Month: February 2013

blackpaint20:

Le chef ou prince des mauvais esprits auquel les Formosans sacrifient, metal engraving

From the book by George Psalmanaazaar. Description de l’Isle Formosa en Asie. Amsterdam : R. & G. Wetstein, 1712. Page 136, Plate 15.

A fierce and frightening Formosan evil spirit, from an early travel/guide book to the island and its inhabitants.

George Psalmanazar claimed to be the first Formosan to visit Europe. For some years he convinced many in Britain, but was later revealed to be an impostor

What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me; and that I stand in need of the alms of my own kindness, that I, myself, am the enemy who must be loved — what then?

Jung (via nirvikalpa)

Writing is an outlet, but it’s not an outlet of escape. People keep a journal when they want to escape. I write to rub my face in it.

Amelia Gray (via mttbll)