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Momento num café, Manuel Bandeira

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:55:48 -0300

Quando o enterro passou
Os homens que se achavam no café
Tiraram o chapéu maquinalmente
Saudavam o morto distraídos
Estavam todos voltados para a vida
Absortos na vida
Confiantes na vida.

Um no entanto se descobriu num gesto largo e demorado
Olhando o esquife longamente
Este sabia que a vida é uma agitação feroz e sem finalidade
Que a vida é traição
E saudava a matéria que passava
Liberta para sempre da alma extinta.

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:18:31 -0300

ramirezbundydahmer: The mental asylum in Romania was a...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:18:08 -0300

ramirezbundydahmer:

The mental asylum in Romania was a warehouse for the mentally insane, the physically handicapped and even for some Christian pastors that had been drugged into insanity during the dark years of Ceaucescu’s reign of terror. A year after his assassination, little had been done to help those closeted away in the mountains of Transylvania.

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:17:24 -0300

decodethemoans: The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, or...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:16:52 -0300

Byberry Mental Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in Northeast Philadelphia and is very wel- known by the surrounding communities. Also known as Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry.

Throughout the 20th century, Byberry gained a reputation of inhumane patient treatment. Reports of patient abuse leaked, including a case in which a patient was shackled to a bed for 14 months.

Other incidents included the murder of a patient at the hands of another patient; teeth being removed without Novocaine; and emaciated, unhealthy patients.

The stories that surround the hospital include ghosts of patients that were mistreated at the hospital and demonic activity both past and present on the grounds of the hospital.

decodethemoans:

The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, or known simply as Byberry, was the poster image for patient maltreatment. The hospital, in its most popular form, was founded in 1907, and known as the Byberry Mental Hospital. It exceeded its patient limit quickly, maxing out at over 7,000 in 1960. It housed everything from the mentally challenged to the criminally insane. Due to its atrocious conditions, and the sub-human treatment of its patients, the hospital was closed and abandoned in 1990. It had since become a nuisance for the neighborhood, as it was a breeding ground for vandals, arsonists, Satanists, and urban explorers. It was demolished in 2006, in spite of the fear of spreading asbestos, (which is what kept it standing for 16 years).

The terrifying aspect of this location isn’t so much it’s hauntings or the unsavory characters that lurked after dark (although you would have been wise to be wary of both while exploring the building). The terror here comes from the facts of the how the hospital was run. Human excrement lined the hallways, which were also where many patients slept. The staff was abusive, and frequently exploited and harassed patients. One patient had a tooth pulled without Novocaine, while another killed and dismembered a female patient. Although the killer, Charles Gable, was never found, the victim’s body was found strewn across the property. Her teeth were found being played with by another patient. Even as the hospital was in the process of closing, two released patients were found dead in the Delaware River, two successive days after their release.

LIFE Magazine at Worcester State Hospital

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:16:19 -0300

LIFE Magazine at Worcester State Hospital:

theopheliagallery:

theopheliagallery: photographsonthebrain: claytoncubitt: Richa...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:15:07 -0300

theopheliagallery:

photographsonthebrain:

claytoncubitt:

Richard Avedon, ‘Mental Institution #26’, East Louisiana Mental Hospital, Jackson, Louisiana. February 7, 1963

Italian Asylums for the Criminally Insane

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:13:07 -0300

Italian Asylums for the Criminally Insane:

theopheliagallery:

Between May 2007 and February 2008, Valentina Quintano documented O.P.G. Filippo Saporito (OPG), asylum for the criminally insane in Aversa, Italy. The series it titled ‘White Life Sentence‘ a term used by inmate-patients for indeterminate confinement.

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:07:29 -0300

http://lizardshavepersonalities.bandcamp.com/album/21-songs-compilation

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:06:24 -0300

http://lizardshavepersonalities.bandcamp.com/album/21-songs-compilation:

I’m biting the inside of my mouth to make sure I’m still alive

but I’m numb to the pain, so am I?

when I speak my words are ignored or freeze over

and lately I’ve been sufocating to breath

can someone explain that to me?

on the coldest nights when the blankets aren’t not enough

I wrap myself in thoughts of you

because it’s all I can do anymore

all I know is there’s not enough strenght in these bones to

persuade my heart to keep beating after you leaving

now I breathe in sighs as a compromise with your ocean eyes

for one fucking last try

don’t you dare say a word

let the silence stay

just let the silence stay

put your finger tip to my lips so I’m not afraid

somehow we’ll stomach this decay together

galasai: A series of photos of a woman committing suicide by...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:42:51 -0300

galasai:

A series of photos of a woman committing suicide by jumping out her window. The photographer and date is unknown.

via The Cabinet Of Photographic Curiousities

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Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:42:28 -0300

shoulderblades: trademarks, vito acconci, 1970 sitting in front...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:42:26 -0300

shoulderblades:

trademarks, vito acconci, 1970

sitting in front of a camera, acconci performed a series of contorted poses and bit into his arms, legs and shoulders, resulting in impressions of his teeth left on his skin. he then covered these marks with printers ink and used them to stamp various surfaces, illustrating the bodies attack on itself while also criticizing the social institutions of art and the economy.

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Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:41:39 -0300

alehandmf: Seppuku

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:41:17 -0300

alehandmf:

Seppuku

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