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‘Peacock’ corsage ornament by René Lalique. Gold, enamel, opals and diamonds, c. 1898-1900.

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Allegory of Pneuma or Divine Breath, 1750-1800.

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Jewish betrothal ring | c. 17th-19th centuries | Venice or Eastern Europe | MET

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“Theft: The Fine Art of Gesture” (1963) - Bruno Munari

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Jean Paul Gaultier - Spring Couture 2007

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naomi segal

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Market Scene on a Quay (circa 1635-1640) - Frans Synders (Flemish 1579-1657) (Details)

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Vigilius Eriksen,The Queen Dowager Juliane Marie (detail) 1776.

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Johannes Barbieri - “Joly Negativ/Positiv”, Schmetterling, c. 1907

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Miami City Ballet | Alexei Ratmansky’s “The Fairy’s Kiss”

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“Whatever is flesh or flesh like is vulnerable. The mark of body is its ability to be pierced and bitten, to be prey to snakes, lightning flashes, lovers.”

— The Speech of Alcibiades: A Reading of Plato’s Symposium, Martha Nussbaum

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“Walk with me. Hand in hand through the nightmare of narrative. Need to tell a story when no story can be told. Walk the level reassuring floor towards the open trapdoor. Plank by plank to where the sea begins. This is a sea story, a wave story, a story that breaks and ebbs,”

— Jeanette Winterson, Gut Symmetries