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claudia ∙ 22 college grad, prospective genetic counselor, and part-time baking enthusiast

[withlove-bronte]

Loving the fall and the coming of winter. I am so close to finishing a portion of my Ph.D. that I just want it all to be finished, but small steps win the race in the end

[wolf-eagle]

Tenderness is the most modest form of love.  ……..Tenderness is spontaneous and disinterested; it goes far beyond empathetic fellow feeling. Instead it is the conscious, though perhaps slightly melancholy, common sharing of fate. Tenderness is deep emotional concern about another being, its fragility, its unique nature, and its lack of immunity to suffering and the effects of time. Tenderness perceives the bonds that connect us, the similarities and sameness between us. It is a way of looking that shows the world as being alive, living, interconnected, cooperating with, and codependent on itself. 

—Olga Tokarczuk  || The Tender Narrator, Translated by Jennifer Croft and Antonia Lloyd-Jones

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

from Nobel Lecture, 7 December 2019

[toherlover]

bujo in boston- august 28th 2020

we walked around the public garden until we found a nice shady spot under a willow. here we could take off our masks and for a moment, things felt normal and right.  

sotd: august - @taylorswift

[falseprophxt]

06/09/2020

revising basic latin before the new semester. not sure how i feel about going back to physical classes, i might be the only one who enjoyed studying by myself. nonetheless i am excited about the new subjects i’m picking up this term so here’s to prolific studies !

[sollertias]

Marion Collier (née Huxley) by John Collier, 1883 (detail)

[draugasogur]

Otto Marseus van Schrieck

[studylustre]

my journalling style is literally just *insert unintelligible scrawl here*

ig: studylustre

[pethalistm]

“Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”

- Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre

Intagram: pethalistm

[apricitystudies]

why i hate (well, hate is a strong word) the 5-paragraph rule and what i use instead! these examples are tailored to the humanities and social sciences, so keep in mind this might be different for other fields of study.

i also have an essay preparation guide here :)

[v-ersacrum]

German school, An Open book, early 16th century

[nienque]

november 10th

treated myself to fresh figs to make my mornings just that much better. also developed a new sort of morning routine last week and since then have been starting my days with half an hour of reading, listening and writing, before it is time to go back to business (accompanied by coffee and breakfast)

[saintvellum]

a rainy sort of morning, coffee, classical music and physics

ig: enaiorima

[apricitystudies]

receiving a bad grade can be incredibly demoralising, especially if you’ve worked hard on that assignment. although it’s important to reflect on your mistakes, it’s even more important not to conflate your academic performance with your self worth. a grade is just a grade, you have a lot more to offer!

[jamesusilljournal]

This is Where it Ends, Mats Tusenfot, 2012

[somerabbitholes]

Oct 30 | old copies from my father’s shelf, recovered after extensive cleaning

[owlmylove]

not 2 be controversial on main but i think it’s pretty sad the first major generation to grow up online is projecting their adolescent self-hatred onto the “cringe” generation of tiktokkers

[owlmylove]

did zillennials seriously spend their youth making OC fanart on devart and livejournal and being told “oh look, they finally emerge” by their parents whenever they risked leaving their room only to turn around 10 years later and say “ewwwh you spent hours cosplaying an OC & learning a viral dance in your bedroom? fuckin cringe”

[owlmylove]

like….. did we truly lose sight so quickly of how it was to feel young and disconnected and desperate for someone, anyone, to really listen to you? to feel close to you? how quickly have we become jaded to the joys of carefully, earnestly crafting something alone in a dark bedroom and sharing it with the world, hoping for just one other person to say “that’s how i feel, too”? how much must we hate our younger selves in order to blame the teenagers of the world for creating costumes and dances and dreams for themselves???

[medicineinside]

my new forensic notes 📝