Emma

Student and Teacher of Literature and Film | Los Angeles, CA. 

[unfettered---howl]

I'm trying to navigate what is admittedly a tough period. I expected that the quiet holiday season would help me reset, but I still feel perpetually drained. Every other week, I decide that I've reached a "turning point," but I once again expect too much from myself. But I will be brave, I will accept that change happens slowly, and I will acknowledge that progress cannot be linear. I will show myself the grace my love shows me.

[honeyfawns]

why am i not currently in the italian countryside with a fruit plate & wearing a light linen dress? unacceptable

[audreyhepburninblackandwhite]

Audrey Hepburn, 1980s.

[cottaegecore]

- sylvia plath

[pawcakes]

personally i think my 30s and 40s will be my most glamorous years ….

[wrimwramwrom]

Anouk Aimée as Jeanne Hébuterne next to a Modigliani in Jacques Becker's film Montparnasse 19 (1958)

[petaltexturedskies]

Virginia Woolf, The Waves

[andhetakesandhetakesandhetakes]

going for long walks alone is probably the closest thing we have to a cure for the human condition

[gatabella]

Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face, 1957

[candybisous]

camera roll is just chandeliers and very zoomed pictures of baby pink roses 🐣

[petaltexturedskies]

Clarice Lispector, from "Gertrudes asks for advice" in The Complete Stories

[ishowdespair-deactivated2026012]

[bonivers]

And Now That You Don’t Have To Be Perfect You Can Be Good 2026

[pinkbowjournal]

“She bubbles, her talk is like the foam of the sea, her laughter dispels all concerns.”

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 5: 1947-1955.  

[normajeanebaker]

The Misfits (1961) dir. John Huston

[acupofchristine]

[weltenwellen]

Peonies Mary Oliver