The bygone Northern Line

The Crescent (Little Horton Lane) #Bradford, #England

Galway Market, 1965

For most of human history, children were forced to grow up far too fast. All the way up to the comparatively recent days of the industrial revolution, the very concept of childhood seemed non-existent. For one glorious century, children, the most innocent among us, finally had the chance to be children. Now, once more, the youth are expected to completely skip their childhood and take on the hardships, dangers, responsibilities, and the misery of adulthood except without the class, confidence, culture, unity, rewards, or happiness afforded to their parents.

You just can't keep an old dog down

We have little meaning when we can no longer fulfil what life's really all about.

There is no such thing as having "time to waste."

The Ides of March - Edward John Poynter, c'1919

This world is filled with much, but all of it is for naught if you're not allowed to enjoy the moment.

Yes, this is a real historical photograph. It's a famous 1937 image titled The Staircase (or sometimes Opéra Garnier), captured by French photographer Brassaï (born Gyula Halász) inside the grand foyer of the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris. The dramatic composition features the iconic marble staircase, ornate architecture, and a crowd of elegantly dressed patrons in period attire, bathed in soft lighting from the domed ceiling.

View from Livadia Park - Ivan Aivazovsky, c'1861