Victorian Gothic Gothic

"Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses" — F. Scott Fitzgerald; This Side of Paradise.

[borderepisteme-deactivated20260]

“Most writers spend much of their time in various kinds of torment: wanting to write, being unable to write; wanting to write differently, being unable to write differently. In a whole lifetime, years are spent waiting to be claimed by an idea … It is a life dignified, I think, by yearning, not made serene by sensations of achievement.”

Louise Glück, Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry

[overclassy]

[game-of-style]

[candycloth]

 Alexander McQueen spring 2007

[huariqueje]

Reflection   -    James MacKeown

Irish,b.1961-

Oil on canvas,  30 x 30 cm.

[happyheidi]

[classicfilmblr]

James Dean and Lois Smith screen test for East of Eden 1955 | dir. Elia Kazan

[forever90s]

[simena]

[beatricecenci]

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)

Auf einer Waldwiese

[mountainbaby25]

Sunrise.

[thefugitivesaint]

Marianne H W Robilliard  (fl.1908-1920) , ‘Draped Female..’, “The International Studio”, 1909 Source

[fadeintoyou1993]

kurt cobain @ live at paramount in seattle (oct 31, 1991)

photo by andré barcinski

[simena]

Elise Hügel (detail)

[the-night-picture-collector]

Terry Spencer, British Children Outdoor Games in London Suburbs, 1970

[museum-of-artistry]

Summer Landscape (1875) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

[shisasan]

Vitaly Medved

[periodcostumefantasylover]

Katrina van Tassel's rose cape in Sleepy Hollow in 4k