holyinnocent
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The lyrical state is a state beyond forms and systems. A sudden fluidity melts all the elements of our inner life in one fell swoop, and creates a full and intense rhythm, an ideal convergence. Compared to the refined culture of sclerotic forms and frames, which mask everything, the lyrical mode is utterly barbarian in its expression. Its value resides precisely in its savage quality: it is only blood, sincerity, and fire
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1 February, 1937 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov
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hannibal nbc season 1 episode 1 "aperitif" // louie van patten // bree jonson // hannibal nbc season 2 episode 13 "mizumono"
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Good grief, woman. Your skills in the art of matchmaking are positively occult.
Pride and Prejudice + Spooky Scenes (Vibes). (requested by anonymous).
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Aiskhylos (trans. Anne Carson), from An Oresteia; “Agamemnon”
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Francisco Goya - Boy Staring at an Apparition, (1824–25)
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𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟺, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟸 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟶-𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟹
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