The meowing bird

We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes,
tastes we have swallowed,
bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom,
characters we have climbed into as if trees,
fears we have hidden in as if caves.
I wish for all this to be marked on my body when I am dead.
I believe in such cartography--to be marked by nature,
not just to label ourselves on a map like the
names of rich men and women on buildings.
We are communal histories, communal books.
We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience.
-Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

thedalailomo:

Roosevelt Hotel . Hollywood, CA.
[ Rollei Retro 400 B&W Single Use Camera ] — thedalailomo:

Roosevelt Hotel . Hollywood, CA.

[ Rollei Retro 400 B&W Single Use Camera ]

opaqueglitter:

i-D, Summer 2013, Soo Joo Park By Mari Sarai “Rip it, tear it, stitch it, wear it”

lucyeldridgeillustration:

I painted some rooftops of Paris to post to someone.

(via someforeignletters)

(Source: ubercuteness, via someforeignletters)

evolutionists:

Gustave Courbet.
Waves (detail). — evolutionists:

**Gustave Courbet**.

*Waves (detail)*.

(via villenoire)

natgeofound:

A “drugstore cowboy” preparing to deliver orders on his bicycle in Texas, 1938.Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic — natgeofound:

A “drugstore cowboy” preparing to deliver orders on his bicycle in Texas, 1938.
Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic

losed:

Syndrome Stockholm — losed:

*Syndrome Stockholm*

(via villenoire)

greeneyes55:

End of a party London 1954
Photo: Thurston Hopkins — greeneyes55:

**End of a party London 1954**

Photo: Thurston Hopkins

theimpossiblecool:

“Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.”
Henry Miller, 1950. — theimpossiblecool:

“Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.”

Henry Miller, 1950.

josiephin:

k-kipper:

btw-idk:

This is what terrifies me about the ocean.

the few times I’ve gone snorkelling this is the most intensely scary but amazing thing about it, the bit where the reef ends and it suddenly just drops off and you cant see the bottom or what’s down there, and you swim over the edge and suddenly your in open water, and you feel so vulnerable like you’re a fish that lives on the reef, and you finally understand finding nemo

you finally understand finding nemo — josiephin:

k-kipper:

btw-idk:

This is what terrifies me about the ocean.

the few times I’ve gone snorkelling this is the most intensely scary but amazing thing about it, the bit where the reef ends and it suddenly just drops off and you cant see the bottom or what’s down there, and you swim over the edge and suddenly your in open water, and you feel so vulnerable like you’re a fish that lives on the reef, and you finally understand finding nemo

**you finally understand finding nemo**

(Source: bantality, via loyalties-lie)

Freedom // Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton

greeneyes55:

Montmartre Paris 1957
Photo: Inge Morath — greeneyes55:

**Montmartre Paris 1957**

Photo: Inge Morath