Inktober A bedroom in Northampton (Massachusetts) last October 2019

“My melancholy wants to rest in the hiding places and abysses of perfection. That is why I need music.”

—The Gay Science, §368 (edited excerpt).

Fox in Autumn by Jo Grundy

“You may have only enemies whom you can hate, not despise. You must be proud of your enemy, then their successes will be yours as well.”

—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Part One, “On War and Warriors” (edited excerpt).

Gare Saint Lazare, 1958 by Édouard Boubat

The dream scene in 8 ½ Federico Fellini

The human heart stripped of fat and muscle, with just the angel veins exposed.

Trondheim, Norway, 1947.

The 12th Duke of Mandas, Ricardo de la Huerta y Avial , circa 1906.

After all, he said to himself, it's probably only insomnia.
Many must have it.