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LAR with drawing by Saul Steinberg, c.1950

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Erik Steinbrecher

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one day we will meet again and it will be as beautiful and scary as the first time

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Roberta Meldini Figura in riposo, 1972 concrete, 94x45 cm

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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Nude Walking through Doorway c. 1902

Oil on cardboard Overall: 12 3/16 × 9 1/8 in. (31 × 23.2 cm)

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You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. Caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is nothing to be ashamed of. There is something breathtakingly beautiful in the moments of smaller magic that occur when you strip down and are honest with those who are important to you. Let that girl know that she inspires you. Tell your mother you love her in front of your friends. Express, express, express. Open yourself up, do not harden yourself to the world, and be bold in who, and how you love. There is courage in that.

Bianca Sparacino How To Ruin Your Life (Without Even Noticing That You Are)

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Gee’s Bend

Annie Mae Young, born 1928. “Bars,” ca. 1965. Corduroy, denim, polyester knit, assorted synthetics, 81 x 79

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Aleksander Hardashnakov

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“The Cat Show” at White Columns

Cassandra MacLeod

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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately. The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That’s why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.

Yasmin Mogahed (via wordsnquotes)

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His soul might be a sun. I’ve never met anyone who had the sun for a soul.

Jandy Nelson, I’ll Give You the Sun (via blue-voids)

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Olimpia Zagnoli

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Zerkalo (The Mirror), 1975 - dir. Andrej Tarkovskij

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Ellsworth Kelly - Plant Drawings (1960-91) | Tulip

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Tracey Emin (Two Coats of Paint)

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Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out inside. They learn to hide from their selves.

“The Body Keeps The Score” by Bessel Van Der Kolk (via bbykoi)

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Zachary Heinzerling, Action is Art (2013), featuring Ushio Shinohara.