tyrannosaurus-trainwreck:

eudaimonist:

1954- Theoretical Physicist and “Father of the Atomic Bomb” Robert Oppenheimer, Jumping, as taken by Philippe Halsman

When the photographer Philippe Halsman said, “Jump,” no one asked how high… He called his method jumpology. The idea of having people jump for the camera can seem like a gimmick, but it is telling that jumpology shares a few syllables with psychology… As Halsman, who died in 1979, said, “When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping, and the mask falls, so that the real person appears.“

NYT

Salvador Dali with the same photographer doing the same schtick.

Be it known that you crush heads! Be it known that you devour corpses like a dog! Be it known that your gaze is terrible! Be it known that you lift your terrible gaze! Be it known that you have flashing eyes! Be it known that you are unshakeable and unyielding! Be it known that you always stand triumphant!

Enheduanna, excerpt of The Exaltation of Inana (via antigonick)

#morning affirmations (sashayed)