desitheredhead

My name is Des, I love music, art and shiny things.

[desitheredhead @desitheredhead]

@WageWar I'm loving the new album! I listened while at the gym, Karma is my favorite! Can't wait to see you guys in May. #ITCALLSMEBYNAME

[MAVERICK X @MAVERIC68078049]

There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the prize for the best corn grown. One year, a reporter interviewed him and discovered something interesting about the way he grew corn. The reporter discovered that the farmer shares his seeds with his neighbors. "Why does he share his best seeds with his neighbors if every year they compete with his own?" the reporter asked him.
"Why, sir?" the farmer replied, "didn't you know? The wind picks up the pollen from the ripe corn and swirls it from one field to another. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will constantly degrade the quality of my corn. If I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."
The same is true of our lives. Those who want to live good and meaningful lives must help enrich the lives of others, because the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches, and those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, because the well-being of each is linked to the well-being of all.

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

Tucked into a leafy corner

[Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova]

Kaoru Yamada

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Gold Posy Ring. Origin: England, 17th century. Collection: Private Collection.

The text "TREW LOVE IS MY DESYRE" is engraved in capital letters on the inner band. A typical example of early modern English spelling, these words remain clear even after nearly four hundred years.

In art history, we call these posy rings. They get their name from the French word --poésie--, meaning poetry.

In 17th-century Europe, people exchanged these rings as tokens of engagement, marriage, or loyalty. Engraving the message on the invisible interior rather than the outside wasn’t a random choice. Back then, it was believed that having words touch the skin directly helped create a more poignant and intimate bond. People thought a blood vessel called the vena amoris ran directly from the fourth finger of the left hand to the heart. They believed that when the ring was worn, these inscribed words established a symbolic connection straight to the wearer's heart. Moreover, keeping the writing inside hid it from the outside world, so the message stayed private between the wearer and the giver.

You might think these words were written by the lovers of that era with great inspiration and deep thought. In reality, however, people usually didn’t come up with these lines on their own.

In 17th-century England, literacy rates were much lower than today, and not everyone had the talent to write poetry. That’s why booksellers and street vendors sold cheap pocket booklets called chapbooks. These contained practical catalogs of ready-made love rhymes suitable for engraving. Customers would simply go to the jeweler, pick a phrase from these booklets, and have it engraved on their ring.

[soli @solisolsoli]

Heart-shaped prayer book in a medieval painting and in real life

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

27 years ago, TLC released the classic ‘no scrubs’

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

The Butterfly Couple, by German-American illustrator J.C. Leyendecker (1923). In private collection.

[desitheredhead @desitheredhead]

Spicy dog inside!

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

One of the oldest ‘Beware of the Dog’ signs in the world, found in Pompeii ruins, Italy.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A chemical reaction that reminds you of the birth of the universe
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