we are time-travelers and storytellers

|•| L |•| 21 |•| journalism/english double major in nyc. used to be a history blog, now kinda inspo/pretentious musings in the tags (i promise i know they’re pretentious; it’s half the fun!)

[theodysseyofhomer]

on the one hand it's pretty cool when athena disguises odysseus as an old man, but what if that was a lie to spare him from the pain of knowing for certain that no one could recognize him anyway?

[wagahai-da]

all quiet in a western font

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

Source: The Art Of Lesbian Lovemaking , by Rose Black and Lilly Glück - Illustrations by Paula

[supreme-leader-stoat]

"This story is a tragedy because it didn't have to end this way."

vs

"This story is a tragedy because it was always going to end this way."

[schizoprophet]

#a REALLY good tragedy is locked in quantum uncertainty between these two states

[anthonysperkins]

Paul Newman as Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr. The Rack (1956) dir. Arnold Laven

[velvetys]

did you lie again

Believe my unsourced claims wtf!!!!!!!!!

[heartnosekid]

a blue jay taking a bath 🛁 | source

[sedlex]

Laundrosaurus, a piece of household surrealism, by Helga Stentzel

[theworldofwars]

Two views of Canadian trenches. c1916.

[fishstickmonkey]

Nancy, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1904

Julian Dimock

American Museum of Natural History Library

[prettykikimora-deactivated20250]

[daily-shitpost-bakery]

[newyorkthegoldenage]

People gathered beneath the Washington Square Arch, September, 1956. 35 mm color slide.

Photo: Harold Mayer via the Univ. of Wisconsin

[akajustmerry]

sometimes I think the pandemic didn't impact me mentally *that* much and then I'll hear about something that happened in 2019 and my immediate thought is, "oh, only last year!" and then I Remember™ and I have to make a metaphysical effort in my head that, actually, 2019, was almost 5 years ago and I want to die a little bit. we lost and continue to lose so much time to this virus. whether it's time in the world or time with people we lost. it's such a strange grief we all carry and are expected to be normal about.

[calvinandhobbes]

i never aimed to give you a talisman!! i had something to say to you!!!!!!!!

[neoyorzapoteca]

Maggie Nelson

[ovur]

I bitch and I moan its what I do

[secondbeatsongs]

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me