Its A Mess Innit

After almost a decade on this site, I found another Tumblr user in the wild. I stopped to tie my shoe with rainbow laces this morning outside the silversmith at Colonial Williamsburg, and I heard it.

“I like your shoelaces.”

Oh. Oh no.

I responded the only way I could. “Thanks.” And then I reluctantly added, “I stole them from the president…and if that makes sense to you, I’m very sorry.”

The poor man, in full Colonial dress, stared at me for a long moment. And then burst into laughter. And said, “I haven’t thought about that in YEARS and this has never happened to me before.”

Yeah. Me neither. Not until today.

PUT YOUR LIMBS BACK AND HOLD THIS INSTEAD

woops! Not even Rocky's fault this time.

A followup to this

sacred and profane love (1603) by giovanni baglioni // supernatural 8.17 “goodbye stranger”

giovanni baglioni painted sacred and profane love in response to caravaggio’s 1602 painting, amor vincit omnia (“love conquers all”). amor vincit omnia depicts a young cupid and is considered to be a representation of homoeroticism. even in his own time, caravaggio was well known for having affairs with the boys he painted.