i want to throw up when i think about the past and all the people that i used to be friends with and all the wrong things ive done and all the things ive said that i shouldnt have
Mind-blowing oil paintings by Austrian/Jewish painter, LUDWIG DEUTSCH in the late 1800s:
The subject, “The Palace Guard” were depictions of North African medieval Muslims, THE MOORS, who settled in & ruled Northern Africa and invaded and conquered many parts of what we would now consider “Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, France & Southern Italy-ala Sicily)” for nearly 800 years, from as early as the 7th to the 15th century. Their profound, cultural legacy, influence & what they left behind( Such as the great monuments, the Alhambra and the Mezquita) is evident on spanish architecture, art, music and traditions. All but ignored now largely by both Arab and Europe world history, The Moors played a significant role during the shaping of prehistory in their early settlement.
When she entered Wonderland as a child, she fought as a child, with words and with whimsy, and Wonderland—inasmuch as it could be, inasmuch as its inhabitants had the capacity to be—was kind to her. It changed her, yes, but in little ways, interior ways. She went home a girl, not a talking flower, and her stripes were all in places that sensible stockings could easily conceal.
When she entered Wonderland as an adult, she quickly found that things had changed. But so much of that place had a strange memory that if she kept her colors the same, if she wrapped herself in pale blue and purest white, it would think her a child still…until she could get close enough to strike.
When Alice returned to Wonderland, she returned to win.
Fun Historical Fact: There used to be more gay and lesbian content in early silent films until religious groups protested resulting in “decency standards.”
THE WAY THE ONE GIRL LOOKS DOWN ALL SHY AND THE OTHER CUPS HER FACE SO SWEETLY TO COMFORT HER- AHHHH
this little fucker goes to my college— I’ve met him. To make matter worse, he’s sweet and shy. And hates it when people whisper “fish are friends, not food” around him.
