memento mori
@tenposike
just a little scrapbook where i reblog posts on the topic of death and posts that celebrate life and history. no original content. content warning for death, possibly unreality and occaisonally outdated language
acoldghostlypresence
babylon-crashing

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Recently I went to one of my favorite museums of all times, the Muskegon Art Museum, and discovered this new bronze by UK artist, Beth Carter, Minotaur Reading. When people think of the myth of the Minotaur it’s almost always in context of his violence, his lust, his impossible body. Here all that is swept away with this monstrous form reading a small golden book. This made me crazy happy to see.

trailmixtime
angiethewitch

my hearing has been aided and holy shit is this how you guys hear all the time

angiethewitch

I can hear the birds calling to eachother!! im sat inside my house and I can still hear them!!

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my cats purrs are so loud...I never knew how happy he was when I petted him 😭😭

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bees have such nice buzzes!!!!!

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rustling leaves sound nice. motorbikes do not

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I can hear the river running through my village...this world has so many beautiful and amazing sounds

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if you rub your hands on a leather sofa. that sounds excellent

angiethewitch

gravel sounds fantastic btw. go kick some gravel immediately

angiethewitch

CRUNCHY LEAVES

angiethewitch

I still can't get over jinx purring. I never knew how happy he was or how much he loves me. he's been purring since I got home, every time I say hi to him. my husband says he's always purring like that, I just never heard it before

angiethewitch

thank you @dwiwediblino for suggesting a clicky keyboard. I just tried it out and what a FANTASTIC sound

adoratato

Have you heard the pitter patter sound of your cats toes yet? Always enjoy that sound

angiethewitch

yes!! when we came home and I called him downstairs for some food I heard him leap off the bed I think and his excited patters down the stairs

angiethewitch

food in frying pans really do be sizzling...

angiethewitch

the sound of old crinkly book pages oh my GOD I have found my new favourite sound

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went down to the village river and it was so nice!! the river is pretty low rn because of the lack of rain but when it rains lots I want to go back and see it go fast and hear it

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also! hearing the rustle of grass as I walk through it!

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and and and i threw a stone into the water and it made a very satisfying splash sound :)

intercoursefluids

What do you think of this noise?

angiethewitch

that's such a funny sound I need to get some sheets of metal and laminate some paper immediately omg

angiethewitch

popped my hearing aid on when I woke up and just listened to my husband breathe next to me. he's here, I get to wake up next to my best friend every day. he's alive. he loves me.

then he started snoring very loudly and it was even worse with the amplified sound

angiethewitch

you guys can hear the ticking of watches?? they're so loud!!

angiethewitch

when you light a cigarette and you hear a faint crackle as the dried leaves catch fire. very good.

angiethewitch

I was hanging my washing outside and I shook out a pillowcase to hang it up and it made a very good whoosh sound with a slightly sharp crack!

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the crackling sound of a candle wick being lit!! what a fun noise!!

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a bird landed on the tree branches above my head and I heard it!! I thought birds were silent but theyre not!!

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heard my neighbour come home from his daily bike ride and the bike made a clicking sound??? :0

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im outside in my garden with my easel doing some painting and I was drawing on the easel and it makes a scratchy noise?! the pencil was scratching! it makes a very good sound indeed!!

angiethewitch

all of you who were suggesting a cold drink over some ice...you were all so right for that

angiethewitch

sizzling barbecues!! loud and fun!! different foods make different sizzles

angiethewitch

I CAN HEAR THUNDER THERES SO MANY DIFFERENT PITCHES TO IT WOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOWWOW

angiethewitch

IT ACTUALLY RUMBLES!!! JUST LIKE IN THE BOOKS!!!!!!

angiethewitch

TIME TO REVIVE THIS POST. I heard lambs the other day and they make really sweet noises. I also went for a walk around a local nature reserve yesterday and heard lots of birds. and I met a dog who said "boof" at me. im still absolutely bowled over by the sound of the sea. in my job I rip up a lot of cardboard boxes and I enjoy the noise.

walks-the-ages
bayouette

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I have a folder called Time is a Flat Circle in which I collect evidence of humanity. Here is most of them.

aqueerkettleofish

Okayokayokayokaybut "My hand will wear out but the inscription will remain" is kind of a power line BEFORE you factor in that it is, in fact, over a thousand years old.

dduane

It’s always good to spend a few moments, on a quiet day, looking through the Family album.

headspace-hotel
astraldemise

IN A WORLD WHERE BEAUTY AND ATTRACTIVENESS HAVE BECOME SO COMMONPLACE AND MUNDANE THE EXCEPTIONAL UGLINESS HAS BECOME DIVINE

astraldemise

I SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A CAR THAT LOOKS LIKE EVERY OTHER CAR AND THEY COMPARED IT TO A UNUSUAL UGLY LITTLE VEHICLE AND ITS STRANGENESS WAS FAR MORE CAPTIVATING THAN THE SLEEK BORING CAR THE AD WAS ACTUALLY FOR

soracities

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Umberto Eco, On Ugliness

headspace-hotel

BEAUTY IS FINITE, UGLINESS IS INFINITE LIKE GOD