Other Life

A detail from <n>The Last Day of Pompeii</n> (1830-1833) by artist <n>Karl Brullov</n>.

I once kicked a dog out of frustration. Not kidding.

I wasn't frustrated with the dog, I was frustrated with myself.

That's when I knew that I had to change my life.

Cover art for the song <n>off to heaven</n> by musician <n>omission</n>.

The <n>Madrigal House</n> in Kingston, NY, featuring <n>William Morris</n>'s <n>Blackthorn</n> wallpaper. Photo by <n>Gieves Anderson</n> for <n>Architectural Digest</n>.

An eclectic, 'Cluttercore' style interior associated with designer <n>Nina Takesh</n>.

A <n>Crucifix blade</n> with the inscription 'GOD PROTECT' on the reverse.

The Rome apartment of designer <n>Alessandro Michele</n>, with a chandelier by <n>Gino Sarfatti</n>. Photo by <n>François Halard</n>.

<n>Reading the Evening News</n>, taken in <n>Princes Street Gardens</n>, Edinburgh, during the 1940s.

The Drawing Room at <n>Cragside</n> in Northumberland, designed by <n>Norman Shaw</n> for <n>Lord Armstrong</n>.

<n>La Madone au Coeur Blesse</n> (1991) by artists <n>Pierre et Gilles</n>, featuring singer and model <n>Lio</n>.

A detail from <n>Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen</n>'s 1882 painting, <n>Dr. Faustus in his Study</n>.

The <n>Modernist</n> interior of the <n>American Bar</n> in Vienna, designed by <n>Adolf Loos</n> in 1908.

<n>The Sick Girl</n>, an 1886 painting by <n>Vasily Polenov</n>.

An excerpt featuring a quote attributed to psychoanalyst <n>Sigmund Freud</n>.