"The Idiot" Fjodor Dostoyevsky

'It seemed to him then that he had only five more minutes to live. He told me that those five minutes were like an eternity to him, riches beyond dreams of avarice; he felt that during those five minutes he would live through so many lives that it was quite unnecessary for him to think of the last moment, so that he had plenty of time to make all sorts of arrangements: he calculated the exact time he needed to take leave of his comrades, and decided that he could do that in two minutes, then he would spend another two minutes in thinking of himself for the last time, and, finally, one minute for a last look around. He remembered very well that he had decided to do all this and that he had divided up the time in exactly that way. He was dying at twenty-seven, a strong and healthy man; taking leave of his comrades, he remembered asking one of them quite an irrelevant question and being very interested indeed in his answer. Then, later he had bidden farewell to his comrades, came the two minutes he had set aside for thinking of himself; he knew beforehand what he would think about: he just wanted to imagine, as vividly and as quickly as possible, how it could be that now, at this moment, he was there and alive and in three minutes he would be merely be something- someone or something- but what? And where? All that he thought he would be able to decide in those two minutes! There was a church not far off, its gilt roof shining in the bright sunshine. He remembered staring with awful intensity at that roof and the sunbeams flashing from it; he could not tear his eyes off those rays of light: those rays seemed to him to be his new nature, and he felt that in three minutes he would somehow merge with them...The uncertainty and the feeling of disgust with that new thing which was bound to come any minute were dreadful; but he said that the thing that was most unbearable to him at the time was the constant thought, "What if I had not had to die! What if I could return to life - oh, what an eternity! And all that would be mine! I should turn every minute separately and waste none!" He said this reflection finally filled him with such bitterness that he prayed to be shot as quickly as possible.'  (page 87)

Atlantis

Can't decide what I like more in these pictures...the photography or the clothes? It is definitely a perfect combination by Sølve Sundsbø.

PATCHWORK

It took forever but I finally finished my first attempt of making a patchwork blanket. Hope my mum enjoys cuddling with it.

Pre Fall Matthew Williamson

Pre Fall 12 is out! The Matthew Williamson collection was launched 2 days ago. To see all styles look on style.com

Jellyfish lampshades

Amazing jellyfish lamps by Gerladine Gonzalez. Have a look at her website, she does really nice shop-windows too.
http://www.geraldinegonzalez.com/