Snug as a bug in a rug

public transport princess

Nature themed jewelry by Michael Michaud, truly breathtaking

Miyuta Komachi

Doggy and beautiful seasons

こまちみゆた

by the sea

Nicolás Muller on Art Blart

Bailarina Tajara. Larache (Marruecos) 1942

Photo: Nicolás Müller

People and Places

Fotografias de Nicolás Muller (1913-2000)

Hungarian

So many notes ppl confused by corn wielding Colima dog wait until you see the dancing figures…..blow your mind. Teach you true love

humankind…what more can I say. I can only aspire to have such deep and rich a human connection with anyone in this life that will be as radiant as a ceramic figural pair of dancing xolos

They’re also at the center of a roundabout

Mexican here, fun fact! While we call them “Dancing dogs”, they’re a young pup and an old dog, and the older one is revealing wisdoms right on the pup’s ear.

You’ll recognize the older dog bc he’s got wrinkles!! It’s a wonderful scene!!

what a gorgeous poster!!! by salman toor!!!!!

pulling up jstor at the bar

Aishwarya Rai in 1999

A Damascus tile panel, probably Syria, 19th century or earlier.

every time i remember that photo of the little inuk girl with her puppy i engage in inconsolable hysterics

this is it. this is the photo of all time

there’s something about watching documentaries / youtube videos about space, the planets, and the cosmos that really gives you a kind of easy existential answer. it takes some reminding.

here we are living in the most miraculously beautiful planet in the solar system, literally in the perfect time, perfect space (perfect distance from the sun, the moon, etc.) and perfect conditions to be able to harbor life so diverse and colorful it’s seen no where else in the universe. like... i get it now. let me watch the sunset and pet my cat and take care of my loved ones and eat delicious food

just remembered this tweet again

The circular island that rotates in Argentina

On Fragmentary Fame. 

What we remember, how we remember it, vs. how ancient poets may have expected to be remembered. 

In classical studies, we talk a lot about kleos and a lot about memory being preserved for thousands of years, but that doesn’t happen for every author. Texts get lost due to decreasing popularity or dumb chance or both.

For many authors, we don’t even have fragments left. Often kleos fades away. A scary thought, but an honest one. Time eats and litters as it marches on.   

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