I wake to sleep and take my waking slow/ I feel my fate in what I cannot fear/ I learn by going where I have to goTumblr (3.0; @whatwasit)http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5b1dd8f65cdf793d5d054b2155e01ea8/tumblr_mlcwwjtnvp1riatdoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lainhidden.tumblr.com/post/50873170812">lainhidden</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <div><small><em>Bibliolexicon</em>, A Passion for Books (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56412.A_Passion_for_Books">x</a>)</small></div> </blockquote> <p><strong>-phage</strong>,-later,<em>-mancer</em>,-maniac, -phile</p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/51009332330http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/51009332330Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:06 -0400wordsbooksliterary<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3cb91263cc83a5efd6fb08c731c95695/tumblr_mlty9pKNNM1rrfowao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50984195822http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50984195822Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:50 -0400artArchitecture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/316ae3d2d8e6c25e4630ec14ec486bcc/tumblr_mlbj1y3wE91qjju5co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50928013903http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50928013903Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:03 -0400cloudsskynature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcwmmo0stf1qe0r71o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crashinglybeautiful.tumblr.com/post/50203567643/as-a-poet-i-hold-the-most-archaic-values-on-earth">crashinglybeautiful</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth … the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and the wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">—Gary Snyder<br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50282871257http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50282871257Sun, 12 May 2013 16:01:13 -0400poetrywriterspeopleportraitsdreamy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c229f3b60eb59c6ea8ed79fe191377f7/tumblr_mkabhwaoZl1qdjto7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassa%C3%AF">Brassaï</a></p> <p>Allumeur de réverbères, place de la Concorde, 1933</p>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50251592283http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50251592283Sun, 12 May 2013 08:00:55 -0400artphotographycitynightParis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a8986f5ba72e6212b2e2ed2fc19515db/tumblr_mmn25cdBmj1qgkmiuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50190180550http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/50190180550Sat, 11 May 2013 16:01:12 -0400artphotographycity<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/37f7a74f70e63633280921b0d4f4062f/tumblr_mk29bndECd1s7u75lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49873786795http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49873786795Tue, 07 May 2013 16:01:17 -0400artphotographydesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4288a140a0214b3e9002af7981aa1114/tumblr_mlbx29ASlk1qiz3j8o2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/be706c47372ff01f38e0417f61f10cf7/tumblr_mlbx29ASlk1qiz3j8o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/09a72e4cad3552fbffd7229577c3daca/tumblr_mlbx29ASlk1qiz3j8o3_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0521ffc9c712786988d9464c49088a4e/tumblr_mlbx29ASlk1qiz3j8o4_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><small>The Russian Ark: This movie was shot in a single take. The cinematographer Tillman Buttner, used a Steadicam and high-def digital technology; joined with some 2,000 actors in a tight-wire act in which every mark and cue had to be hit without fail to get the whole film in one shot. (<a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/russian-ark-2003">x</a>)</small></p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49849862399http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49849862399Tue, 07 May 2013 08:00:39 -0400artcinema“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle">Aristotle</a> (384 BC–322 BC, Greek) [<a href="http://artchipel.tumblr.com/tagged/Aristotle">Fr</a>] (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.artchipel.com/">artchipel</a>)</em>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49711978053http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49711978053Sun, 05 May 2013 16:01:14 -0400quotewisdomartphilosophy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2d43b6507b94521a495cd0defc4bd35f/tumblr_mm950bL7f61qe0lqqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mpdrolet.tumblr.com/post/49587886713/wolverhampton-disco-england-1978-chris">mpdrolet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Wolverhampton Disco, England, 1978</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.chrissteeleperkins.com/">Chris Steele-Perkins</a></p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49679821070http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49679821070Sun, 05 May 2013 08:00:49 -0400photographyartdancingfunnight<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d9823e2a51e1a0c81b308225dad93052/tumblr_mm6tioSOXI1qhh6peo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f7a69087ca383b27d571fd40821ef71d/tumblr_mm6tioSOXI1qhh6peo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae2519fb33da0b9b2dd57cabd45a7187/tumblr_mm6tioSOXI1qhh6peo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e65e1f793d4088070eae5897d813f1a/tumblr_mm6tioSOXI1qhh6peo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://slowlyeden.tumblr.com/post/49505946868/louis-couperus-book-covers-by-jan-toorop-via-the">slowlyeden</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Louis Couperus book covers by Jan Toorop, via <a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?s=objecttype&js=1&p=1&ps=12&f.principalMaker.sort=Jan+Toorop">The Rijksmuseum</a></p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49586448884http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49586448884Sat, 04 May 2013 08:00:51 -0400book coversartdesignIllustrationbooksreadingliterary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj2yboKPgh1qzmm04o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://xo-skeleton.tumblr.com/post/4415442981/janos-szasz-school-ball-1965">xo-skeleton</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>János Szász, <em>School Ball, </em>1965</p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49353795575http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49353795575Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:45 -0400photographydesignart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4293ee26a98eb05711aba2a5d8be8711/tumblr_mk6ommw4ud1riatdoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <div><small>J. M. W. Turner, <em>Ulysses deriding Polyphemus: Homer’s Odyssey</em> (detail), 1829 (<a href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ulysses-deriding-polyphemus-homers-odyssey">x</a>)</small></div> </blockquote> <p></p>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49285392636http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49285392636Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:01:05 -0400art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8171520f394716ffc34b87a4cf4dbc7f/tumblr_mjm1kceCBk1rte5gyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/743e59cde1dbfe4c040ccf16f4b0a0ff/tumblr_mjm1kceCBk1rte5gyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.thisiscolossal.com/post/45277484872/unfinished-cooling-tower-at-satsop-nuclear-plant">itscolossal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Unfinished cooling tower at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tendril/8529303841">Satsop Nuclear plant</a> in Washington state.</p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49084368001http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49084368001Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:00:53 -0400artphotographydesignindustrial<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/507d98959c3c517bfcdc1904dfdc35e2/tumblr_mgczz2xP3g1qj38pco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/02cd040e7ad4b6501fa5ea576bc5ba85/tumblr_mgczz2xP3g1qj38pco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d8b2f3c6d21604db17433469f46e68b/tumblr_mgczz2xP3g1qj38pco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://djevojka.tumblr.com/post/40090576804/old-french-fairy-tales-by-virginia-frances">djevojka</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p><a href="http://cizgilimasallar.blogspot.com/2013/01/virginia-frances-sterrett-old-french.html#">‘Old French Fairy Tales’ by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1920)</a></p> </div> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49030621756http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49030621756Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:01:01 -0400artIllustrationfairy tale<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3odrtSY3S1qa7pfco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, T.S. Eliot</p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49000305155http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/49000305155Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:00:36 -0400quotepoetryT.S. Eliotliterary<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e0d8e5d180e526aded3d4815690316e6/tumblr_mk9xwvQkpZ1qbidlso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://iamjapanese.tumblr.com/post/46601154450/gustave-caillebotte-french-1848-1894">iamjapanese</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Gustave Caillebotte</strong>（French, 1848–1894）</p> <p><a href="http://uploads3.wikipaintings.org/images/gustave-caillebotte/nasturtiums-1.jpg"><em><strong>Nasturtiums</strong></em></a>   1892</p> <p>oil on canvas</p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48947922043http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48947922043Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:01:11 -0400artflowers<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8lvxoGUbt1qj73e2o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mandaknowsbest.tumblr.com/post/35077579478/float">mandaknowsbest</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>float.</p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48924073715http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48924073715Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:00:52 -0400seanature““Often when I imagine you<br/> your wholeness cascades into many shapes.<br/> You run like a herd of luminous deer<br/> and I am dark, I am forest.””<br/><br/> - <em>Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours I, 45 (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pederost.tumblr.com/">pederost</a>)</em>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48871799293http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48871799293Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:01:26 -0400quoteliteraryRainer Maria Rilkepoetry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdzw3cwFJt1rskq39o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><small><em>the secret history</em> - <strong>donna tartt</strong></small></p> </blockquote>http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48848110260http://whatwasit.tumblr.com/post/48848110260Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:01:04 -0400literaturebooksreadingquote