alas

Ophelia, 1851-1905 - oil on canvas — Constantin Meunier (Belgian, 1831-1905)

Saint Eulalia, 1885, John William Waterhouse

the last days of autumn

“𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔶 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔡. 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔢—𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲.”

Saint Winifred, 2022 - oil on canvas — Jannik Hösel Aka Nick Senium (German, b.1998)

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ℜ𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔣𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔰. ℜ𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔢𝔫𝔧𝔬𝔶 𝔦𝔱. 🌲

"Sometimes life is stranger than fiction, but sometimes it's incomparable in other ways. Sometimes it's heaven that the false fire of imagination could never capture."

Spadarino, Christ showing His stigmata (detail), 17th century

“December’s wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer’s memory…”

- John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

Illustrations for Acts III - V from Shakespeare’s Hamlet by John Austen (1922)

check out the grain on this piece of driftwood

shoutout to whatever staff member has this bumper sticker at my school