The Need For Glasses Grows Ever Apparent :/

We're stunned by this beautifully bound anthology of Persian poetry, created in the 16th century!

Attributed to present-day Turkey or Iran, the manuscript features ornate gold detailing and pages painted with watercolor and ink. It contains poetry by Amir Shahi of Sabzavar (Iranian, born in Sabzavar–died 1453), Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami (Iranian, born 1414 in Jam–died 1492 in Herat), and Nasir Khusrau (Iranian, born 1003–died circa 1066).

The pages are composed using qita’i, a découpage technique in which letters are cut from colored paper and carefully arranged on contrasting folios.

The full anthology is part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's open access collection and available to view on JSTOR.

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i asked her if she wants to hang out again but i kinda want her to say no… i could have just not texted her. whatever.

I would just like to point out that Julius Caesar was 55 years old when he died. This means he survived FIFTY-FOUR Marches over the course of his life. Statistically he was actually VERY GOOD at surviving March.

Ides of March Georg is an outlier adn should not have been-

Every night at like 2am I convince myself that I'm covered in bugs, my teeth are falling out, there's a lump in my boob, and my throat is sore. Could use a lesson about just going the fuck to sleep

gonna stab @berry818 on their birthday sorry you were born on the ides of march that’s just the way the cookie crumbles

writing this post as they buy me alcohol btw

one of my professors says that “no one comes out of childhood unharmed” and i think its important to know all the trauma you carry with you, because a lot of people do possess some. this isnt to say that you have to get along with everyone just cause you can see why they are the way they are. however, realizing, or trying to realize why people do or act in certain ways is powerful. i dont like to use the word trauma because its been beaten into the ground. but all the good and the bad you have experienced shape you who are now, and theres no running from that. i think that both positive experiences and pain make you stronger. i do not trust people who attribute themselves to one or the other. i was just thinking about this as i make a futile attempt to fall asleep, and i have nowhere else to put this XD

LOTR MEME → THREE COLOURS: GREEN (1/3)

emojis are a slippery slope, a misty veiled forest a vague quagmire of sex jokes and misinterpretation. that being said this one is so awesome 🐦‍🔥

Simone de Beauvoir, from a diary entry featured in Diary of a Philosophy Student