Academia - Blog Posts
Add in the distant rumble of thunder and constant rush of a heavy downpour, a bit of chill in the room yet comfort from the warm embrace of the fire 🤎
Cinnamon rolls, dark roast coffee, and a great book is the greatest combo you can have when sitting in front of the fire.
"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."
- Plato
"Solitude is independence."
- Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf
echoes from the halls of knowledge
sometimes after I take a shower, I feel like the Phoenix reviving from its ashes
"Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
- James Madison, The Federalist Papers
she was haunted by the ghosts of Rembrandt and Shakespeare, and it showed
we are the poets, the writers, the artists who will change the world
which would you prefer?
option 1: to die young, having lived a life overflowing with adventure, excitement, and fulfillment, and never having to experience the decay of your youth
option 2: to die old, having lived a life of deep connections, rich experiences, and simple pleasures, yet needing to watch yourself and those you love slowly descend into the grave
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of
day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the
light."
- Dylan Thomas
it's time for dark academia dream girl winter
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
the piano is my happy place
just watched dead poets society
books upon books upon books
my yearning to collect penguin classics never ceases. it only grows, grows, grows
Softly tagged by @orphic-studies 🤎
last song: cinnamon - tamino
fav color: chocolate brown
last book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
last film: Pride and Prejudice (2005) 🫣
last tv show: Queen Charlotte
relationship status: single
sweet/spicy/savory: sweet
last thing I googled: philosophical movies
current obsessions: tamino, classical concerts, just the whole dark academia aesthetic
looking forward to: this coming semester…I'll be studying philosophy and american history
my tag: @fictionalaffection
"It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors."
- Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
I find it shameful that everyone talks about Oscar Wilde but no one ever uses his full name
early morning coffee and self-discipline
does anyone else find chocolate to be very academic
trying to run only pulled me closer
"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."
- Ovid, Metamorphoses
O Fortuna
Velut luna
Statu variabilis
Semper crescis
Aut decrescis
- Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
