emma

"we're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."

[wildesappho-deactivated20201031]

sometimes i think to myself “I love les miz!!” and then i remember the time when victor hugo inserted a hundred page history of the paris sewers right after the tragic and emotional enjoltaire death scene

[wlwharrys]

may swenson / richard siken / madeline miller / hozier / victor hugo

[spectral-musette]

for Barricade Day

inspired by Kyle Scatliffe’s powerful portrayal of Enjolras in the Broadway revival of Les Mis

conte pencils, red prismacolor, and metallic pen on toned tan paper

referenced from this video of Mr. Scatliffe sharing some of his thoughts on the character

[fluoresensitivearchived]

LISTEN / Let’s get into it … Let’s get into it, let’s talk about the Black musicians that inspired Andrew Hozier-Byrne, and let’s not ever pretend again that he got his flair for jazz and blues from white women, thank you so very much! Y’all have a good time listenin’ to the roots, okay!

[fluoresensitivearchived]

let’s revisit since we’re talking about the Black artists who hozier is constantly paying tribute to

[disc80s]

kampiotis: In the Iliad, Homer describes Poseidon, god of horses, earthquakes, and the sea, driving a chariot drawn by brazen-hoofed horses over the sea’s surface. I now know why.

[choutarouootori]

He smiled, and his face was like the sun.

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Euripides, tr. by Anne Carson, from An Oresteia; “Orestes,” publ. c. 2009

[medievalthymes]

it’s the same fucking painting… the same room… the power of the ACU (austen cinematic universe) 

[ladybingley]

sense and sensibility (1995)

[geopsych]

More pictures of those hills that were covered with flowers. 

July 11.

[thesargassosea]

But, chin up. There’s a medal in it for sure. Nothing like a scrap of ribbon to cheer up a widow.

-1917 (2019)

[klassizismus]

By Godfrey Kneller (German, 1646-1723)

[historical-beauty-lily]

Emma. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

[calamitys-child]

Just rediscovered potentially the funniest thing I’ve written in recent memory

[calamitys-child]

Imagine if people wrote all their Les Mis modern aus in the style of Victor Hugo

[calamitys-child]

An excerpt

[overdose-art]

Various Clouds by Thomas Doughty

[nevver]

Where is everybody? José Manuel Ballester

[dreamyfilms]

social distancing is something that can actually be so personal

[rodrickheffeley]

oh to be a classic literary character dancing with the love of your life