If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him. ― James Baldwin

Red-billed blue magpies

Ellen von Unwerth - From the Book "Revenge" (2003)

(by marius_krey)

The White Witch 

günther wilhelm in secret's fetish photo anthology, vol. 2

French Dumontier pinfire knife revolver, circa 1860′s

from Rock Island Auction

destruir

André Kertész. From "My France"

@deborabrosa

Diane Givry

Notre Dame Cemetery

South Hadley MA 1/18/18

Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world only, our own, we see that world multiply itself and we have at our disposal as many worlds as there are original artists, worlds more different one from the other than those which revolve in infinite space, worlds which, centuries after the extinction of the fire from which their light first emanated, whether it is called Rembrandt or Vermeer, send us still each one its special radiance.

Marcel Proust, from Marcel Proust (On Life, Love, Suffering)