In All This There Was A Strangeness That Attracted And Enchanted Me.

Masatoshi Tsunematsu

Inuit Woman (Kootucktuck) in her Beaded Attigi. Nunavut, 1905.

In much better and happier news Bison after decades of hard work and conservation efforts from indigenous organizations have finally been released back on our lands after 150 years.

I saw this video live and cried my eyes out. This is so important. Despite it all we survived. We're still here and the possibility to heal the land and ourselves is always there even if it will take time.

Edit: I'm very happy that people love this post but my other less happy educational posts are also just as important

National Drama Theatre in Lithuania

A Roman doll with moveable joints and accessories was found in the sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphaena, an unmarried 20-year-old woman. The sarcophagus is dated to the late 100s (2nd c. AD) making the ivory “Crepereia Doll” nearly two thousand years old.

An Ortodox Bulgarian bride from Raykovo village, Smolyan, Bulgaria

(via Bulgarian Archives State Agency - Smolyan)

Today I cried a little bit because I remembered that when Beethoven conducted his ninth symphony for the first time he got a standing ovation and one of the sopranos had to turn him around to see the audience. 

this website lets you listen to the sounds of all different forests around the world 

The Creature from Frankenstein at Hamburg State Opera