Roadside Ruins Of Summerset

“To see was terrifying, and to stop seeing tore me apart from my forehead to my throat.”

— Maurice Blanchot, The Madness of the Day

'Lilla Weneda' illustration by Michael Elwiro Andrioli inspired by Juliusz Slowacki 's Romantic tragedy Lilla Weneda, 1879.

Seated Male Deity Holding a Cuirass (Chest Armour). last quarter of the 10th–first half of the 11th century. Credit line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39047

Illustrations by Tanadori Yokoo, 1975.

You are my death, you are my dignity. You keep me out of breath, You strike and strangle me. Caress me with your iron glove. I always cry, and you always love. Abuse all my devotions, 'Cause I can't get enough.

Leevi and the Leavings - Pimeä tie, mukavaa matkaa [Häntä Koipien Välissä, 1988]

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My collection of vintage hands is gripping.

Clarence John Laughlin (1905–1985) - “The Search for Identity No. 2”, 1940