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“Modern art has led me to the comprehension and appreciation of Indian painting and sculpture. It seems paradoxical but I know for certain that had we not come away to Europe, I should perhaps never have realized that a fresco from Ajanta or a small piece of sculpture in the Musee Guimet is worth more than a whole Renaissance.”

- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913 -1941) was an Indian painter of Punjabi Sikh and Hungarian Jewish descent. She began her career in Parisian Bohemian circles, but in 1933 she began to be haunted by an intense longing to return to India feeling in some strange way there lay her destiny as a painter.

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hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

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[looks for you in everything] [finds you there]

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Angie Wang - The Pony Express Delivers Its Apologies

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i hate this fucking "i'm just a girl" brand of feminism bc it is so easy for young women in their 20s who are afraid of big changes and personal growth to revert to depending on their gender and the associated fragility of it so that they can make it through life when really they're just trapping themselves in a position where they cannot and will not grow out of that fear.

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kirsten dunst for gear magazine (1999)

photographed by jesse frohman

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A baptism being held at Moon Lake, Mississippi, 1994. Photography by Norman, Mauskopf

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i think r/BenignExistence is my favorite subreddit 🥲 i love these pleasant little glimpses into strangers' lives

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Sunset at Playa del Carmen, México

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Brooch, made in England in the late 19th century (source).

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Art by Rebeca Fleur, Spanish

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as I’ve got older I’ve realised the literal worst or most life destroying thing can happen and then u wake up the next day and it’s like. Ok now what

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ten years ago you were so scared of such different things, but you survived them anyway. the same goes for five years ago and two years ago. everything that has ever felt like a hurdle, you’ve passed through. so be afraid, identify your fears, and then allow yourself to remember that in just a little while, this will be another thing that you have overcome.

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dj got us falling in love again

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Milena Francesio, 1979.

Model: Diana Taylor.