photos by ilya naymushin from his home in krasnoyarsk, a city of nearly a million people located along the yenisei, a river which flows over three thousand miles from its source in mongolia through siberia before emptying out into the arctic ocean. as temperatures in the siberian city drop, steam comes off the river, coating the surrounding trees in hoarfrost.
The Hesitant Betrothed by Auguste Toulmouche (1866)
I have always adored this painting. Having the central female figure stare with awareness at her viewer is a very powerful move, and something not often given to women in paintings. It creates an engagement with the viewer, she sees you and she knows you are watching her. She is no longer an object in an image, she is a person.
You know she gon’ kill the man she has to marry
I like how everyone else is totally excited the women are congratulating her, the little girl is so into being a flower girl.
And she’s there in middle going “THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT.”
“the hesitant betrothed” there is NOTHING HESITANT about that expression
Whoa. This is really dramatic and unexpected :)
The “Fuck This Shit” Betrothed
This is the ‘Isn’t It A Tragedy She Was Widowed So Young’ Betrothed, is what it is.
If I wasn’t terrified of bugs, I would think this is cool
you could get so many bells for those
Ok so these are a type of jeweled scarab. They also come in silver.
There’s been a lot of studies about these little guys recently, specifically about why they’re so damn shiny. The studies I’ve read, which I’m not sure how widely accepted they are, suggest they it’s because they reflect both left and right-handed circularly polarized light. Basically they reflect more so they shine more.
