Spirit Hive

timeimmemorial:

Thomas Cooper Gotch (English, 1854–1931), The Lantern Parade, c. 1918. Oil on canvas, 61 x 76.2 cm. Private collection.

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thefirstpaganking:

In the 18th and 19th centuries, wealthy British and European lovers exchanged “eye miniatures”, love tokens so clandestine that even now it is almost impossible to identify their recipients or the people they depict. They were meant to be worn inside the lapel, near the heart.

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Zizek on Tarkovsky’s Stalker

The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema (2006), dir. by Sophie Fiennes

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theswinginsixties:

Françoise Hardy in the studio, 1960s. Photo by Jean-Marie Perier.

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nosex:

TO THE WONDER (TERRENCE MALICK, 2013)

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thecolourfulpast:

Jenny Boyd in ‘Wear Your Love Like Heaven’ (1967)

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"At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance."

- Jean Baudrillard, ‘The Year 2000 Has Already Happened’, trans. Nai-fei Ding & Kuang- Hsing Chen, in Body Invaders: Panic Sex in America (Ed. Arthur & Marylouise Kroker)

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"Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (via samsaranmusing)

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