I Could Get So Much Done If Only I Could Get Stuff Done

Orpheus and Eurydice, Edward Poynter, 1862

State Library Victoria, Melbourne

Lucretia, 1664 (detail) Rembrandt.

Dark Academia On A Budget Aesthetic

Thrifted/Secondhand books. Old t-shirts & jeans. Watching Dead Poets Society on 123movies. Printing sheet music from Google. Jacking your dad’s coats & sweaters. Sneaking your mom’s blazers & loafers. Cheap eyeliner & dry shampoo. Downloading PDFs of classic books. Using $1 notebooks for journaling. Gas station coffee & tea. Borrowing books from the library (and “forgetting” to return them).

Christmas time in the Faroe Islands.

I have been so fatigued by the plague and my studies that i had scarcely thought to cultivate my inspirations

I miss going outside

Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)