Stibnium - Splendor Noctis

i love watching what the old me loved, so i'll leave everything to remind me of her, and change is inevitable of course, but the world and me, who is part of it, doesn't have to move through hate

Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings

fear of life

In alchemy and philosophy, prima materia, materia prima or first matter (for a philosophical exposition refer to: Prime Matter), is the ubiquitous starting material required for the alchemical magnum opus and the creation of the philosopher's stone. It is the primitive formless base of all matter similar to chaos, the quintessence or aether. Esoteric alchemists describe the prima materia using simile, and compare it to concepts like the anima mundi.

talleyrand: i HATE you

fouche: i share the same sentiment

napoleon, in the distance, thinking to himself: ** those two scoundrels sure do hate each other. i’m glad they are too petty to put down their differences to work against m-

*fouche and talleyrand notice napoleon and put down their differences to work against napoleon*

napoleon: are you FUCKING kidding me

*makes pigeon noises at 3am to archive maximum virtue*

love is so embarrassing . also the only thing that matters

• Waistcoats.

Date: 1840's

Medium: Silk and velvet

knowing thyself is the way to know the universe and viceversa: symmetry it's the constant

your hand touching mine. this is how galaxies collide. ― Sanober Khan

― Carolyn Forché / Katatsumori (Naomi Kawase, 1994) / John Berger / Katrien de Blauwer / Hélène Cixous / Bruno Munari / Eli Craven / Sharon Olds / Hart Crane / A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick, 2019) / Mary Ruefle / Robert Bly / Hans Bellmer / Richard Siken / Eli Craven / Cassandra Clare / Katrien de Blauwer / Louise Glück ―