things I like this week, vol. 30

Steve McCurry, again. The entire post was beautiful, but this one was my favorite.

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Insight from Oscar Wilde:

All women become like their mothers.  That is their tragedy.  No man does.  That’s his.

- The Importance of Being Earnest 

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I have been craving tango dresses instead of shoes, lately - flowy ones. This is from INDI Apparel's recent line. There are lace insets along the sides of the skirt, too.

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Allen Ginsberg's "An Eastern Ballad" is a fitting description of how I've felt the last six weeks or so, and much better than I could articulate it, even if I had tried:

I speak of love that comes to mind:
The moon is faithful, although blind;
She moves in thought she cannot speak.
Perfect care has made her bleak.

I never dreamed the sea so deep,
The earth so dark; so long my sleep,
I have become another child.
I wake to see the world go wild. 

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It says "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," which is from Harry Potter's Marauder's Map. It's a clever touch to do it in black light ink (although why the random purple spots in the background?).

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This line, in a post about a Black Keys concert:

The music performed a miracle. It made the seats disappear.