the real sleeping beauty at the garden of time, elle fanning at the met gala in balmain. the water birds exclusively sculpted for this look, oh this is art!!
catholic art and specially these depictions of the virgin amaze me every time i see them because the pain and sorrow is so intrinsically emotional and detailed
this reminds me of one thing i studied at my ethnicity lectures. according to sarah ahmed's the promise of happiness (2010) the pursuit of happiness can be used as a tool of oppression. "happiness is closely tied to normative ideas about gender, race and sexuality.