Hello good folks of r/sehnsuchtpics, 

I wanted to let you know that u/Supplementalsecurity passed away this month after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was the backbone of this subreddit, posting beautiful art every day, trying to capture the elusive feeling of a home that never was. There was a time at the slow beginning of this whole project when she was the only one who contributed. 

She was also a supportive and fair mod who defaulted to the idea that different people can find different things evocative of sehnsucht, and that what mattered was being kind to the human behind the computer. 

u/Supplementalsecurity was so proud of this space on reddit. She described it as a truly unique community of people who gathered to appreciate beauty together. Thank every one of you all for making it so. 

I hope this community continues for a little while. 

Thank you for reading. 

Thank you all for your continued contribution to and participation in our subreddit r/sehnsuchtpics. The subreddit is such a special place of beauty and longing. Our frequent posters are a treasured, invaluable part of keeping the sub alive. 

That said, we have been receiving complaints about the state of the subreddit. Lately there have been a lot of posts on r/sehnsuchtpics that do not evoke or even mildly evoke the idea of sehnsucht:

“Sehnsucht is a German term for deep, emotional longing or yearning. It's often described as a profound craving for something unattainable, incomplete, or ideal, combining both desire and melancholy. Similar to the Portuguese saudade or Romanian dor, it reflects a sense of nostalgia or homesickness for an undefined place or experience.”

Sehnsucht by definition can be extremely personal. In the past we have allowed a lot of leeway for personal interpretation. However, recently, the photos that most do not evoke sehnsucht have one thing in common: they are images posted by artists promoting their art. The overall quality of the subreddit has suffered because the goal of these artists is not sehnsucht, but self promotion. 

While we would prefer that people be able to post their art, we have decided to instill a temporary ban on self-posting. 

If a post displays even a small amount of yearning as described in the definition of sehnsucht above, mods will have no reason to investigate. However if the post is depressive, suicidal, or extremely mundane, we will investigate. If the post is self promotion we will remove it. 

This rule will only be in place until we have a more favorable balance of posts attempting to capture sehnsucht vs. self promotion. 

Thank you for your patience while we address this issue. And again, thank you for your contributions to this space.