Dark academia

To my ghosts, to my solitude, to my pain.

[meginthedarkacademia]

To love what death doesn’t touch - Donna Tart (poetry version by me)

That life

whatever else it is

is short.

That fate

is cruel

but maybe

not random.

That Nature

(meaning Death)

always wins

but that doesn't mean

we have to

bow and grovel to it.

That maybe

even if we're not always

so glad to be here,

it's our task

to immerse ourselves anyway:

wade straight through it,

right through the cesspool,

while keeping

eyes and hearts open.

And in the midst of our dying,

as we rise from the organic

and sink back ignominiously,

it is a glory

and a privilege

to love

what Death doesn't touch.

[rennoire]

fridays spent in the company of celtic mythology and thousands of books

[melisscan]

@melisscan

[xaxtonx]

Nature becomes her only friend as even the books she reads began to betray her.

[furtho]

Chancel of a village church, Oxfordshire

[meginthedarkacademia]

A day in the life of a Dark Academia student:

wakes up with classical music or the sound of birds as alarm

drinks a cup of coffee, loving its warmth in contrast with the cold of the room, and reads a book

Gets dressed with wool check trousers, a white shirt, and a dark oversized dark blue sweater

Grabs books for lessons, a notebook to write thoughts and puts on a long blue coat

Goes to university, enjoying its old buildings

Pays attention to lessons and falls in love with the poems analyzed

Has lunch with other students in a cute cafe, discussing theories and perceptions

Goes to the library to study Literature and History and borrows some books

Comes back home, puts on some classical music, reads a bit and has a shower

In the evening goes to a Museum date and ends up in a stranger’s old apartment, drunk with other intellectuals, reading their own poems and showing their sketches of the day

[maxwellisntokay]

I can't wait to head to campus in the Autumn... the leaves are so beautiful and the old buildings have such an air of importance about them. It will be amazing :)

[darknwilde]

academia but i’m at my 9-5 job

spending my lunch break speed reading

rotating through my collection of trousers, sweaters, and button ups

constantly brewing coffee

researching each task extensively in my spare time, just because i’m curious

bringing my own pen from home because it’s obviously the only right pen

[darknwilde]

[thefallenauthor-deactivated2023]

"It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one."

-Voltaire; Zadig et autres contes

[darknwilde]

running from demons

[darknwilde]

some dark academia things i’ve caught myself doing lately

falling asleep to period dramas

thinking about how to derail things. just generally.

stuffing a 2nd hand book into my purse knowing i won’t even have time to read it

wearing a trench coat even when it’s too hot to wear one

reusing the same teacup over and over and over because it’s my favorite

reorganizing my bookshelf from alphabetical to by genre back to alphabetical

brooding for no reason at all.

[ancientsstudies]

Humanity runs on coffee.

[newathens]

yes im always a little sick to my stomach with anger and rage. why do u ask?

[nacizanebirgecee]

[valtsv]

i think we should bring back "bedevilled" as a popular phrase because it sounds like i'm being plagued by demons and it that isn't the mood idk what is

[spiritusloci]

[lupusmaxima]

guess who finally handed in their greek myth essay? me! now i can start procrastinating on all my other work too!