#aleksandr hearts

[andrumedus]

And the sunset is washed with blood. The sunset is washed with blood. Blood gushes from the heart. Weep, heart, weep.

Aleksandr Blok, tr. Denis Johnson & Kathy Lewis, from "On the Plain of Kulikovo" in Russian Poetry: The Modern Period, ed. John Glad & Daniel Weissbort

[mikhailogallaghermilkovich]

smiley gallavich <3

[arsanimarum]

[Your beauty, your sufferings have vanished in the grave. But the sweet kiss of our meeting — I wait for it; you owe it to me.]

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин / Aleksandr Sergeevic Pushkin (1799-1837)

[rwpohl]

primorsky boulevard, aleksandr polynnikov 1988

*

gone hollywood, supertramp, breakfast im america 1979

[thefearfulheart]

Overdue Intro Post

Been meaning to do this for awhile in all honesty.

I'm going to be posting more oc content (content in general will be somewhat inappropriate) and most of them have heavy themes that include: abuse, cannibalism, sexual content, mild mutilation, manipulation, unhealthy power dynamic's and quite a few other theme's that I will tag appropriately when the need arises.

Would prefer minor's to not follow me given that the content I will post will be inappropriate.

Mostly will be posting about anything that interests me but a majority of it will be Malevolent, The Magnus Protocol and Vampire the Masquerade since I'm obsessed with those.

Ask me anything about my oc's if you want and I'll answer if you want. I'm easy lol

[volchitsa-of-winterfell]

there have been several clips of these three palling around at this show and all i can say is: cuties

[infinitysisters]

“It was granted me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essential experience: how a human being becomes evil and how good.

In the intoxication of youthful successes I had felt myself to be infallible, and I was therefore cruel. In the abundance of power I was a murderer, and an oppressor.

In my most evil moments I was convinced that I was doing good, and I was well supplied with systematic arguments. And it was only when I lay there on rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good.

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart—and through all human hearts.

This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of all hearts, there remains . . . an unuprooted small corner of evil.”

————

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago

[softboiledwonderland]

"In our village, folk say God crumbles up the old moon into stars." "What savages!" The captain laughed. "I've never heard that one. Then you believe in God, Shukhov?" "Why not?" asked Shukhov, surprised. "Hear Him thunder and try not to believe in Him." "But why does God do it?" 'Do what?" "Crumble the moon into stars. Why?" "Well, can't you understand?" said Shukhov. "The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled."

—One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

[poligraf]

If only there were evil people… and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart ?

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[pelinalblancserpent]

[nishant-vyas]

Mother and Son (1997)

By Aleksandr Sokurov.

[vestaignis]

Александровский пассаж – это изумительный архитектурный памятник построенный в духе модерна и барокко. Архитектором великого творения стал Генрих Руш.

В конце 19-го века один из богатейших казанских купцов Александр Александров решился на возведение грандиозного по тем временам торгового здания. Строительные работы шли на протяжении 4 лет и обошлись в баснословную по тем временам сумму – 800 тысяч рублей! В 1883 году глазам казанцев предстало уникальное строение, в честь своего основателя получившее название Александровский пассаж. Особенно выделялось стеклянное покрытие внутреннего двора, которое должно было покорить казанских жителей. Так же в здании было свое воздушное отопление и лифт, который в те времена были в диковинку.

Главный вход (на ул. Кремлёвскую) акцентирован на высоту 2 этажей портиком с двумя скульптурными фигурами кариатид. Фасады оформлены эклектичным архитектурным декором с преобладанием барочно-ренессансных элементов. Главный купол фасада украшен часами, спроектироваными выдающимся мастером Йоханом Войле. Башенные часы исправно работали до самой смерти Александрова и за это время останавливались только 2 раза – в день женитьбы и в день рождения дочери купца. После того, как сердце основателя пассажа перестало биться, стрелки часов замерли на одном месте и с тех пор никто не может запустить механизм Интерьеры здания украшены фигурами людей, изображениями масок лиц, лепными украшениями. Элементы декора, которые использовались при внешнем оформлении здания, неоднократно дублируются. Большинство принадлежит к масонским символам, т��к как главный архитектор пассажа Генрих Руш был членом этого тайного ордена. Лишь один из них не повторяется – так называемые «зубастые рыбки», которые находятся неподалеку от парадного входа.В середине центрального здания находится светильник — бронзовая статуя женщины, держащей за руку младенца.

После смерти Александрова его сестра передала пассаж Казани и попросила городские власти обустроить в нем публичный музей.  Однако для городского музея здание оказалось непригодным и здесь разместили меблированные комнаты и магазины. К концу советского периода здание оказалось в состоянии, близком к аварийному. В 1977 году произошло сильное обрушение, из-за ослабевших грунтов произошло проседание его северного угла. Около 30 лет здание было закрыто на реконструкцию. С тех пор здание Пассажа постоянно покупают и продают, но какие-то ощутимые работы судя по всему внутри так и не ведутся.

The Aleksandrovsky Passage is an amazing architectural monument built in the spirit of Art Nouveau and Baroque. The architect of this great creation was Genrikh Rush.

At the end of the 19th century, one of the richest Kazan merchants, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, decided to build a grandiose commercial building at that time. The construction work lasted for 4 years and cost a fabulous sum at that time - 800 thousand rubles! In 1883, the eyes of Kazan residents appeared on a unique building, named Aleksandrovsky Passage in honor of its founder. The glass covering of the inner courtyard, which was supposed to conquer the Kazan residents, stood out especially. The building also had its own air heating and an elevator, which were a novelty at that time.

The main entrance (on Kremlevskaya Street) is accentuated by a portico with two sculptural figures of caryatids at a height of 2 floors. The facades are decorated with eclectic architectural decor with a predominance of Baroque and Renaissance elements. The main dome of the facade is decorated with a clock designed by the outstanding master Johan Voyle. The tower clock worked properly until Alexandrov's death and during this time it stopped only 2 times - on his wedding day and on the birthday of the merchant's daughter. After the heart of the founder of the passage stopped beating, the clock hands froze in one place and since then no one has been able to start the mechanism. The interiors of the building are decorated with figures of people, images of face masks, stucco decorations. The decorative elements that were used in the exterior design of the building are repeatedly duplicated. Most of them belong to Masonic symbols, since the main architect of the passage, Heinrich Rusch, was a member of this secret order. Only one of them is not repeated - the so-called "toothy fish", which are located near the main entrance. In the middle of the central building there is a lamp - a bronze statue of a woman holding a baby's hand. After Aleksandrov's death, his sister gave the Passage to Kazan and asked the city authorities to set up a public museum in it. However, the building turned out to be unsuitable for a city museum and furnished rooms and shops were placed there. By the end of the Soviet period, the building was in a state close to emergency. In 1977, a strong collapse occurred, due to weakened soils, its northern corner subsided. The building was closed for reconstruction for about 30 years. Since then, the Passage building has been constantly bought and sold, but apparently no significant work has been done inside.

Источник:/chemodan-tour.ru/obzor/aleksandrovskij-passazh/, /m.realnoevremya.ru/articles/92785-aleksandrovskiy-passazh-kazani-istoriya, //yandex.ru/maps/org/aleksandrovskiy _ passazh/ 2802651 98 59/?ll=49.115416%2C55.794060&z=15,/tur-kazan.ru/sights / aleksandrovskiy-passazh /pikabu.ru/story/ aleksandrovskiy_passazh _roskosh_pokryitaya_pyilyu_11501183,www.tripadvisor.ru/Attraction_Review-g298520-d8458290-Reviews-Aleksandrovskiy_Passazh-Kazan_Republic_of_Tatarstan_Volga_District.html, /dzen.ru/a/ZNFuPc30f2oGYXbH.

[arthurs-better-half]

Yellow - Acceptance and Alienation

Michael Cunningham, The Hours / Malevolent - Part 21 / Ruth Madievsky, All-Night Pharmacy / Malevolent - Part 21 / @godabhor (Twitter) / Nemakin Aleksandr / Malevolent - Part 23 / Do You? - TroyBoi / Malevolent - Part 22 / Ask Polly / Minotaur Forgiving Knossos - Moonface / Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides / Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" II / The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel / John Selden / @/rhymewithrachel / Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" II / Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Last Hours of Judas Iscariot / Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" II

Reblogs appreciated 👍

Still, there is this terrible desire to be loved. Still, there is this horror at being left behind.

ENTITY: What's your name, friend? ARTHUR: Jesus, it's- it's Arthur. ENTITY: Arthur?

Being a person didn't come naturally to me the way it seemed to for others. People who were sure of themselves awed me. I studied them and tried to mimic their ease.

ARTHUR: Now, you're going to play nice and tell me what we see, or so help me, I will send you back to that empty void you came from. Understood? ENTITY (beaten down): Yes. ARTHUR: Good boy. Now, tell me what's in this room.

if only i were a bird, dark winged, in flight.

YELLOW: What made you... friendly? With him? (A light-hearted piano piece starts.) ARTHUR: What do you mean? YELLOW: What made you... like his companionship.

Do you love me? Do you need me? Do you want me? Do you love me? YELLOW: What do you want from me?!

"You can be better than this," my shame whispers in my ear. "You need to try harder. You need to hide the scary things you carry around. You need to act like you've arrived, even though you're so inadequate and broken that you never will."

You'll never know me None of you will ever see my face No matter how much we long to face the unknown And that's okay

WHY DOES TRAGEDY EXIST? BECAUSE YOU ARE FULL OF RAGE. WHY ARE YOU FULL OF RAGE? BECAUSE YOU ARE FULL OF GRIEF.

YELLOW (loathing): Friends! What a waste.

To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.

ARTHUR: That I... That I... (Quieter.) Failed you.

JESUS: I'm right here. JUDAS: I would have never believed that you could have left me. JESUS: I never left you. JUDAS: That you didn't love me. JESUS: I do love you. JUDAS: Why ... didn't you make me good enough ... so that you could've loved me?

YELLOW: I... I... (Quieter.) Why you, John? What did you have to offer? Why does he care about... you?

[i-am-the-oyster]

“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

I've been a little confused by the revisionist history of people saying Dave Chappelle was never funny. Maybe not everyone dug him, but he has been on quite a few GOAT lists for stand up. During his peak in the 2000s it was not uncommon for folks to consider him the best performing stand up since Carlin and Pryor. I was among those people. Perhaps the people saying he was never funny were too young to appreciate him during that time. I don't know.

But I don't think we need to pretend like he always sucked. His fall from grace is an important thing to acknowledge. With people like him and JK Rowling, we are collectively trying to figure out how to deal with artists we love letting us down. It's a good conversation to have. If we just say "well, they always sucked" I think we are avoiding dealing with it.

[majestativa]

My heart is open to you alone. My soul is devoted to dark melodies.

— Alexander Blok, Aleksandr Blok’s Trilogy of Lyric Dramas, ‘The King on the Square’, transl by Timothy C. Westphalen, (2003)

[isleofdarkness]

Isle Council

Just like Auradon has an official council called together to discuss and vote on important issues, the Isle has a semi-official one. Regular meetings, happening every time the seasons change, are usually nothing of note. But when the council is called outside of these scheduled meetings? That has only happened twice. Both times were events the Isle, both adults and children, would never forget.

The membership is as follows-

Harriet Jones, queen, representing the pirate crew of Far Shore

Maverick Mim, shows up for emergency meetings but usually doesn't come to the planned ones, representing the Mutants

Diego de Vil, representing the Devils of Barricade

Gineva Gothel, representing the Silver Cross

Shan Odgerel, representing Falcon Ridge and Sanctum

Uma Facilier, representing the pirate crew of Kraken Coast

Amara Olympian, representing Shadowland

Mal Briar, representing the Dragons of Villain's Keep

Mordred Mim, representing the Witches of the Badlands

Justice Olympian, representing the Exiled Gods of the Isle of Exile

Lydia Snoops, representing herself and Zevon

Jada Alraashid bint Cassim Jazira, representing Thieve's District

Aleksandr and Rosabella Hearts, representing the Underland District, formerly representing the Underland Gang

Ivy de Vil, representing Villain's Keep

Other membership includes

Tarzan D'Arque

Mischa Rasputin

Anthony Tremaine

Sammy Smee

Midnight Mim

Zachariah Darhk (later)