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pre-raphaelite art & romanticised literature

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Dior Autumn-Winter 2020-2021 Haute Couture (dir. Matteo Garrone)

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Dior Autumn-Winter 2020-2021 Haute Couture (dir. Matteo Garrone)

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Flora by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)

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Immersion by Quang Ho (1963-present) // Naomi Alderman, The Lessons // Levitation 3 by Quang Ho (1963-present) // Richard Siken, A Primer for the Small Weird Loves

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| part 2 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) dir. Michael Hoffman

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[part 1] 

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| part 1 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) dir. Michael Hoffman

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[part 2]

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The Garden of Monet at Argenteuil by Claude Monet (1840-1926) // Claude Monet // The Luncheon by Claude Monet (1840-1926) // Claude Monet 

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Water Lilies by Claude Monet (1840-1926) [detail] // Frank O’Hara, Having a Coke with You // Koi and Lotus by Chuck Larivey (1941-present) // Naomi Alderman, The Lessons 

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“𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐭.”

- Jean Baudrillard, Seduction

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Relaxing in the Garden, Argenteuil by Claude Monet (1840-1926)

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“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭.”

- Jennifer Militello, Oxymoronic Love 

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Ancient Pool, Ierapolis by Maria Filopoulou (1964-present) 

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𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞

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♡ mbti: entj  ♡

♡ favorite book: heaven has no favorites - erich remarque ♡

♡ horoscope: virgo sun ♡

♡ currently reading: night train to lisbon - pascal mercier ♡

♡ current obsessions: romantic poetry, philosophical novels, studying latin ♡

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Laurie Kaplowitz // Hartley Coleridge, What is young passion… // Les Sirenes by Paul Emile Chabas (1869-1937) // Hartley Coleridge, to a friend //  Utonulý by Josef Mánes (1820-1871) // Erich Remarque, Shadows in Paradise

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“𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 – 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭?” 

- Pascal Mercier, Night train to Lisbon 

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Les Océanides (Les Naiades de la Mer) by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) [detail]