books0977:

Cover art. The Dance, January 1929. Anna Pavlova with swans.

Pavlova continued to make long, exhausting tours, always with her own company to support. The years 1927 and 1928 were dedicated to a European tour. She performed constantly until her death in 1931. Her final words were to ask for her Swan costume to be prepared and, finally, “Play that last measure softly.”

“ I learn a good deal by merely observing you,
And letting you talk as long as you please,
And taking note of what you do not say. ”

actegratuit:

Joan Saló

“ touch me like you used to - possessive -  and skim
your hand down the steel in my spine
beneath your fingers it cracks
and shatters like glass
as you stare at what’s left of my mouth
 
your lips are a vice ‘round my broken name
the same as it was in the summer
love, we weren’t lovers,
but touch me like you want to
like you own every breath that i take. ”

aleyma:

A Winter Evening, made in India, c.1775-85 (source).

huariqueje:

Visitors at The Louvre ,1923

slojnotak:

Aert van der Neer - A River near a Town, by Moonlight (about 1645)