of why I love it so much.

Second: Not one in particular, but Rodin has a series of hands carved in marble, and seeing them was pretty much a religious experience for me. The detail, the life-like-ness...

This is just what popped up in google, I don’t have any particular hands in mind. I just think they’re marvelous.

Third: Today I’m thinking Degas. Well, really, I’m thinking this one specific painting of people singing on a balcony, but I’m tired and can’t remember the artist and also really love this Degas piece. So, The Ballet Class.

It’s my icon! Degas captures movement like no one else, and makes this period and its inhabitants seem normal, not like some mystical creatures from a time long past. I don’t know - his paintings just always get me.

tonight he was in search of a wrist blade. one he could wear underneath his coat or even his shirt. it would prove to be much easier when a target is in a busy place with one. despite the loud music blaring from the speakers over head, altaïr manages conversation with a young woman when he sees something out of the corner of his eye. suddenly, she matters not to him and he turns to his friend, corners of his lips curling upward. “ ah, the demon of the hour. you are a hard one to find sometimes, rodin. ”