coffee and books

19|| 1st year student in india||studying electronics and communication engineering

[zindagi-se-darte-ho]

Interesting Topics to Research On for Bored AF People (desi version)

The Bengal Sultanate

Dominance of taka in Silk Route Trade

Tibetan Buddhism

Chamba Rumal

Pashupati Seal

Zeb-un-nissa Begum

Rasa theory of Natyashastra

Gargi-Yajnavalkya Dialogue

Saraswati (River and Goddess)

Rudraveena

Atman-Brahman Relation and Mahavakyas

70's Bollywood fashion

Paintings of Raja Ravi Varma

Dhrupad

History of Chai/Cha

Mother Goddess Mohenjo Daro

Chanakya

Prakrit Language

Baro-Bhuiyan

Chicankari

Brajabuli

Tantra

Shipton–Tilman Nanda Devi expeditions

Banaras

Annamalaiyar Temple

Chola Dynasty

Pala Empire

Terracotta Temples of Bengal

[petriquartz-spiritual]

Everyday things you probably already do that can be WITCHY with intention:

🌙 Showering - As every witch knows, it’s important to cleanse your space often! A daily shower is a perfect way to cleanse yourSELF! Ritual baths are amazing, but when life gets busy, we don’t always have time to sit and soak. Use your alone time in the shower intentionally. Clean your body while imagining all of the negative energy of the day washing off of you. Use certain soaps or bath products in conjunction with specific intentions. (Rose for universal love, peppermint for wealth, chamomile for purification, etc.) Remember to be intentional in your thoughts as well. Showers are a great place for meditation and manifestation!

🌙 Applying makeup/doing your hair - These are things we typically do in front of a mirror. A mirror is the perfect gateway to connect with ourselves for a bit of reassurance. Use this time to state positive affirmations or mantras.

🌙 Cleaning your home - Cleaning our sacred spaces is another great way to banish negativity and protect our energy. Use certain scents around your home to match certain intentions, and listen to high frequency music while cleaning to keep your energy lifted.

🌙 Falling asleep - If you’re anything like myself, having noise in the background while you’re getting ready for bed can be very comforting. However, it is extremely important to be intentional about the things we watch or listen to, even subconsciously, before laying down. The alpha and theta brainwave states of consciousness we enter before bed are heavily influenced by our surroundings. Try to watch or listen to TV shows or movies with positive or uplifting messages that are light hearted, or even better yet, try guided meditations!

🌙 Working - This one is so much easier said than done. Sometimes when we are working, our mind tends to wander to things we’d rather be doing instead. Alternatively, if you struggle with happiness or contentment at work, try to avert your thoughts into a positive direction. Think about your dream job. Think about how you’ll achieve your career goals, and how what you are doing now will help you progress forward with these motivations. The universe is always listening. Instead of thinking about how you dislike your job, even if you do, instead think about how much you’d LOVE to do your dream job. This will bring you much closer to your end goal a lot more quickly. Always remember: Positive attitude = positive results!

Follow here and IG @petriquartz for more tips

[snoppy]

coke studio has done more for india pakistan relations than the UN

[weirdbraincustard]

✨ weight loss affirmations i've been loving lately ✨

everytime i breathe, i lose weight

i look thinner everytime i wake up

everytime i weigh myself, i see a lesser number on the scale

it is so natural for me to lose weight everyday

even when I'm sitting idle, i lose weight

whatever i eat helps me lose weight

it's a fact that my body is healthy & nourished

i can eat anything i like & get slimmer anyway

i'm the sexiest person that ever existed

yes, i love being fit & healthy so efforlessly

it's a fact that i have a snatched waist

all clothes look amazing on my curves

isn't it wonderful? my body is so perfect

yes, my metabolism is the fastest

my body is my best friend

ofcourse, i am everyone's body goals

note : please use these affirmations or the law of assumption to better yourself, don't do it if you're anorexic or coming from a place of hating your body. you can manifest your desired body by feeling good in the one you have now, because they're one and the same! use law of assumption to further level up, knowing the fact that you're already fucking glamorous, gorgeous & hot to begin with!

[bluebirdflyingtoyou]

Vibes I get from Indian Cities

Mumbai

Mumbai feels like that kid who just doesn't give up. They'll run, fall, hurt themselves but they won't give up. Mumbai feels like a kid that fully believes in "work hard play hard". They may come of as superficial but they have deep understanding and vast expanse of feelings to it. Mumbai is the kid who I generally accepting of everyone, is on good terms with everyone and will not refuse to help anyone.

Pune

You know that meme with the triangle with "Sleep", "Social Life" and "Good Grades" on each of the vertices and says that you can only choose two? Well, Pune choose all three. Pune is an all rounder.

Delhi

Delhi feels like that aunt or uncle who didn't get married or have kids and is young at heart. Delhi is well traveled, has an immersive knowledge about everything and is wise. Lowkey has a drinking/smoking problem though.

Kolkata

Kolkata feels like someone who is very well educated, has spent years abroad and then returned home to take care of their aging parents and because they felt they had to reconnect with their homeland to find themselves again

Chennai

Chennai has a motherly vibe to it. Chennai is traditional and has strong values which may not be as cool or as up to date and Tech savvy as the other cities, but no one provides you with comfort you the way Chennai does.

Bangalore

Bangalore is that 20 something year old who wanted to be an artist of some sort when they were a teenager, but their parents wanted them to get a more traditional degree so they got an engineering degree but ultimately ended up with their own start up and are now doing something they are passionate about. They spend their days drinking coffee and they spend their nights drinking craft beer.

Gangtok

Gangtok feels like a child who just joined kindergarten and sees the whole world with a new perspective everyday and is just learning to be apart from their parents for the first time. Gangtok is hopeful, Gangtok has a sparkle in their eye and a bounce in their step and curiosity in life. Gangtok has nothing but love to give to everyone and everything they see in life.

Jaipur

Jaipur has balance. Jaipur has traditional values with a modern thinking. Jaipur respects their elders but is not afraid to call them out on their bullshit. Jaipur wears kurtas with ripped jeans. Jaipur has the past, present and future in perfect balance.

Udaipur

Udaipur is like the older gentleman who makes you believe that chivalry isn't dead. Udaipur has royal blood, stories of valour and courage and loyalty. Udaipur makes young men want to be like him and young women want to be with a younger version of him.

Varanasi

Varanasi is the grandmother. She had to change her name but didn't let that change her identity. Varanasi has healing powers, the best aam ka achar and will never let you return empty stomached.

Shillong

Shillong is the quiet teenaged girl who exudes radiance. She is beautiful. And not just in terms of her looks. She is beautiful because of her soul and her mind. She has a few close friends, and knows how to party. She will also wake up on time the day after a party and get back to her work on time.

[chaandajaan-moved]

what do you think dark academia could look like in Asia, both visually and academically? also, here's a bad pick up line: are you rice? cos you get me up in the morning

Firstly, bad pickup lines are literally my thing so thankyou.

so I can only really speak to south Asia but i hope there something in there for everyone. 

sliced fruits and tea while you study

takings rikshaws to class

bleached white uniforms and polished shoes

studying on the roof on a sunny day listening to the street noises

street food with friends

fountain pens and perfect handwriting

late nights studying without coffee

studying through repetition and reading

teachers who point with their middle finger

full bookshelves of textbooks and class readings full annotated

hanging out with local stray cats

[caappuccino]

as a pretentious Bengali, please allow me to add

richly annotated books of the poems of Tagore

exchanging political ideas with friends over cigarettes

a big book that’s falling apart that you carry anyway

taking breaks from studying to watch old black and white movies by Satyajit Ray

protesting in university campuses

waking up late on a Sunday to the smell of food cooking after a long night of studying

spending afternoons buying second hand books

absorbed in reading on an old tram in Old Calcutta

words can change the world

[yeahboiislay-deactivated2021030]

Hey! Pretentious Pakistani here:

Listening to Noor Jahan on your grandad’s radio from the 70′s

Reading Faiz Ahmed Faiz while sitting on a charpai that’s on the roof 

Drinking Chai in a white cotton shalwar kameez 

Secretly smoking at the Quaid’s Mazar

Attending a political rally or sit-in

Digging through your great-aunt’s storage to find a copy of the Pakistan Declaration in perfect condition.

reading Keat’s while balancing yourself on your brother’s motorcycle while he weaves through Karachi’s traffic, trying to get you to university on time.

‘Borrowing’ your grandma’s pillazo pants and Granddad’s shirt from the 70′s and then ‘borrowing’ their Volkswagen beetle

[jaane-ghazal]

As a super pretentious indian muslim, here is my input:

•going to the anti NRC-CAA rallies and sit ins regularly.

•wandering in the dusty book filled lanes of college street.

•sipping sweet tea, at dawn, while reading the Quran.

•"borrowing" Baba’s bottles of ittar.

•reading Tagore, Begum Ruqaiya, the communist manifesto, the Hindus:an alternative history among banned literature.

•sitting in your grand dad’s library, every time you visit his place, even if it has not changed one bit in the past 16 years you’ve been visiting him.

•sipping bhaad wali chai after your routine morning walks.

•taking the tram to school/university.

•wandering around the national library after sunset( it’s supposed to be haunted).

•carrying a copy of the Quran EVERYWHERE.

•discussing politics over cigarettes.

•dressing up in a lehenga at home, just because you felt like it.

[ryns-ramblings]

@theparistimes

[theparistimes]

Love this!! As someone who has only experienced academia in the western world, these are so fun to read.

[ceres-xf]

a somewhat pretentious and chaotic indian hindu here (i’m new to tumblr, sorry if there are any formatting errors :/)

pulling all-nighters for days and making yourself a cup of “adrak wali chai” at 2 am.

embracing your dark circles (because you can’t be bothered trying to hide them anyways)

no playlist is ever complete without kishore kumar, mohd rafi, rahat fateh ali khan and lata mangeshkar. “khoya khoya chaand” at 3 am? yes pls. 

opting for stem majors because your parents wanted you to but secretly having a “love affair” with history, politics and literature.

wearing your mother’s saree and finding comfort and warmth within its drapes.

incarnate mehendi designs on your hands.

having read the geeta, mahabharata, ramayana, vedas and the upnishads and analyzing it so many times that now you know it better than your grandma. 

philosophizing about the meaning of life, about karma, about religion, about everything.

tagore. everything about tagore.

getting into heated political debates with friends.

knowing at least 2-3 languages before you start primary school.

studying sanskrit. that in itself makes you feel connected to the world of academia. imagine learning a language that was spoken by our ancestors, thousands of years ago. the language of history. amazing.

wearing your dadi’s jewelry for the sake of nostalgia

oh and wearing your mother’s watch because “sentiment”

speaking of nostalgia and sentiment – going through old photo albums still saved in your mother’s almirah.

 white kurtis and pashmina shawls in winter is a mood.

knowing a great deal about architecture, thanks to being surrounded by historical monuments all around.

[ipitara-studyblr]

I don’t if I would fall into the category of dark academia but here I would like to include (Indian girl adding some extra points):

Walking on the old streets (some second hand book market, whoever is from Delhi must be knowing Daryaganj) and looking for cheap and old second hand books. The yellow pages and the peculiar smell 😍 wondering how many people would have read it

Dressing up in kurta or cotton tunics with jeans

Hair in a bun or loose, whatever, you will look nerdy all the time. With jooti or my favourite sneakers .

Chai all the time

Going and visiting old monuments and learning about their history

You can probably hang out alone or with a few people who really enjoy your conversation

Reading mythology books and sankrit @caelesti-x Indeed yes!

Learning about as God and goddesses we have and why we celebrate the particular festival ( I am still not able to understand everything)

Opening the old cartons full of your highschool books and college books as well as extra novels ( I don’t have a separate cupboard for so many old books ofcourse so i keep them in carton on top storage shelf 😬

You cannot run away from tje political talks. If something is happening somewhere, discussio can start anytime, anywhere and with anyone.

In winters, you sit on the terrace in sun, with peanuts and salt, tea and a book! I even study like that during exams.

My bagpack is always heavy like I am carrying two lehninger everytime.

You read tagore, gulzar, kabir and so many other good written works out there.

And read about Indian scientists like CV Raman, Ms swaminathan, SN Bose, Hargobind khorana

Handwritten notes and the fright of spilling water over ink pen written notes.

I guess yes, That is all. But no idea if that is a bit off track answer. I am mixed academia. 🌼😊

[the-secret-historian]

Love this! As a Bengali who grew up in different parts of India, can I add

Learning to read and write English and Hindi before being taught Bengali by your mother

Carrying around Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol anyway, just to feel closer to the words you couldn’t yet read

Going back to hometown on holidays and realising you speak a weird mix of Bengali, Hindi and English.

Books being an integral part of your upbringing. Perks of having bookish parents and grandparents

Spending afternoons in a room full of people, everyone reading something different, occasionally reading a paragraph aloud for everyone to listen.

Cha. Just so much cha. With adda of course. It may or may not take a political turn. Just kidding, it always takes a political turn.

Studying history and feeling goosebumps when visiting old monuments in Delhi

Inheriting books and saris from your grandparents. Seeing annotations your grandfather made on a book he read when he was your age or draping your grandmother’s sari to your graduation to feel connected to her.

Explaining to your parents you want to study history and not science and getting emotional when they are fully supportive.

Explaining to your other family members that no you don’t want to sit for UPSC just because you studied Humanities

(Forced) music lessons and thus growing up with a love/hate relationship with Tagore until reading his books as an adult and grumpily admitting that yes, he’s actually brilliant.

Durga Pujo starts with a string of Pujobarshiki. Waiting a whole year to read what Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Nobonita Deb Sen have cooked up for you this year.

Embracing both the tweed jacket and the kashmiri shawl in winters.

Boroline. The magic ointment that heals everything. For the things that boroline doesn’t heal, there’s Tagore.

[ophelia2999]

this thread <3

[ginazmemeoir]

This entire thread

[khayrr]

a pre-pandemic date in kolkata: it's our day off from college. a day free of learning about mughal history and for those less fortunate than myself, *ahem* you, a STEM major, a day free of abstract algebra lessons that you almost always doze off in - that is, of course, on days when you're not too busy being zoned out or having your nose stuck in a book on buddhism or modern psychology. if i had a rupee for every time i witnessed a brilliant, passionate-about-liberal arts indian teenager being forced to pursue a degree in science, i'd be able to buy the entirety of novels and books on college street, plus a lifetime supply of puchka. ah, yes. college street and puchka. i hook a pair of my favorite oxidised earrings into the holes of my ears and wrap a rani pink scarf around my neck. you pick me up and we stop at our favorite puchka stall and make idle chit-chat in bengali with the dada serving us. we 'clink' our puchkas together and mutter a small "cheers" and yell "jinx!" with our mouths half-full with the most exquisite thing on this planet. next, a stroll through college street, mostly us just haggling and refraining from buying more recreational reading material than our university schedule permits us to indulge in. sigh. next stop - victoria memorial. i see we're exceptionally touristy today. but hey, i wasn't in charge of the itinerary. regardless, i'm smiling more today than i have in a year. you seem to have that effect on me. we walk in silence, my right hand and your left hand occasionally running into each other. i never suck it up and just grab it, to hell with everything else. and neither do you. but both of us do consider it, and that seems to be enough for me. last stop, indian coffee house. a 'clink' and a "cheers" and i'm more relaxed than i've been all my life. that night, i can barely sleep. "amar din kate na" plays on my dad's carvaan but i barely pay attention to the lyrics. i'm too busy smiling to myself.

[chaiipanikam]

So here are some desi/desi dark academia playlists. They are my baibies. Take good care of them.

The last playlist has ✨ beautiful✨ (mostly) tamil songs.

@music

[a67chevymeow]

helo this is a cry for help I’m almost on the verge of a breakdown pls

Hi I’m in 10th grade (CBSE) I have Sanskrit and I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. I had Hindi up until 8th grade then like an idiot I dropped it and took up Sanskrit instead in 9th thinking it would be easy but it’s not when you don’t know anything and if you’re a Sanskrit student too and have any tips, notes or anything that can help me please reach out/ dm me I’m extremely desperate and trying really hard not to cry rn. Any help would be appreciated.

I very recently started using Tumblr so I don’t know anyone here but @desi-dark-academia @holding-infinity-and-a-book I think you guys are 10th grade students too so if you know anyone please let me know I’m sorry if this weird, I’m embarrassed too but I’m just really desperate atm.

kthenksbye

[darkbicademia-deactivated202206]

1. I always refer to this YT channel for studying Sanskrit

2. Do the basics first. Take out 2-3 days to study the basic grammar and structure of Sanskrit. Once you learn to understand, translate and write sentences, you can do anything. Sometimes I can write correct answers to questions from literature chapters I haven't studied solely because I could understand the language. There are a ton of online resources out there.

3. I think one of the reasons you might be overwhelmed is because the syllabus seems so vast. Mind you, they've cut it down a great deal, look up the reduced syllabus. There's barely anything left in grammar.

4. Get someone, a school senior, tuition teacher or school teacher on a zoom call and explain stuff to you. I know it's very tempting to just "rattafy" or mug up Sanskrit, but this language is all about understanding the rules.

5. Another great website with very good notes in the form of slideshows is this, use it.

6. Honestly, with the youtube channel I've shared with you, you're all set. I'm giving my Sanskrit 10th boards in a month too. I'm just completing revising the syllabus and then I'm on to past papers. Just take a chill pill and feel free to hit me up if you have any more questions. @ginasholtsoundboard might be able to help further

Good luck and just relax!! Sending lots of love ❤️✨

[ginazmemeoir]

ok first of all, there’s zero need to panic. CBSE Sanskrit is seriously very easy (at least for me). I think you’re also using Shemushi for literature right?

first of all, study the grammar. There’s literally nothing new since 8th grade, except samas. Take the help of a hindi teacher if you can (i know i did). Get a good grammar book (i prefer Saraswati and Together With) and practice all the grammar question types - error correction, translation, tense conversion, sentence formation etc.

The writing part is easy enough all you have to do is fill in the blanks. However some options can be tricky. Do the writing part with pencil first (as in filling the blanks) and re-read it again to make sense of it. Once convinced, erase and write with pen. ALWAYS COPY DOWN THE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH DURING QUESTIONS BASED ON WRITING SKILLS / FILL IN THE BLANKS.

I always used to jot down notes in my book, regarding meanings of words, their roots and translations. If you haven’t, don’t stress at this point. Buy a Together With Sanskrit book and skip straight to literature. They contain translations of the entire chapter, summaries and related exercises.

For shlokas and poetry, you might get translations. Practice that. Anvay is always given in fill in the blanks format.

[hariyali]

playlists (desi)

making playlists has been my favourite hobby recently and here are some of them

edit: the link were broken so I have updated them. hopefully they are accessible now.

tender hindi - soft, gossamery songs

indian miniature painting - oh to be dancing on the banks of yamuna, bacchanal in the forest, holding lilypads, with the deer and peacocks as the moon rises on the horizon

hitchhiking a truck / charpai in courtyard - folk vibes

a civilization beyond indus - ancient and medieval kingdom vibes

desi academia - chai aur kavitaen

with her past midnight in the delhi city-lights - "i fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.“ but it’s in the amber streetlights of the back alleys/balcony of a big city. [hindi+english]

tender hindi songs of night - in memory of those summer twilights when there’d be a powercut and the whole family would sit on the porch with handfans, telling each other stories

dil me jhula sa laga hai - songs about self-love and life 

existential hindi - songs with existentialist lyrics

[freudianslipperys]

a whole bunch of links for a bad day

serotonin

2048

control the weather (flash warning)

spend bill gates’ money

read a book

write without distractions

snickerdoodle mug cakes

recipes for when you’re low on spoons

khan academy

an aggressive reminder

1000 awesome everyday things

make a picrew of a worm on a string

bongo cat

useless websites

emergency compliments

a nice uquiz

more useless websites

sketch comedy

sculpt something

guess google searches

white noise

rain

customizable

coffee shop

thunderstorm + fireplace

rain on a tin roof

rain + traffic

train sounds

a fan

catharsis

scream into the void

cut your screen (trigger warning)

break glass

self-care

inexpensive self-care

small acts of self-care

develop a self-care plan

do nothing for two minutes

cope with:

common sleep problems (+solutions)

nightmares

stress

stress 2

are you stressed or depressed?

homework stress

an eating disorder

things to do instead of harming yourself

trauma

anger

worrying

grief

a breakup

the suicide of a loved one

bullying

is this relationship harmful?

sexual assault

obsessive-compulsive disorder

obsessive-compulsive disorder 2

suicidal thoughts

help

a whole bunch of hotlines

more hotlines

suicide hotlines

talk to someone

active positivity blogs

@positivityreblogs

@positivitie

@recoverystuff

@survivor-positivity

@ocdiscourse

@positivelypastelpink

@positiveautistic

@mental–healthawareness

@slfcare

@traumasurvivors

@softheartedsuggestion

remember:

drink some water

eat something if you haven’t in a while

take a break

sleep if you need to

you’re doing amazing i love you

[witch-in-the-wild]

Arabic dark academia

Having tea first thing in the morning, the afternoon, evening, night and whenever you have nothing to do and whenever you have everything to do

Practicing calligraphy, hoarding calligraphy pens and quills like a dragon hoards its jewels

Youre now a calligragon btw

Pretentious hand written letters

Fragments of poetry and prose on the wall

In Egypt you can buy a vintage gramophone (as far as I remember)

Wrinkling your nose at orientalists who have clearly never been anywhere near the culture they're trying to portray.

Appreciating the orientalists who have in fact been there and paint like it. (Sorry to disappoint but there were never sexy slave babes roaming the streets)

Mourning for the scholars of Al Andaluas and times when Arabic was the language of science

Arguing over e'arab (the value of a word with regard to others in the sentence) and balagha (it translates to "eloquence" but is more like a complex version of figures of speech) of words

Arabic being such a complex language you get carried away sometimes

Passing the allotted wordcount so you start going over your paper and compressing a whole sentence, consisting of a conjunction, a subject, a verb and two objects into a word in desperation

Words like فأسقيناكموه (faa'skainakumooh) meaning "and so we have let you drink it" being an example.

Tea over burning coal. Over logs (hatab) tea over bokhour/oud hits different and you know it.

Brewing coffee over low heat and humming to Layali Al Ouns

"No offense but I like real coffee" when someone mentions starbucks

Um Kulthoum and Asmahan are superior you cant change my mind.

NO I DID NOT FORGET ABDUL HALIM HAFEZ I WANTED HIM A BULLET OF HIS OWN.

Fareed al atrash concerts at 3 am.

Nothing you ever cook will be under seasoned.

Reciting poetry to yourself in the mirror

Big chunks of jewelry (usually gold) engraved or woven through with intricate patterns and swirls. Wearing four bracelets in one hand is absolutely fine and under dressing is a myth

Owning swords is not out of fashion (ancient arabs were well known for their swordsmanship) but using them is, unfortunately <3

Wondering how they won wars with these swords. I couldn't even lift it enough to stab myself if I wanted

Extra names. People called شهد honey (shahd), جمال beauty (jamal), زهرة flower (zahra), ليلى night (laila), سماء sky (samaa), مهند/سيف sword (mohanad/saif) and صفاء purity (safaa) like it's the most normal thing in the world (which it should be, along with names of ancient gods)

Poetry from the abbasid era describing palaces and fountains and music so eloquently your heart skips several beats and you wonder how it is still beating at all and if, after all, you have been born in the wrong era.

Classic poetry from the school of Apollo brimming with romance and yearning you have never seen matched.

Poems that tear at your heart and stitch it whole with every bayt (verse? The equivalent for it) and you keep coming back for more.

Stories so well told that you swear you can see the princes and charmers and musicians and dancers all flicker to life in the flames before you

Historical masjids and churches.

Going to the palaces and shrines and towers from the ancient days of yore

Not exclusively (as neither is anything on this list) arabic but BRAIDS and braid jewellery that clinks when you shake your head

The unwavering belief that poetry is meant to be sung.

Singing poetry because it is meant to be sung

Thick eyebrows

Lining already lash lined eyes with kohl.

Beautiful brown eyes. Honey eyes. Chocolate eyes. Freshly turned earth eyes. Eyes that hold all the ethereal beauty of the world.

Hair styled in dark, thick curls or braids

Savouring the way the words move around from your throat to your chest to the tip of your tongue, like liquid gold,

The sweet music from the strings of a qitharah (string instrument)

Scented candles are cute, but have you ever heard of oud (perfume infused wood)? Anyhow one of my Sudanese friends make it AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

Wanting to study with the scholars of baghdad and azhar so bad

Recognizing that for all your culture, some of it is inspired by others and that's okay.

Please add what you can to this list. It is far from complete.

[the-bitch-mob]

fuck it. be creative even if you never really *make* anything. write out plot synopses of stories and then move on. design OCs you'll never use. make mood boards and concept art and don't do anything with them. life's too short to forget everything that inspired you and creation doesn't have to be "complete" to be worth the time you put into it.

[marianastudiesart]

THE BEST DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT HISTORY

In my opinion and based on the synopsis

1. An impassioned and highly informed history lesson, this documentary explores one of the most consequential periods in Egyptian history and attempts to shed light on the enigmatic confederacy at its center.

2. Alexander the Great is the stuff of legend when it comes to ancient military history. Armed with youth, cunning and a brilliant tactical mind, his thirteen-year reign led to the formation of one of the largest empires the world has ever seen.

3. It's one of the most popular portraits in the history of art. Yet the subject of that portrait remains elusive. The Secret of Mona Lisa explores the trail of evidence that has gathered since the da Vinci masterwork was first unveiled around 1503. 

ATTENTION: I'M GOING TO KEEP ACTUALIZE THIS LIST. IF YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND A TV SHOW OR DOCUMENTARY, SEND ME A MESSAGE OR COMMENT.

Thank you

[greenstudies]

Things to do at home

While we are all just stuck home, I decided to compile a bunch of ideas what to do:

Cook or learn to cook

Meditate

Stretch

Work out (I recommend blogilates!)

Take care of plants (repot them…) or if you have a garden then work there

Clean

Tidy and declutter using the konmari method

Read

Watch movies

Start a new series

Sew

Embroidery

Alter clothes

Make new outfits

Write

Draw

Learn a new skill

Research things you are interested in (minimalism, witchcraft..)

Teach your pet a new trick

Play around with make up

Detox (coffee, make up…)

Indoor photography

Sexy stuff (alone or with your partner)

Redecorate

Journal

Create new music playlist

Have you ever tried just existing in silence for 5 minutes?

Build a pillow fort

Find a new favourite channel

Do some yoga

Try bullet journaling

Have a self-care day

Play video games

Learn a dance choreo from youtube

Walk around naked

Learn to sing a whole song

Look for new music

Call your friends and family

Fix what needs fixing

Feel free to add more ideas!

[cephiius]

types of people: favourite indie artist

dodie: chill person, overthinking, messy hair bun, very creative, writer/poet, leftover food, old musicals, fairy lights, kittens, ukulele, messy room, loves naps

mxmtoon (maia): the fun friend, laughing through the pain, fuzzy socks, lot of saved memes, activism, cares a lot, cold treats, netflix and anime, does a sport

lorde: lowkey, quiet, conversations about the universe, libraries, late night drives, vinyl, dark colors, greek mythology, long baths, dyed hair, chaotic neutral, jewelries

girl in red: gay with a passion, tired 24/7, late-night snacks, artist, coffee, hoodie collection, rainy days, aesthetic, girls are so pretty it hurts them, cuddles and hugs

kacey musgraves: motherlike, old songs, like really old songs, beaches, journals, great fashion taste, great cook, romance movies and novels, make up, tote bags

mitski: secretive, emo upbringing, diverse music taste, black nail polish, random posters in their room, plays electronic instrument, sharp minded, deadpan, snow

[frokk]

dark academia but it’s online school

- waking up early in the morning to watch the sunrise, even though you don’t actually need to

- staying up late to read or paint because you don’t have to get up early

- handwriting assignments that should be typed and submitted digitally

- having a coffee cup with you, rather than a thermos because you don’t have to take it anywhere

- still getting ready and dressed so that you can feel focused on your work in the mornings

- emailing your teachers to see if they have any extra reading related to the topic

- turning in all of the assignments for the week earlier than the rest of your class because you wanted to finish them early

- not doing any assignments for the week because you were too interested in researching about different planets or the deep sea