punk's not dead but god is

I am eating a little sandwhich made out of frog shaped bread

[hifas]

Fabiola by Francis Alÿs

Fabiola is an installation of over 300 painted copies and reproductions of fourth century Saint-Fabiola, collected by Francis Alÿs from flea markets and antique shops throughout Europe and America in the last 20 years. They are all based on a now lost original painting by french artist Jean-Jacques Henner made in the nineteenth century.

[lazulus]

I saw this at the National Portrait Gallery several years ago and it was startling and unsettling. I’ve never seen anything else remotely like it in concept or execution. 

[sheldrakus]

I can imagine! It’s such a powerful idea, would love to see it in person.

[figs-and-olives]

July 24th 2020

Haven’t done much studying today. Took some of your advice and decided to relax. Bonus! Listened to Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore. Honestly poetry. It was a cloudy, rainy day. Listening to exile (ft. Bon Iver) while sipping Mint Green Tea and reading Sylvia Plath had me going 😌

[uhlyse]

[shiruki]

[moonlit-midnights]

dark academic YA + adult books, for the reader who doesn’t enjoy the old classics:

the raven cycle — maggie stiefvater (YA)

welsh kings, magic forests, obsessive research, private schools.

wilder girls — rory power (YA)

lord of the flies retelling, all-girls boarding school, remote island.

six of crows — leigh bardugo (YA)

murder, crime, heists, magic.

truly devious — maureen johnson (YA)

murder mystery, eccentric students, elite boarding school, 1900s

the night circus — erin morgenstern (A)

magical circus, mysterious psychics, mind games, star crossed love.

the diviners — libba bray (YA)

1920s new york city, wlw + mlm rep, ace rep, occult magic, mysterious museums

vicious — v.e. schwab (A)

an experiment gone wrong, blackout poetry, rivals, strange powers

the cruel prince — holly black (YA)

FAERIES, enemies to lovers, political power struggles, another magic forest

station eleven — emily st. john mandel (A)

shakespeare, thespians, post-apocalyptic wasteland

serpent & dove — shelby mahurin (YA)

witches, french backdrop, 1880s, enemies to lovers, WITCHES

feel free to add on!

[yehudah]

does anyone have more images like these

[iolyne]

[yofukit]

[hevcrap]

[denialbot]

[triatic]

[cithaerons]

the best genre of divine comedy art are the paintings where virgil’s wearing a bed sheet that’s, like, seductively falling off of him.

[cithaerons]

case in point:

(dante and virgil in hell - gustave courtois)

(dante meets matilda - albert maignan)

(dante et virgile aux enfers - eugène auguste françois deully)

(dante and virgil - rafael flores)

(dante, conduit par virgile, offre des consolations aux âmes des envieux -  hippolyte flandrin)

[cithaerons]

self-rb because i keep thinking about painters in the 1800s going “today i shall paint a scene from the divine comedy. and i shall make virgil… seductive.” 

[fairytale-villain]

A good thread on whether “queer” is a slur and if it should be used or not.

[quarterinthequeerjar]

“If I am unashamed of being queer, you do not get to give that word BACK to the fuckwits who made it a slur.”

[thechekhov]

Fanfiction, specifically AU fanfiction which focuses on retelling the same story in a different setting, under different constraints, or with a twist, is actually a cultural successor to the ancient bardic tradition of taking long-loved and long-told stories and retelling them with a personal flourish. Through the practice of adding details to unexplored scenes, bringing a specific character to the forefront and constructing sequels, the content-creating fandom that is keeping the ‘epics’ alive through transformative works is reflective and hereditary to the human need to preserve the stories which are dear to us and connect with them on a personal level. In this essay I will

[katrienstudies]

Writing in my diary

[coralstudiies]

the exam stress is yikes

[inkskinned]

I have been thinking of the ways we tell people things. My father’s hands shake, but he holds the phone up so I can watch the video from six feet away. My mother emails me the recipe of her beef stroganoff at 6 in the morning with the comment - woke up and didn’t want to forget to do this! On the highway, we sing so loudly my voice grows hoarse; on the beach I sneak nice rocks into people’s hands so they have something to hold, on the floor we all sit quietly in the same agreeable silence. We are all saying the same thing.

My friends say “Oh you know, keeping busy.” This means they are having a hard time but making themselves survive it. I ask them to help me walk me dog; this is me telling them it’s okay sometimes to just be present and talk about young adult fiction. When I cancel again because I can’t get out of bed, she tells me she’s on her way with cookies.

I point out the sunset. She shares her fork before I ask for it. He calls me at 1 AM just because I’m on the road alone, we talk about stupid shit. She waits for me to get indoors safely before driving away. He says - nah, forget it, I’m happy to do it for free.

People are saying it, you know? They say it often and loudly. Sometimes, you know - you just have to be listening.

[afternaomi]

16th may 2016 : [83/100 days of productivity]

taken from my ig: @study.relief //  finished one of three geography HL papers and in total, 10/14 papers!! i’m so close to finishing 😹! the exam was mediocre today and i could’ve been more confident however i don’t know if i hit the top markband but i sincerely hope so! 

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[sartred]

[reparrishcomics]

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[tolbyccian]

little gerry things!