Sorry I Can’t Hang Out Today, I Read A Richard Siken Poem So Now I Have To Cry For Ten Hours

Concept idea

most dark academia books and film have one person is obsessed with an enigmatic society or group of people/friends. What about the reverse?

A group of friends that become obsessed with one ‘perfect’ person; a loner of sorts, yet are mutually respected by everyone and don’t seem the need to make friends. Yet the group forces themselves onto that person, hungry to finding out more and essentially almost becoming like them. So they obviously get lured in by a single, mysterious person that could shatter them in a second.

“We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.”

~ Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye)

my favorite latin phrases

serva me, servabo te- save me and I will save you

venti, vidi, vici- I came, I saw, I conquered

capax infiniti- holding infinity

ita vero- thus indeed

mea vita- my life (in reference to someone)

amata- beloved

ad astra per aspera- to the stars through difficulties

stēllāns- having the appearance of stars

amera vita- love life

Gras es noster- The future is ours

Bacchanale, 1871, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Medium: oil,canvas

“it is a marvel that those red rose-leaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing. Your slim gilt soul walks between passion and poetry. I know Hyacinthus, whom Apollo loved so madly, was you in Greek days.”

Oscar Wilde to lover Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas, January 1893

dark academia, once again

an aesthetic that is inspired by old and classic literature/philosophy, as well as themes of existentialism and death. it revolves around a dark color scheme as the name implies, with hints of earthy tones as well, such as navy green, burgundy, cream, and brown/beige. this whole aesthetic is about looking like a wise-cracking, pretentious scholar, so you'd usually see one wearing plaid or suede dress pants, knitted turtlenecks, black belts, blazers, baggy overcoats, dress shoes/black heels, and pocket watches/gold vintage watches. you will occasionally find one lounging around in a used bookstore, reading old classics and writing poetry, or in a vintage coffee shop, ordering a black coffee or a green tea with no sugar.

Paris mornings

Pietro Canonica. “L'abisso” (The Abyss) .Detail, 1869 .

A romantic is a person who believes in romanticism, which is like a philosophy on life. 

Romantics love nature, old things like castles and churches, love poetry and beauty, and have a tendency to get carried away by ideas. This can be both bad and good, as most of the original romantics stood up for their beliefs and greatly helped England, but also went to help people in revolutions and got killed. 

They also tend to get randomly depressed, but this is because the weather and colors and beatiful things make them act differently than others.