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I make the same mistakes.

Dear Robert,Often as I lie awake I wonder if you are also lying awake. Are you in pain or feeling alone? You drew me from the darkest period of my young life, sharing with me the sacred mystery of what it is to be an artist …
The most beautiful work of all: A Letter from Patti Smith to Robert Mapplethorpe.

Dear Robert,

Often as I lie awake I wonder if you are also lying awake. Are you in pain or feeling alone? You drew me from the darkest period of my young life, sharing with me the sacred mystery of what it is to be an artist …

The most beautiful work of all: A Letter from Patti Smith to Robert Mapplethorpe.

The National – The Rains Of Castomere
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suicideblonde:

The National - The Rains of Castamere

this is pretty awesome.

BFFs: Sophia Rossi & Zooey Deschanel

Don’t get me wrong, Zooey is obviously beautiful, but I think that this does a great job of showing that skinny people are not always the most interesting ones to look at.

Just try to stop staring at Sophia Rossi’s gorgeous face. Go ahead. I dare you.

(Source: everybodyloveszooey, via hellogiggles)

I fucking love turtles.

I fucking love turtles.

ianbrooks:

Fight Club Tribute by Omar Shammah

We’ve already broken the first two rules, so you might as well enjoy these awesome Fight Club posters before you decide to punch me in the ear.

Artist: behance / facebook

…the female narcissist is dangerous to patriarchy because she obviates the desiring male subject (loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her desirability from him). in the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism (such as wilke’s), the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. already presuming her desirability, wilke obviates the modernist critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic “value.
– amelia jones, body art: performing the subject (via karaj)

(via infinitetransit)

I make the same mistakes.

Dear Robert,Often as I lie awake I wonder if you are also lying awake. Are you in pain or feeling alone? You drew me from the darkest period of my young life, sharing with me the sacred mystery of what it is to be an artist …
The most beautiful work of all: A Letter from Patti Smith to Robert Mapplethorpe.

Dear Robert,

Often as I lie awake I wonder if you are also lying awake. Are you in pain or feeling alone? You drew me from the darkest period of my young life, sharing with me the sacred mystery of what it is to be an artist …

The most beautiful work of all: A Letter from Patti Smith to Robert Mapplethorpe.

(Source: debilitating, via heymarinaa)

this is pretty awesome.

BFFs: Sophia Rossi & Zooey Deschanel

Don’t get me wrong, Zooey is obviously beautiful, but I think that this does a great job of showing that skinny people are not always the most interesting ones to look at.

Just try to stop staring at Sophia Rossi’s gorgeous face. Go ahead. I dare you.

(Source: everybodyloveszooey, via hellogiggles)

I fucking love turtles.

I fucking love turtles.

ianbrooks:

Fight Club Tribute by Omar Shammah

We’ve already broken the first two rules, so you might as well enjoy these awesome Fight Club posters before you decide to punch me in the ear.

Artist: behance / facebook

…the female narcissist is dangerous to patriarchy because she obviates the desiring male subject (loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her desirability from him). in the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism (such as wilke’s), the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. already presuming her desirability, wilke obviates the modernist critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic “value.
– amelia jones, body art: performing the subject (via karaj)

(via infinitetransit)

The National – The Rains Of Castomere

suicideblonde:

The National - The Rains of Castamere

"…the female narcissist is dangerous to patriarchy because she obviates the desiring male subject (loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her desirability from him). in the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism (such as wilke’s), the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. already presuming her desirability, wilke obviates the modernist critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic “value."

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