Valin Mattheis

the cycle of grief and joy and everything in between is simultaneously comforting and terrifying. yes, i will feel pain again, yes, i will feel joy again. yes, i am human.

Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft, which has been orbiting Venus since 2015, has captured a remarkably clear image of the planet's atmosphere. This image was taken using its infrared camera, revealing detailed features of Venus' cloud structure and atmospheric dynamics

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

can I just take a moment to take in her beauty. Also got the pics of Pinterest.

spikes crypt js so cool i love the background lightning in the basement, and the color pallet, every set piece is so unique and creates such a cool image, plus this is so cute, them, an intimate, cozy, well lit and colored atmosphere, just taking shots and having soft conversation, wonderful scene

Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months. And then, one not-so-very special day, I went to my typewriter, I sat down, and I wrote our story. A story about a time, a story about a place, a story about the people. But above all things, a story about love. A love that will live forever. The End. Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann

Anselm Kiefer — Rapunzel (oil, emulsion, acrylic, shellac and lead, on canvas, 2017)

'deck of ship in moonlight (from scrapbook),' graphite and watercolor on wove paper, john singer sargent, c. 1876.