“You favor cathedrals.”
“I’ve come for confession … and the glass. A riot of color in a dreary grey world.”
- Jocelyn, A Knight’s Tale
Moonlight on the Delaware River
- Artist: Thomas B. Griffin, American, died 1918
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dates: ca. 1896-1915
- Brooklyn Museum
… it occurred to me that the voracious ambitions of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.
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The recent discovery of an unpublished D.H. Lawrence letter proves that he’s got your back, ladies. Writing in response to a misogynistic 1924 article titled “The Ugliness of Women,” Lawrence lay down the law:
The hideousness {the author] sees is the reflection of himself, and of the automatic meat-lust with which he approaches another individual…Even the most “beautiful” woman is still a human creature. If {the author] approached her as such, as a being instead of as a piece of lurid meat, he would have no horrors afterwards.
Thank you D.H. Lawrence, meat-lust warrior. (h/t Jezebel)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb6920ab6eddaab9818de7bc7ca54829/tumblr_ml5a4nQGpF1qkgs51o1_500.jpg)
The recent discovery of an unpublished D.H. Lawrence letter proves that he’s got your back, ladies. Writing in response to a misogynistic 1924 article titled “The Ugliness of Women,” Lawrence lay down the law:
The hideousness {the author] sees is the reflection of himself, and of the automatic meat-lust with which he approaches another individual…Even the most “beautiful” woman is still a human creature. If {the author] approached her as such, as a being instead of as a piece of lurid meat, he would have no horrors afterwards.
Thank you D.H. Lawrence, meat-lust warrior. (h/t Jezebel)
BEST COAST The Eastern Seaboard of the United States, from the twin forks of Long Island to Washington, DC, is seen in the view from the International Space Station. (Photo via NASA APOD)
