January 2010
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December 2009
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“Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And...”
– St. Augustine (via vild) (via orientaltiger) (via quiettragedy) (via nostalgicdreams) (via xineann)
Persephone the Wanderer
xineann:
In the first version, Persephone is taken from her mother and the goddess of the earth punishes the earth—this is consistent with what we know of human behavior,
that human beings take profound satisfaction in doing harm, particularly unconscious harm:
we may call this negative creation.
Persephone’s initial sojourn in hell continues to be pawed over by scholars who dispute the...
A Song for Nobody
xineann:
A yellow flower (Light and spirit) Sings by itself For nobody.
A golden spirit (Light and emptiness) Sings without a word By itself.
Let no one touch this gentle sun In whose dark eye Someone is awake.
(No light, no gold, no name, no color and no thought: O, wide awake!)
A golden heaven Sings by itself A song to nobody.
~Thomas Merton
“Last summer, green things were greener
Brambles fewer, the blue sky bluer.”
– Christina Rossetti (via xineann)
Watchtapwaterjackson:
Lucky - Animation by EB Hu, Music by Phillip Sheppard.
Tragic, beautiful, thoughtful.
“Treat every person with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you....”
– (via mesalina)
