Francesco Hayez , Melancholy , 1841

Auguste Levêque , Bacchanalia , c1900

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ~ Viktor Frankl

Henri-Léopold Lévy, The Death of Orpheus, 1870

Zbigniew Herbert

”Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

August Rieper, Medusa, c1900

August Rieper, Medusa, c1900

Joseph Tomanek , Nymphs Dancing to Pan's Flute , 1920

John William Waterhouse , Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896

“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.” ~ Charles Bukowski

”Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.” ~ Alain de Botton

Peter Paul Rubens , Saturn Devouring His Son , 1636

Eugène Trigoulet, The Precursor, 1894

Legh Mulhall Kilpin, Gate of the Infinite, 1910

Leopold Schmutzler, Sunrise , 1908

Alexandre Cabanel, The Death of Icarus, 1857

Future Islands, Fall From Grace

You were mine when I was young
Why does it take so long?
When you were here, it was warm
Now it's just a bitter storm

Now I'm older, turning white
Watching days turn into nights
Now I'm older and I'm grave
Tell me, what's been left to save?

Pardon my reflection
In the mirror, at your feet
Before you go, please tell me
"Was it all inside of me?"

I'll leave here in the morning
I'll leave here in the morning
I'll leave here in the morning

You were mine when I was young
Why does it take so long?
Now I'm older and I'm grave
Tell me, "what's been left to save?"

I held you in the morning
In the doorway of the sea
"Pardon my reflection
It was all inside of me."

We slowly fall from grace
We slowly fall from grace
We slowly fall from grace
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away