Dark Academia On A Budget Aesthetic

some pics of my current afternoon reading; catching up on Fitzgerald this time!! ✨

Jules–Elie Delaunay (1828 - 1891)

Young Woman with a Sword

late 19th century

Gold damascened khanjar, India, 19th century.

from Hermann Historica

I honestly love Carmina Burana. It’s either “Oh, Mighty Fate! Who will love me? Do not let me die!” or “he’s drinking, she’s drinking, everybody’s drinking, also I have an erection” with nothing in between.

Romanticize your life. Make it into a movie that you’ve always dreamed of. Don’t let no one stop you from making your life enjoyable, not even yourself. Make it beautiful, make it worth living.

sub·lime

/səˈblīm/

adjective  of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe. 

I should be moving back to Oxford today. Fuck coronavirus.

Jan Van Eyck c. 1434

Arnolfini Wedding (detail)

Decorative cover of ‘The Moss Rose’ a gift book published in 1850 by Nafis & Cornish.

Boston Public Library

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