strangesibyl

[strangesibyl]

“You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person in the world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.”

— Paul Auster, Winter Journal

[strangesibyl]

my favourite thing about history (and the reason why social history matters to me above anything else) is the reminder that there's no emotion i've felt, no grief or trauma, no joy or laughter, that hasn't been experienced by other people across time and space, and the idea of slipping into another life so different on the surface and yet so fundamentally similar to my own, and understanding them as a life like my own, with inner worlds that can't be easily articulated, with loved ones and favourite foods and days they woke up having slept wrong and the acute experiences of standing in a quiet room and watching the light catch on dust floating in the air, of the smell outside after it rains heavily, of mornings after having dreamt something feverish and strange, or the knowledge of an impending loss and trying to prepare for it emotionally. peeling fruit and giving a piece to a friend. being awake at an hour that feels like you're the only person alive in the world. that feeling when you know you need to eat and that you're hungry but you just don't find it appealing at all and it kind of makes you feel nauseous. i like imagining people in all different places and times experiencing those things, it makes me feel less alone and afraid of myself and my experience feels less daunting if that makes sense. others have lived with experiences like this too, and do, and will.

[strangesibyl]

Seated Buddha

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), 1st to mid-2nd century

This small bronze Buddha is probably one of the earliest iconic representations of Shakyamuni from Gandhara. He sits in a yogic posture holding his right hand in abhaya mudra (a gesture of approachability); his unusual halo has serrations that indicate radiating light. His hairstyle, the form of his robes, and the treatment of the figure reflect stylistic contacts with the classical traditions of the West. This Buddha shows closer affinities to Roman sculpture than any other surviving Gandharan bronze.

[strangesibyl]

Dress

c. 1937

Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa

[strangesibyl]

Chioma Ebinama (Nigerian-American, b. 1988 MD, USA, based Athens, Greece) - Making Out While an Empire Burns, 2019, Paintings: Watercolor, Sumi Ink on Handmade recycled cotton Rag Paper

[strangesibyl]

1928 Armchair designed by Marie Louis Sue. From Art Deco, Art Nouveau & 20th Century Decoratif Arts Group, FB.

[strangesibyl]

Pelos de Cusco

Braids of Quechua women seen and photographed in Cusco, Peru by Olaf Unverzart

[strangesibyl]

Moonlight over Pine Trees, Carl Gustav Carus

[strangesibyl]

devil spoon rest with forked tongue spoon

[strangesibyl]

This is like a customized 2-story Quonset hut built in 2022 in Pavo, GA. The 1bd, 1ba 1,080 sq ft home is $185k.

Nice entrance. I like the green and the view of the great room.

It's got the high ceilings with the arch that's typical of a Quonset hut. Pretty lighting and the spiral stairs are nice and wide.

Open concept kitchen on one wall.

Nice view of the loft.

Fancy cabinetry looks like they used a sideboard and cabinet from a vintage dining room set. I think that they could've done a neater job on the shelving, though.

It's lovely up here in the loft.

I thought that the bedroom was off this hallway, but apparently, it's the loft that's the bedroom.

Small blue tiled shower room.

Down here there's a laundry room.

And, a closet.

Two doors in the back of the house.

There's this little structure in the yard.

And, this one that looks like a workshop.

It's on a 1.85 acre lot. A cute house.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/636-Gardner-Rd-Pavo-GA-31778/105173170_zpid/?

[strangesibyl]

Pair of early 20th century wood and leather clogs or sabots bois

[strangesibyl]

[Haori] (Kabuki costume) Target and arrow design on light green satin ground Edo period, 19th century Gift of Ms. Takagi Kiyo Tokyo National Museum

[strangesibyl]

gourd harvest

miniature from a medical manuscript (tractatus de herbis), illuminated by giovannino de' grassi and his workshop. milan, late 14th c.

source: Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, Cod. Lat. 459, fol. 83r (via Bibliotheca Corvina)

[strangesibyl]

I think I’ve purged all the fun things to clean-

Recreational items and fixations I’ve moved past

Clothing

Books

Bodycare

Unfortunately, it’s time to do the kitchen

[strangesibyl]

The process has also left me rather disinterested in shopping for more clothes for some months, which is a first in my post puberty life.

A second victory!

The feeling of enough and satiated is so strange and lovely.

After a lifetime of disliking and feeling overwhelmed by my clothes-number of items, styles, range of sizes, weird attachments, gender performance, etc- I’m finally in a place of having a manageable sized wardrobe in colors and fabrics I like.

I feel comfortable, personally stylish, and unaware of my clothing most days- a real victory!

[strangesibyl]

This beautiful amber cup was found in a prehistoric burial mound near Hove, England. Dating from 1250 BC, it was discovered inside a coffin fashioned out of a tree trunk that also contained human bone. It now forms part of the Brighton & Hove, Royal Pavilion & Museum collections

[strangesibyl]

i'm like if a lover hated everything they see