Marina Tsvetaeva, from Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922 (trans. Jamey Gambrell) [ID'd]
embraces
- by Sanne Sannes
- unknown photo
- unknown photo
- René Burri, "Tokyo Train"
- Henri Cartier-Bresson, "Couple Sleeping on a train. Romania, 1975"
- Wolfgang Tillmans, "Friends (1998)"
- Erich Auerbach, "Young couple during an all-night jazz session at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1957"
- Éva Besnyő, Young people at Wannsee beach, Berlin Germany 1931
- Aracelis Girmay, Kingdom Animalia
early mornings
A Burst of Light, Audre Lorde
What I love about this, though, is that the little nails will become an outline of where the water was. It will trace the shape, show someone later what was there once upon a time. It will be a testament to how much this guy wanted to capture the amazing things he saw and experienced, and though it will never truly keep it, it will hold a memory, something that in itself is beautiful and worthy of experience. We cannot describe the indescribable, but we can trace its outline, give some idea of what we experienced.
L.M. Montgomery, Kilmeny of the Orchard
girls are soft and warm like fresh baked bread
Katherine Mansfield, in a letter to Dorothy Brett, dated 14 August 1918
“Thank the water for cleansing you. Stare into the candle’s flame. Think about how nature affects you—how the moon controls the tides, how weather affects your mood, how the day goes from bright to dark to allow you to sleep.”
— Lisa Marie Basile, from “Light Magic for Dark Times,” published c. 2018
Venice by night // May 2021
Venice by night // May 2021