"How strange and foolish is man. He loses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins his present while worrying about his future, but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him, but he dies in a way as if he were never born."

— Ali ibn Abi Talib R.A.  (via hasbunallahwanimalwakiil)

(Source: simplysweet07, via maarnayeri)

fuckyeablackart:

A Gold and Onyx Earring John Markese

fuckyeablackart:

A Gold and Onyx Earring
John Markese

dynamicafrica:

Happy Independence Day to all those from Somaliland!

18 May 1991

(via 37thstate)

brazilwonders:

Orla de Atalaia - Aracaju, Sergipe - Brasil (by Cristiano Santana)

brazilwonders:

Orla de Atalaia - Aracaju, Sergipe - Brasil (by Cristiano Santana)

islamic-art-and-quotes:

Basmalah Painting

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم


In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

From the Collection: Bismillah Calligraphy and Typography

islamic-art-and-quotes:

Basmalah Painting
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

From the Collection: Bismillah Calligraphy and Typography

(via arabiccalligraphy)

ledecorquejadore:

Mausoleum of Sheikh Rukn-i-Alam. Multan, Pakistan. 
(via Pinterest)

ledecorquejadore:

Mausoleum of Sheikh Rukn-i-Alam. Multan, Pakistan.

(via Pinterest)

(via thearabesque)

brazilwonders:

Brazilian people (by Lucas Ninno)

brazilwonders:

Brazilian people (by Lucas Ninno)

uksa:

Street artist El Mac

(via theyoungradical)

fazstreetart:

Commentary.

In February, I posted two pieces in Bed-Stuy on Tompkins and Halsey. These two pieces got the most attention of any pieces I’ve put up so far. Within a few days, someone had written his response to the work directly onto the posters. From there, a woman wrote a response to him. And it went on and, on with different hand-written comments creating this kind of interesting discussion. The pieces remained up until a week or so ago, when the phallic image was drawn. That’s when I decided to try to take them down. 

The “Stop Telling Women to Smile” piece remained in tact enough for me to include it in the exhibition. I thought it was important to present in the show, so that people could view these written reactions.

(Source: stoptellingwomentosmile, via makingcarbon)

jawclench:

this is my favourite photo on tumblr. it’s perfect.

jawclench:

this is my favourite photo on tumblr. it’s perfect.

(Source: n0rtherlights, via la---vie--boheme)

cosascool:

“Piracy” is a project conducted in 2011 by Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco

(via best-likes)