“arguably, The Most Powerful Image In Human Depiction Is That Of The Hand.”

the day started out kind of nice

Euripides’ Hecuba c. 424 BC

Trying to balance studying for exams and working and becoming the best version of myself 💗🤍

𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷, 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟸 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟺-𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟹

from ml.books

17.03.21, wednesday, 12:26

got a new pen that I will now guard with my life

Pianist (painting), 2017

by Valeria Lakrisenko.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming....

Oscar Wilde, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑦

How you, yes, YOU, can be both PUNK and A PRETENTIOUS BASTARD (dark academic) at the SAME TIME.

(yes, I do recognise that making a 'how-to' type list is basically the opposite of punk, leave me alone.)

Read poetry (I highly recommend John Cooper Clarke).

Be angry all the time, not at people around you, but at capitalism, social injustice, the government, and societal constructs.

Read Marx.

Doc Martens should be your best friend. Yes, they're expensive. But they're also high quality and will last you a lifetime (I've had a pair for about five years now, and they've literally grown with me).

Ratty blazers are cool.

Drink fruit juice, don't take drugs. In the beginning, the punk movement was very anti-drugs, so gangs of them would get together to drink fruit juice instead.

Only quote the insults from Shakespeare's works.

Wash your hair in beer. (Just trust me. My great grandmother washed her hair with beer, and she had great hair.)

Berets

Black velvet (whilst usually more goth) can definitely be adopted.

Know that 'modern' or 'new' doesn't necessarily mean 'better'.

Go to protests, talks, lectures, anywhere where you might be able to make a difference. Say something about anything you feel passionately about, don't stand for things you feel are wrong.