a history of my calamities

October, Louise Glück

Study of a Torso of a Satyr. 17th.century Carlo Cignani Italian 1628-1719. red chalk on paper. Louvre. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

Claude Michel, 'Clodion' (French, 1738-1814) Satyr and Bacchante, ca.1780s Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devil

Bartolomé Bermejo

oil on panel, 1468

Emilio Terry drew this masked ball attendee on a Havana hotel’s stationery in 1928.

Emilio Terry/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

[ID: A tweet from (dadvansss) that reads: do lighthouses have wifi? i feel like i would be a great fit to work in a lighthouse. i love the sounds of waves. i hate people. i look great in a cableknit turtleneck. I’m a terrific brooder. i would fuck a ghost if pressed. / END ID]

C.P. Cavafy, from The City (tr. by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard)

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce “first ever” 3-time Golden World Champion… See i keep telling ppl’ A true Queen will always Rise & Shine!!! #Pryceless

this is such an afro-nature-punk look i liiiiiiiiiiiive

Precious Adams in La Sylphide (English National Ballet) 

Esther Pleading Before Ahasuerus, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cloisters

The Cloisters Collection, 1953 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Linen warp; wool, linen, and metallic wefts

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468433

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Rachel Weisz by Bruno Aveillan