Ingebjørg Frøydis Støyva (b. Bergen, Norway, 1978) ‘De Snudde Seg Bort’ (They Turned Away), 120

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“It is extraordinary that nobody nowadays under the stress of great troubles is turned into stone or a bird or a tree or some inanimate object; they used to undergo such metamorphoses in ancient times (or so they say), though whether that is myth or a true story I know not. Maybe it would be better to change one’s nature into something that lacks all feeling, rather than be so sensitive to evil. Had that been possible, these calamities would in all probability have turned me to stone.”

— The Alexiad, written by Anna Komnene, the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1148.

Details of funerary monument dedicated to Maria Cristina d'Austria - 1798/1805 - Antonio Canova 

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Ruins of Kamieniec Castle in Odrzykoń (1837) by Adam Gorczyński

Josef Koudelka, France, 1970s

La Meditation, Detail.

by Anatole Vely (1838 - 1882)

having love and softness in your heart is never something to be ashamed of. giving and receiving kindness is what we are here for.

courtney at the petting zoo 1966

The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1920–1923

Liza Sivakova, ‘Anxiety’, Oil on canvas

Jonas Mekas  . As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses Of Beauty . 2000