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Tumblr (3.0; @picaresquity)http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b3886981bb62ce495b78867ed325cd4/tumblr_moknmuaZaH1qeju05o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rfmmsd.tumblr.com/post/53254504611/artist-patricia-ariel-still-life-mixed-media" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">rfmmsd</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Artist:</p> <p><strong>Patricia Ariel</strong></p> <p><em><strong>“Still Life”</strong></em></p> <p>Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper</p> <p>9” x 11”</p></blockquote>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53303689930http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53303689930Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:03:06 -0500artillustrationskullflowerspatricia ariel“What I feel for you can’t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; It either screams out loud or stays painfully silent but I promise — it beats words. It beats worlds. I promise.”<br/><br/> - <em>Katherine Mansfield, from <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Collected-Letters-Katherine-Mansfield/dp/0198185324" target="_blank">The Collected Letters</a></em> (via <a href="http://naisae.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">naisae</a>)</em>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53288437718http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53288437718Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:29:13 -0500quotekatherine mansfieldthe collected letterswordsgod so many things that i'm reading are just speaking directly to me and this is one of them and it just fits so perfectly<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_53278972831" src="http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53278972831/audio_player_iframe/picaresquity/tumblr_molft9f5Gg1qdkv5p?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fpicaresquity%2F53278972831%2Ftumblr_molft9f5Gg1qdkv5p" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Walkmen – In the New Year</p> <p><br/> This is one of those songs that’s going to stay with me for a very long time.</p>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53278972831http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53278972831Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:44 -0500musicthe walkmen<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ca774eeed62c22be6b3f2b5a145b4784/tumblr_moix2pNKu81qa8awvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53227142387http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53227142387Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:10:25 -0500photographyblack and whitefigurebackshoulders“<p><em>absence</em> / absence<br/><br/></p> <p>But isn’t desire always the same, whether the object is present or absent? Isn’t the object <i>always</i> absent? —This isn’t the same languor: there are two words: <i>Pothos</i>, desire for the absent being, and <i>Himéros</i>, the more burning desire for the present being.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Roland Barthes</strong>, <em>The Absent One</em> from <em>A Lover’s Discourse</em>, translation by Richard Howard  (via <a href="http://naisae.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">naisae</a>)</em>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53225798549http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53225798549Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:52:14 -0500quoteabsencedesireroland barthesa lover's discourse“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ralph Waldo Emerson (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://saminthesoutheast.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">saminthesoutheast</a>)</em>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53222023844http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53222023844Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:01:58 -0500quotenaturebooksralph waldo emerson<p><a href="http://andrewgibby.tumblr.com/post/52647718586/empty-all-the-sandbags-piled-around-my-heart-to" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">andrewgibby</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span">empty all the sandbags<br/>piled around my heart<br/>to build a sandcastle<br/>on your un-shore.<br/>stand inside the tower<br/>of all our falling down,<br/>hang my love like a sail<br/>and lead me to your storm.</span></p></blockquote>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53220911492http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53220911492Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:47:18 -0500poempoetryandrea gibsonlovesandcastlestorm<p>I am sleepy, and my head is muddled, and I cannot concentrate on work (at all, not even a little); my thoughts are elsewhere.</p>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53209012832http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53209012832Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:03:49 -0500personal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvn73ejjWq1qdc69so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Mark Rothko’s first UK solo show at London’s Whitechapel Gallery, 1961</p> </blockquote>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53196758364http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53196758364Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:41:23 -0500artmark rothkorothkophotographypeople in museumsblack and white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b1e6f03835cbd3ee86749eeca3dcb738/tumblr_moggdpWBwI1qdkv5po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dive bar bathroom #selfie I forgot I took last night.</p>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53054228196http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/53054228196Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:13:00 -0500selfiepersonalmeinstagramaustindive bar<p>Cannonball run to Austin for the weekend!</p>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52944386093http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52944386093Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:16:59 -0500Personal<p>gchat philosophical conversations about meaning/truth/beauty/love</p>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52898236928http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52898236928Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:07:14 -0500personalthis is my life<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_52877654341" src="http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52877654341/audio_player_iframe/picaresquity/tumblr_mmt5bolHvv1ru0ycg?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fpicaresquity%2F52877654341%2Ftumblr_mmt5bolHvv1ru0ycg" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://boogeywoman.tumblr.com/post/52851953103" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">boogeywoman</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Small Hands - Keaton Henson </p></blockquote>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52877654341http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52877654341Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:11:00 -0500musickeaton henson“She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.”<br/><br/> - <em><span class="st">Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni</span>   (via <a href="http://thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">thatkindofwoman</a>)</em>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52870504919http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52870504919Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:06:23 -0500quotelifeflowsiddhartha gautamabuddhabuddha siddhartha gautama shakyamuni<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc726fd220b185a9a34407e10de7dc44/tumblr_moauv4R9As1qahakgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52829044557http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52829044557Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:35:12 -0500graffitistreet artuseful<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/42fa88e92e7188455049ed46822a9403/tumblr_mo5t0aJMnT1qczwklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://red-lipstick.tumblr.com/post/52602995877/samantha-keely-smith-usa-mutiny" target="_blank">red-lipstick</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Samantha Keely Smith (USA) - Mutiny, 2012-2013       Paintings: Oil, Enamel, Shellac on Canvas</p> </blockquote>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52804180376http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52804180376Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:29:02 -0500artpaintingabstractsamantha keely smithstorm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3etnxRJ1G1rpri2zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://museumuesum.tumblr.com/post/22267645665/shahzia-sikander-practice-makes-perfect-2011" target="_blank">museumuesum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://sikkemajenkinsco.com/?v=exhibition&exhibition=4f28aa065b881" target="_blank"><strong><span class="lineOne">Shahzia Sikander </span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Practice makes perfect</em>, 2011</p> <p>Ink on prepared paper<strong>, </strong>82 x 51 inches (208.3 x 129.5 cm)</p> </blockquote>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52801044757http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52801044757Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:40:29 -0500artpaintinginkblurmusicnotesshahzia sikander<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_52798076907" src="http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52798076907/audio_player_iframe/picaresquity/tumblr_moadxdgEki1qdkv5p?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fpicaresquity%2F52798076907%2Ftumblr_moadxdgEki1qdkv5p" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric</p> <p><br/> Apparently it’s just one of those good music days.</p>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52798076907http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52798076907Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:51:57 -0500yeah yeah yeahsmusic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lotemlKeAe1qavimuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52795284222http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52795284222Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:04:32 -0500photographylanscapeskycloudscactuscactiprickly peardesertpolaroid<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/36095537bd6a2563941f3c9e3079b342/tumblr_mnf3ylKBjn1r03m0qo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.wordsoverpixels.com/my-mind-is-a-mess/7cabbc3aef0748bbe6e290f936be2c05.html" target="_blank">My Mind is a Mess</a></p> </blockquote>http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52792431924http://picaresquity.tumblr.com/post/52792431924Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:12:39 -0500gifgpoymind