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fernanda ly for kate spade holiday 2017

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Sharada Tolton

"wild beasts guard the body of a martyr!"

colored pencil on renaissance paper. 12 x 18"

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first moments of fall

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George Barbier (1882 - 1932) Bilitis,The Last Lover from The Songs of Bilitis

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Kiko Mizuhara for Sicky Mag China (2023) Photography: Poyenchen

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Ma Jun: New China Series-Apple Computer No.2 (2012)

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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934–1939

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Sampler, silk embroidery on linen foundation, c. 17th century, England

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visited this very beautiful castle today<3 🪷

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ahh elizabeth vandiver's lectures pointing out a heartbreaking moment in the odyssey i wasn't even aware of:

telemachus addresses eumaeus the swineherd as atta (ἄττα). in my fagles edition it's translated as "old friend", but as vandiver points out, atta has two meanings: it can be used as a familiar-but-respectful form of address to an older man (which is how telemachus uses it), but significantly it's also baby-talk for "father", parallel to papa/dada. it's what telemachus WOULD have called odysseus growing up, but now telemachus refers to him as xenos -- a visiting stranger/foreigner.

like imagine. odysseus is in disguise as a beggar, it's the first time he's seen his son since infancy, and one of the first things he hears telemachus say, to another man, is "daddy, who is this stranger?"

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the eise eisinga planetarium in franeker, the netherlands, the oldest working planetarium in the world. located inside the former home of eise eisinga

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Taylor Russell photographed by Luca Guadagnino, 2022 🦴

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ig: aviewfromthemeadow

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He Cong for Harper’s Bazaar China (2023) Photography: Zack Zhang

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i have two fujoshis advising me at all times