prosperity-and-ruin
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soulmates that have become soulless
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prosperity-and-ruin · 1 month ago
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Lace Diamond Dress - Wendy Nichol
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prosperity-and-ruin · 1 month ago
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by Allison Meier
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prosperity-and-ruin · 2 months ago
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this is going to be difficult -> i am capable of doing difficult things -> i have done everything prior to this moment -> this difficulty will soon be proof of capability
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prosperity-and-ruin · 2 months ago
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Source.
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prosperity-and-ruin · 7 months ago
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dialoguebookclub
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prosperity-and-ruin · 7 months ago
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Paris - July 3rd, 2011
Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise.
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prosperity-and-ruin · 7 months ago
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Mia Middleton (Australian, 1989) - Black Cat (2022)
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prosperity-and-ruin · 8 months ago
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prosperity-and-ruin · 10 months ago
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Simone Rocha fall/winter 2022
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prosperity-and-ruin · 1 year ago
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Instagram credit: laurasreadingtime
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prosperity-and-ruin · 1 year ago
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“The Sphinx and the Poet (after Heinrich Heine)”, 1868, Heinrich Lossow
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prosperity-and-ruin · 1 year ago
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prosperity-and-ruin · 1 year ago
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THE DEVIL’S INVITATION, 2019
Another throwback, this one from 2019. This piece was made for an art show comprised of pieces inspired by music. I picked Aldous Harding’s “Stop Your Tears”, specifically the lyrics:
The yellow rose is a stranger, The Devil’s invitation in bloom.
I fondly remember painting and glazing, pushing and pulling, all the little lace details on the ruff and cuffs. Makes me want to paint lace again… 
You can read more about the process and everything behind the scenes here.
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prosperity-and-ruin · 1 year ago
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“We’re past the age of heroes and hero kings… Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it’s up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.”
— John Updike
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prosperity-and-ruin · 2 years ago
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Democritus in Meditation, Salvator Rosa, ca. 1651.
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