Taedium Vitae

Halley XXVII- lover of philosophy, music, and all things art.

[thecollectibles]

Lady in the forest concept by Anastasia Grintsova

[scvmfvk-deactivated20250228]

Life’s short spit in my mouth

[pompadourpink]

Faire le- expressions

Faire la course - racing someone

Faire la fine bouche - being picky

Faire la grasse matinée - oversleeping

Faire la grimace - making a face when annoyed or disgusted

Faire la loi - ordering people around

Faire la moue - pouting

Faire la navette - commuting

Faire la sourde oreille - pretending to not hear

Faire le clown/pitre/zouave - clowning around

Faire le deuil - mourning

Faire le dos rond - grining and bearing it

Faire l’étoile de mer - being a starfish (in bed)

Faire le lézard - sunbathing

Faire le mort - pretending to be dead

Faire le mur - sneaking out of the house

Faire le pied de grue - waiting for someone unhappily

Faire le pont - doing a backbend + taking an extra day off

Faire le tour - going around a place/block

Faire le trottoir - walking the streets (sex work)

Faire les frais de - suffering the consequences of

Faire les gros yeux - giving the stink eye

Faire les choses à moitié - doing things half-assed

Faire les quatre cents coups - being up to no good

Faire l’imbécile - playing dumb

[m-zdnmh-deactivated20260327]

and sometimes against all odds, against all logic, we hope.

[odos-oneirwn]

Μη σταματάς να ονειρεύεσαι.

[xostargirlox]

The Offering — Malvina Hoffman (1920)

[petaltexturedskies]

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vanessa Bell written c. August 1908

[radgepacket-deactivated20241030]

parents got a new cat they named lord montague and this morning i heard my dad in the other room say "i would have to advise against that decision, my lord" followed by a crashing sound

[the-evil-clergyman]

Venus, from the series The Seven Planets by the Monogrammist IB (1528)

[sc0rpi-ohh]

but like, put your tongue in my mouth

[mournfulroses]

Joseph Brodsky, from The Selected Poems of Joseph Brodsky; "To Urania,"

[mournfulroses]

Mahmoud Darwish, tr. by Fady Joudah, from The Butterfly's Burden; "The Stranger's Bed,"

[mothprincess]

Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals

[sarahwestcott]

Image I.D. — “My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” — End I.D.

[weltenwellen]

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

[weltenwellen]

Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

[the-evil-clergyman]

Zephyr and Flora by Jean Baptiste Tilliard (1755-92)

[charnel-grounds]

Félicien Rops - L'Incantation (The Incantation), 1888

[weltenwellen]

Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You

[bebs-art-gallery]

Wounds of the Earth

— by xis.lanyx