#petersburg

[derangedrhythms]

Innokenty Annensky, 20th Century Russian Poetry: Silver and Steel, from 'Petersburg', tr. Lubov Yakovleva with Daniel Weissbort

TEXT ID: I don't know where you are, and where we are, Only that we are part of each other.

#innokenty annensky #20th century russian poetry #petersburg #poetry #excerpts #f #o

[huariqueje]

Sphinx on the university riverfront - Elena Grishina

Russian , b. 1970s -

oil on canvas , 35 x 25 cm

#Elena Grishina #russian artist #riverfront #Universitetskaya embankment #Petersburg

[postcard-from-the-past]

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

Russian vintage postcard, mailed in 1913 from Saint Petersburg to Dresden, Germany

#vintage #tarjeta #briefkaart #olga nikolaevna #postcard #germany #photography #grand #1913 #postal #carte postale #sepia #saint #ephemera #nikolaevna #historic #saint petersburg #russian #ansichtskarte #duchess #postkarte #olga #dresden #russia #romanov #petersburg #postkaart #mailed #photo

[serqeylugovtsev]

2023, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

#spb #russia #питер #спб #петербург #urbanspirit #мойпетербург #petersburg #piter

[unteriors]

6th Street, Petersburg, North Dakota.

#Petersburg #North Dakota

[sangcounty]

Love in the Prairie State

#midwest #illinois #midwest gothic #love in the prairie state #my photos #prairie state #small town #american gothic #photography #small town photography #my photography #my pics #my pictures #rural america #rural #rural gothic #rural aesthetic #petersburg #Logan county #countryside #country #barn #barns #fall #fall aesthetic

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

State Tax 1893. To State of Virginia, Dr. Payable to C.R. Slaughter, City Treasurer, Petersburg, Va.

#taxes #States Tax #Virginia #VA #1890s #Petersburg #receipt

[federer7]

Army Forge Scene, in Front of Petersburg, 1864

Photo: David Knox

#David Knox #Petersburg #1864 #forge

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"Forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34):: Graffiti artist Vano Bogomaz appeared in the center of Petersburg on Good Friday. Next to the reproduction of Diego Velasquez's "Crucifixion" - two armed soldiers.

* * * * *

Leonard Cohen said his teacher once told him that, the older you get, the lonelier you become, and the deeper the love you need. This is because, as we go through life, we tend to over-identify with being the hero of our stories. This hero isn’t exactly having fun: he’s getting kicked around, humiliated, and disgraced. But if we can let go of identifying with him, we can find our rightful place in the universe, and a love more satisfying than any we’ve ever known.

People constantly throw around the term “hero’s journey” without having any idea what it really means. Everyone from CEOs to wellness influencers thinks the hero’s journey means facing your fears, slaying a dragon, and gaining 25k followers on Instagram. But that’s not the real hero’s journey.In the real hero’s journey, the dragon slays YOU. 

Much to your surprise, you couldn’t make that marriage work. Much to your surprise, you turned forty with no kids, no house, and no prospects. Much to your surprise, the world didn’t want the gifts you proudly offered it.If you are foolish, this is where you will abort the journey and start another, and another, abusing your heart over and over for the brief illusion of winning. 

But if you are wise, you will let yourself be shattered, and return to the village, humbled, but with a newfound sense that you don’t have to identify with the part of you that needs to win, needs to be recognized, needs to know. This is where your transcendent life begins.

So embrace humility in everything. Life isn’t out to get you, nor are your struggles your fault. Every defeat is just an angel, tugging at your sleeve, telling you that you don’t have to keep banging your head against the wall. Leave that striver there, trapped in his lonely ambitions. Just walk away, and life in its vastness will embrace you.

~Paul Weinfield

#graffitti #Vano Bogomaz #Petersburg #Good Friday #Diego Balasquez #Crucifixion #quotes #hero's journey #Leonard Cohen #Paul Weinfield

[aryburn-trains]

The Cavalier leaves Williamson, West Virginia on a rainy day, 1959

#cavalier #n&w #norfolk & western #1959 #petersburg #portsmouth #trains #passenger train #history #williamson #west virginia

[myowangs]

#Petersburg #Alaska #sea plane #Cessna

[postcard-from-the-past]

Greetings from St Petersburg, Russia

Russian vintage postcard

#vintage #tarjeta #briefkaart #postcard #greetings #photography #postal #carte postale #sepia #ephemera #st petersburg #historic #russian #ansichtskarte #postkarte #russia #petersburg #postkaart #photo

[serqeylugovtsev]

2023, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

#spb #russia #питер #петербург #спб #urbanspirit #мойпетербург #petersburg #piter

[unteriors]

S 7th Street, Petersburg, Illinois.

#Petersburg #Illinois

[kemetic-dreams]

Lewis Martin, 29th U.S. Colored Troops

Lewis Martin (1840-92) served in the 29th regiment U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. He was severely wounded in the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia on July 30, 1864. His right arm and left leg had to be amputated.

#african #lewis martin #colored troops #civil war #petersburg #virginia #afrakan #kemetic dreams #brownskin #afrakans #africans #african culture #brown skin

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Piano Recital by Students of Hubert Tillery, Walnut Hill School Auditorium, Tuesday Evening, June 10, 1958. George Harold Edwards Scrapbook

#vintage #virginia #va #1950s #school #recital #music #Petersburg