Born with the Great Unrest

Beauty and the Beast

I neeeeeeed this.

bohemea:

As in all transformations, there is an element of sadness. Something very familiar, very comforting is being left behind for the unknown, which beckons her, siren-like and irresistible. She is, as Rilke once observed, seated before her own heart’s curtain. It allows only the tiniest peek.
Intolerable, the waiting and the melancholy. All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy.
At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women by Sally Mann, 1983-1985

Everything I’m feeling right now.

As in all transformations, there is an element of sadness. Something very familiar, very comforting is being left behind for the unknown, which beckons her, siren-like and irresistible. She is, as Rilke once observed, seated before her own heart’s curtain. It allows only the tiniest peek.

Intolerable, the waiting and the melancholy. All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy.

At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women by Sally Mann, 1983-1985

Everything I’m feeling right now.

January 10

bohemea:

Martha Stewart as Veronica Lake - Face Forward by Kevyn Aucoin, 2000

This scan from our Flickr ended up on a reddit thread about Martha Stewart. I thought I’d share it with Tumblr. Isn’t it outstanding?

MY GIRL. GETTIN’ IT.

(via suicideblonde)

January 2