“All Of Old. Nothing Else Ever. Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No Matter. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.”

metsänpeitto – forest blanket. In Finnish mythology, this is the name of a place or state of mind where you can be led by magical creatures of the forest (dwarves?) and where even a familiar forest can seem strange and deceptive. in the past, people who got lost in the forest for unexplained reasons said that they 'fell under the forest cover'. 'but there's a way out!' that's what my grandmother used to say, which her mother taught her once when they got lost in a cloudberry swamp. 'I need to turn my socks inside out!'

— Saara Alhopuro

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Painting by David Mensing (b.1963, Iowa)

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‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon’ by Ella Williams

tbh i am not the person you want to be texting in an emergency, my notifications are off and i’m on Do Not Disturb. i haven’t had a ringtone since the dark years of ‘06. i’ll text u back in four (business) months like “hope that worked out, the Lord works in mysterious ways xx”

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Morwenstow by Owen Gent

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Some truly gorgeous embroidery on vintage linens I purchased at an antique sale today. I'm unsure how old they are.

John William Waterhouse has some of the most beautiful art 🌾🍇

Childhood can be scary.

A collection of some of my hand-drawn horror looping animations!

“Don’t you think so, too?”