various sacred hearts (damien hirst; tim tate; antique ex-voto; 19th c. french religious card; 19th c. french reliquary; repousee antique; carved wood frame c. 1890-1920; unknown painting)
The Garden of Death - Hugo Simberg , 1896
Finnish, 1863-1917
Watercolor and gouache, 16 cm × 17 cm (6.3 in × 6.7 in)
Ateneum, Helsinki
““They told me to pour my heart into everything I do. So that’s what I did, I poured and poured and poured. Now they ask me why I’m so empty.””
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“I am not afraid of being alone. Indeed, in small doses, I find it a relief—the presence of people I love overburdens my heart. The times when I think of them from a distance are restful breaks.”
— Simone de Beauvoir, tr. by Justin O’Brien, from “The Woman Destroyed,”
