#donna tartt
ever look at a piece of art and think of how a simple picture, painting, music, or book transcend time. For it to live through generations of generations, era after era, and yet, here it stays, alive and beating. as it captured the hearts of many before, now it beguiles us with the same intensity, even bringing us to tears, knowing that behind each stroke, note, and word is another person’s soul laid bare. gazing in the depths of the Art, we reconcile with the ghost of its creator, drifting and immortal. in a simple glimpse, we became a part of the undying
Henry, Camilla & Charles
I keep my entire life in a set of Moleskine notebooks. I browsed some old ones today and found this dark academia picture in my first notebook from a few years back.
what is a fatal flaw if not a morbid longing for the picturesque?
Most of the benches bore the names of benefactors - in memory of Mrs. Ruth Klein or whatever - but my mother’s bench, the Rendezvous Point, alone of all the benches in that part of the park had been given by its anonymous donor a more mysterious and welcoming message: EVERYTHING OF POSSIBILITY.
Donna Tartt - “The Goldfinch”
Larry Decker’s character development, a summery:
Found a 2016 drawing I did of my favourite books, way before I considered doing commissions of these.
I’m happy to see how many books I’ve read since then that have made it into my current faves and how a re-read can make you remember how great something is, a good reminder that your next book could always be the best one you’ve read!
Also, most of those old faves would still be in contention.
Also, how is The Goldfinch still Donna Tartt’s most recent novel?
Academic aesthetics
Dark Academia
Long Black coats, thunder but no lightning, red wine, blood, forests in winter, a single guttering candle, latin, bones, all of history in your hands, Tchaikovsky, piles of old books, the hour before sunrise, complicated cravats, Hozier, true crime, Donna Tartt, secret diaries.
Light Academia
Sunshine in shallow water, white cotton, lacy dresses, champagne, the plays of Oscar Wilde, summer rain, wind rustling the pages of a book, jacket over on shoulder, Maurice, frost covering new flowers, Florence + the machine, roses, bare feet, girls school, old books about species of plant or butterflies, biological Diagrams, flowers in your hair, perfect notes.
Chaotic Academia
Two top buttons undone, scribbled notes in pencil or biro, kill your darlings, untied laces, so much coffee, all nighters, crying in the library, Mozart, writing film scripts for fun, rain Storms, moorland, swimming in the dark, movie soundtracks while studying, procrastination, muddy boots, unsent letters.
Grey Academia
Jane eyre, sunrise, cold hands, perfect handwriting, beat gen, Edgar Alan Poe, crows, small animal bones, writing essays until 2am, Vivaldi, February or November, zodiacs, loving history and art, Leonardo davinci, Tamino.
Romantic Academia
Billowing pirate sleeves, Lord Byron, theatre, violets, achilles, reading poetry aloud, bloody cheekbones, love letters, doodling in class, doc Martins, long ball dresses, gothic churches, dead poets society, sword fights back stage, wind and mist and violent Storms, tea, long journal entries, wide brimmed hats, museums.
Spring Academia
Cotton shirts with large jumpers, celendines, maypole dancing, reading short stories, old traditions, Jane Austen, new term, beautiful notes, pastel colours, period dramas, magpies, 2005 pride and prejudice soundtrack, new leaves, cold feet, dancing.
Summer Academia
Flower crowns, studying late while the sun is still up, full moons, parties outside, sun dresses, warm rainstorms, exam season, bare feet, ancient Greece, herb tea, singing to the radio, lying in the grass, bird song, biology textbooks, the Lord of the rings, studying outside, mystery of love by sufjan Stevens.
Autumn Academia
Foxes, dead leaves, large coats and scarves, old stone walls, steaming black tea, mist, travel journals, forgetting to study until the last minute, frankenstein, old songs, nostalgia, carrying a book everywhere, rebel rebel, the picture of dorian gray, soup, studying in the morning as the sun rises.
Winter Academia
Long walks, misty breath, so much reading, shunning capitalist society, sad music, learning about witch hunts, philosophy, wuthering heights, mystery books, Dracula, black and white photos, transcribing music, old statues, silence.
Feral Academia
Pin stripe jacket with jeans, Dionysus, “norse” makeup, cold sweet tea, running through the forest, mythology, I got an unconditional so I don’t need to try hard, scraping the grades, shouty music, helenic polytheism, obsessive interests, reading a 500 page book in one sitting, love learning, hate the education system, vive le revolution.
So cool! I feel like chaotic, autumn and feral the most
Francis Abernathy pfp icons
Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
image of richard papen after murdering bunny corcoran (1992) (colourised)
People who prefer the secret history: Yes we have Henry who is from St. Louis and spends his time writing his diary in Latin and plotting how to murder his annoying friend, Frances the red headed homosexual whose grandparents raised him and his mother as siblings and has been going for both Charles and Richard while being a huge bitch, Camilla the orphan of course who looks like a medieval painting and may or may not be in an incestuous relationship with her twin brother…..
People who prefer the goldfinch: this is Theo he sucks and here’s his piece of shit Russian boyfriend Boris
Donna Tartt is just like “here, have a book that makes you fall back in love with life and the human experience again” and I, like a baby bird with its mouth agape, swallow it whole every time.
I hope Francis Abernathy had a brilliant day today :)
Henry smiled. “Why, looking for new ferns.”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
when richard papen said “i felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way” i felt that
guess a book by description dark academia edition: group of people, some of them are friends, some of them are enemies, some of them are both at once, most of them are from rich families even if they don’t interact with their parents, one of them isn’t sure they have a right to be here, found family trope but in the fucked up way, a lot of subtex, homoerotic included, murder and suicide, mystery and intrigues, great language and atmosphere
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