Omg I’m Crying I Can’t Believe I Found Some Valid Information On What Has Been Disturbing Me For

The Louvre // Lorde

Literally just romanticize your own life. What’s stopping you. Who will care. Commit to enjoying things. 

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

relatable deaths from ancient times

chrysippus: died laughing at his own joke

zeuxis: died laughing at his own art

aeschylus: stayed outside in his old age to avoid a prophecy that he would die from having something fall on his head, died when an eagle thought his bald head was a rock and dropped a turtle on him to break its shell

plato: partied too hard

empedocles: jumped into a volcano to prove that he was immortal

philitas of cos: was such an incredible pedant that he wasted away while studying erroneous word usage

saint lawrence: roasted alive during christian persecution under valerian, joked that he was done on one side and needed to be flipped over

didius julianus: purchased the roman empire in an auction, ruled for 9 weeks, executed for being ineffective leader

petronius arbiter: sentenced to death by nero, opened his veins while enjoying a sumptuous dinner party, edited his will to list all of the reasons he hated nero

Our Wish for the End, Me, Digital Collage, 2020

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”

— William Shakespeare, from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream“, published p. 1596

English literature academia aesthetic appreciation post.

Paris mornings

“A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.”

— Paulo Coelho (via naturaekos)

New Renaissance by KOTY2