#zosima

[gegengestalt]

I draw a cover for every single chapter of The Brothers Karamazov (but I can only use MS Paint)

Book VI: The Russian Monk and Book VII: Alyosha

I definitely enjoyed drawing these books a lot, and upon rereading them I found even more love for Alyosha within me... The final scene of Book VII is so special to me.

(16/1/24, last two vignettes have been edited)

I - II - III(1) - III(2) - IV - V - VIII - IX - X - XI - XII(1)- XII(2)+ Epilogue

[psycheapuleius]

“Everywhere now the human mind has begun laughably not to understand that a man's true security lies not in his own solitary effort, but in the general wholeness of humanity. But there must needs come a term to this horrible isolation, and everyone will all at once realize how unnaturally they have separated themselves one from another. Such will be the spirit of the time, and they will come to be astonished that they sat in darkness for so long, and did not see the light.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, From the Life of the Elder Zosima.

[incorrectbrotherskaramazovquotes]

Zosima: Something brought you here, Ivan Fyodorovich. Call it what you will... fate... destiny...

Ivan: A troika.

[ayyasfilozof]

[revolutionoftenderness]

“Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If you love each thing you will perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once you perceive this, you will thenceforward grow every day to a fuller understanding of it: until you come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.” 

 Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

[incorrectbrotherskaramazovquotes]

Zosima: What do you usually do when I'm gone?

Alyosha: Wait for you to come back.

[traumacollective]

Trauma #11: Oake live Zosima live Domenico Crisci