It Reminds Me Of A House That Teens Would Sneak Into On A Warm Autumn’s Day

Quatre nuits d'un rêveur (Robert Bresson, 1971)

The East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Kay Nielsen (1886-1957), Danish illustrator.

This artist is known to have been hired in 1939 by Disney, in order to carry out studies as part of the future film projects of the firm, and will remain, in the end, a short time in this job, judging it in all the extent of his career.

The essence of his work consists in an important quantity of illustrations of tales or collections, in the first half of the twentieth century, in what will be called the Golden Age of illustration.

His style, characteristic of Art Nouveau, is recognizable among all, with its impacting strong black backgrounds and elegant and graceful characters.

(The pictures are illustrations from The East of the Sun and West of the Moon, 1914 ; and belong to public domain)

No words can describe the pain I feel for my trans sisters who have to live in a world where women like jk rowling exist and write. No words. I will always protect you and be vocal and open about your struggles and about your beauty.

czech glass fortune-telling dice .

Illustration from What the Moon Saw for Fairy Tales from Hans Cristian Andersen by Dugald Stewart Walker (1914)

Christa Wolf, from “Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays”

Florence and The Machine, from “Cassandra”

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Tonight the moon is full. Through the window the moon covers my bed and turns everything a milky bluish white. So I escape by closing my eyes. Because the full moon is light insomnia: numb and drowsy like after love.

Clarice Lispector, from "Água Viva" (tr. by Stefan Tobler)

A Burst of Light, Audre Lorde