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Lepanthes helleri

Syn,: Lepanthes infundibulum; Lepanthes comet-halleyi

November 8, 2014

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I wished that the sky split open (the moment when the intelligible order of known objects – that remain inherently strange – becomes a presence intelligible only to the heart). I wished, but the sky did not open. There is something insoluble about this expectation of a ferocious beast, coiled up and eaten away with hunger. Nonsense: ‘Is it God that I want to tear apart?’ As if I genuinely were a ferocious beast – still my sickness gets worse. Because I am laughing at my own hunger. I don’t want anything to eat – I would rather be eaten.

Georges Bataille, “Friendship" trans. Hager Weslati in parallax 2001, vol. 7 (via tiredshoes)

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Stanhopea platyceras

July 26, 2014

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A glistening heliconia leaf after the rain.

Guyana

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