despair

<n>Psyche Weeping</n> by artist <n>Kinuko Y. Craft</n>.

A photograph from the February 1965 issue of <n>National Geographic</n>.

A still from the 1985 film <n>Ran</n>, directed by <n>Akira Kurosawa</n>.

The poem <n>Why Bother?</n> by <n>Sean Thomas Dougherty</n> from his 2018 book, <n>The Second O of Sorrow</n>.

A detail from <n>Hans Memling</n>'s painting <n>The Man of Sorrows</n>, c. 1490.

<n>Cocos</n> (1949), a photograph by <n>Lola Álvarez Bravo</n> taken in Acapulco.

Figures dance around a bonfire during a <n>Walpurgis Night</n> celebration.

A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

From the <n>Land of Nothingness</n> series by photographer <n>Maroesjka Lavigne</n>, shot in Namibia.

A quote from the book <n>Seeds Planted in Concrete</n> by author <n>Bianca Sparacino</n>.

As the spring of life grows the newly green meadow, roses will crown the sweet nightingale’s song, don’t despair walk on  If the world does not turn to your whims these few days, cosmic cycles are preparing to change, don’t despair walk on.

Photo by <n>Daniel Vertiz</n>, curated by <n>Rob Harris</n> for <n>the35mmdiary</n>.

Used as the cover for books including <n>A Home in You</n>, <n>Corrupt</n>, and <n>Can't Say Goodbye</n>.

Artwork by <n>Febriand</n>, curated by <n>Tim Nordberg</n> and <n>Lisa Nordberg</n> for <n>Northwind Magazine</n>.

A film still from <n>One Wonderful Sunday</n> (1947), directed by <n>Akira Kurosawa</n>.

A tiger swims in a pond covered in green algae in India. Photo by <n>Michael Sewell</n>.

A <n>Weeping Willow Tree</n> by the <n>River Thames</n> in Middlesex, England.

A still from the 2018 film <n>Roma</n>, directed by <n>Alfonso Cuarón</n>.

Digital collage by <n>Robin Isely</n> using a detail from <n>Hans Memling</n>'s painting <n>Man of Sorrows</n>, c. 1480.

From the <n>new school.</n> series, photographed by <n>Erika Kamano</n> and styled by <n>Taylor Okata</n>.

<n>Stanislas at the Window</n>, a 1973 photograph by <n>Édouard Boubat</n>.

Digital illustration by <n>pai darts</n>, used as album art for <n>guardin</n>'s song <n>into the trees</n>.