#solenelmar

[seafoam-fey]

this baby was in my cherries yesterday 🍒✨

[antigonick]

i saw on your /faq that you're up to getting random book asks every once in a while so i just wanted to let you know i love your blog So Much & i just recently finished reading The innocent libertine by Colette & loved it a lot! 💖 have you read any of Colette's works? i'm curious!

Oh yes! I have a few qualms with Colette but I really like her writing and the conventions she elegantly breaks throughout her books—there’s a very ornamented fluidity to her style, isn’t there? And a cheekiness, a constant wink between the lines. She’s at her best when she tenderly makes fun of her own characters. One of those French writers who must sound very lovely and supple in English translation.

That being said, I think she’s fairly inconsistent. I’ve read a few of her works by now and not all of them were up to par—rather like Du Maurier. My very favourite is Chéri. It’s lovely and graceful and tip-toeing exquisitely towards heartbreak. I also enjoyed Gigi and the first two Claudines. The Last of Chéri is objectively good but it’s so cruel and anguishing I don’t want to hear about it, ever. Let’s say it didn’t happen, okay? And on the other hand of the spectrum, I found Green Wheat off-putting from start to finish.

So yeah, have fun and have a lovely end of the year! Oh, and if you like Colette, I also recommend looking into Du Maurier, George Sand (tamer on the surface, but more sophisticated), and Renée Vivien’s poetry.

[studylikeathena]

hi Li!! it's Sol a new follower - sorry if it's a question you get asked often but which languages are you currently fluent in + which ones are you learning? also i'm really interested in Anthropology it's so so cool that you're studying Linguistic Anthropology! hope you're having a nice day 💖

hi sol! don’t apologize - it is a question i get often but haven’t yet answered on here. i am fluent in english, french, and am highly proficient in korean. i want to become fluent in korean but i haven’t had time recently! 

i am currently learning ancient greek and spanish. i’m not sure what i want to learn after that, but i do think i should have something scandinavian under my belt. 

i’m glad you’re interested in anthropology! thanks for your message - i hope your day is lovely :)

[may12324]

hi Annalise!! is your illustration of the mermaids colored as in the lesbian flag available for purchase somewhere? i love it so so much i'm actually crying right now as of seeing it!

I do have prints of it! I just, I’ll put them on my etsy right now!

They’re here!

I’ll be closing my store in the next week to prepare for sydney supanova, so if you want them (or any other prints/merch), grab em while they’re in stock!

[studylustre]

hi Carol!! really hope i'm not a bother?? just wanted to let you know i love your blog so much, it gives off such a calming vibe + really inspired me to keep journaling tonight! so thanks a lot for keeping up with the good work 💖

it’s not a bother at all bub!! thank you so much for this sweet message + i’m so happy to hear that my blog has inspired you to journal!! thank you again and i hope you have a good day/night wherever you are ✨

[calliophies]

hi Eve! really hope i'm not a bother and really hope i didn't annoy you by reblogging so many edits of yours, but i just find your moodboards and edits astonishing. thank you so much for putting so much effort into them, your sensibility made my day. have a lovely time!

Oh no, you’re absolutely not a bother ! That’s the exact opposite ! 🌹♥️ I’m really touched by your words, this really means a lot to me ♥️ Thank you very much !

[hijabiwlw-remade]

hi Leema. really hope this isn't weird just wanted to tell you as a lesbian who's starting to pray (i don't feel confident enough in my faith to call myself a muslim yet) coming across your blog gave me so much hope. please keep up being so wonderful and spreading kindness and pride. thanks thanks thanks have a lovely day/night!

thank you love 💖💖💖 i support u!!

[adrasteiax]

hi, Scarlet!! really hope i'm not a bother? and also hope i haven't messaged you before, my memory's a mess! just wanted to let you know you run such a beautiful blog. all those quotes make me reflect on both life & love & writing a lot and they make me eager to read more poetry, so thanks a lot. have a lovely day/night! 💖

You’re no bother at all!

Thank you so much for this lovely message! It always makes me incredibly happy to hear that my followers like the things I post and it also makes me feel hopeful to know that there are other people in this world, who appreciate literature and beautiful writing the way I do.

Have a lovely day/night too! 💗