(dark?) academia

“for dust you are and to dust you will return.” xvi • ravenclaw • infj

[perhaps-im-a-wizard]

today i pried open my glued-shut desk drawer

and unearthed a dusty six-year-old letter comprised of your sentiments

with acquiescence, i read

you are perfect, you scrawled in blue ink

but sometimes you come to me with questions i cannot answer.

you stump me, you really stump me.

a year has passed since we talked last and

our sisterhood has morphed into an echo

i can no longer recognize, but i must ask you one last question:

do you miss me too?

[julykings]

december prompt list

bloom

clutter

view

warmth

mouth

fruit

strength

self-love

favorite song

abstract

embrace

someone you love

window

animal

bicycle

winter coat

favorite movie

insect

cowboy

blue

cozy

holly

winged creature

building at night

gathering

angel

connection

pose

portrait

bottle

fresh start

[cleoreist-blog]

Luxembourg, October 2015

[jmelinaugarte]

[vonkloecker]

carpe noctem

[fixeche]

A city of stone. Edinburgh, Scotland.

[yesterdaysprint]

The Graphic, England, June 3, 1922 Image © The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.

[user123456789090]

The Cotswolds, England

[deborah-woll]

To Walt Whitman. You dirty bastard. Kill Your Darlings dir. John Krokidas (2013)

[perhaps-im-a-wizard]

that feeling when mentally and online you’re a dark academic but in actuality you’re an average teen who none would surmise has such an alter-ego.

[myfairylily]

babes_in_boyland 

[coffeeandmoorland]

Sometimes I’m overwhelmed with the insatiable desire to learn. To know astronomy and geography and language and architecture; to recognize each constellation, planet, and star; to speak and understand all languages, be able to decipher ancient Greek and Latin text; to grow my understanding of how the human body works; study the differences and similarities of each religion; recognize the use for each herb and seed and sapling.

I want to better myself, not for fame or recognition or power. I just want to understand. 

[perhaps-im-a-wizard]

a dark academia checklist

books 🗞

– the secret history by donna tartt

– the picture of dorian gray

– the rules of attraction

– black chalk

– frankenstein

movies 🎥

– dead poets society

– kill your darlings

– the history boys

– the dreamers

fashion 🧳

– plaid skirts

– high-waisted trousers

– collared shirts

– oxfords

– ruffled socks

– dark blazers

miscellaneous 🔎

– have a book with you at all times

– study various topics on your free time

– be passionate about learning

– ask questions. don’t be afraid to challenge your classmates.

– quote your favorite books at random, perhaps unnecessary times

[yourcoffeeguru]

[thelastangels]

[q'ddd]

[my-aesthetic-vibes]

[vonkloecker]

carpe noctem

[vonkloecker]

carpe noctem