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hella places to go on street view

canals of venice // metropolitan museum of art // taj mahal // eiffel tower // versailles // burj khalifa // moma // canadian parliament // the white house // diagon alley // national portrait gallery (usa)  // national gallery (uk) // christ the redeemer // mount fuji // cern // hashima island // grand canyon // scott’s hut (antarctica) // japanese mineshaft // angkor wat // railway in the swiss alps // cinque terre // musee d’orsay // allure of the seas cruise ship // chateau de fontainebleu // wieliczka salt mine // colusseum // everest base camp // mudslide bridge // tengboche monestary // berg field center // tokyo tower // trafalgar square // central park // royal palace of amsterdam // tardis // acropolis museum // kunsthistorisches museum // frick collection // smithsonian american art museum // tokyo national museum

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get to know me!

( tagged by @artistic-mess-hall )

nickname: none that stuck. i am an enigma.

zodiac: virgo! (the best zodiac sign)

height: 5"5

last thing you googled: “verizon chipotle exxon commercial"— my brother was talking about company mergers so i thought of that.

favorite music artist: i’m trying to expand my music taste and i also don’t have an all time favorite artist, but i’m excited for Lorde’s new album that’s supposed to come out soon.

song stuck in your head: the entire yuri on ice soundtrack (not simultaneously, though)

last movie you watched: i think it was tales of the princess kaguya because i am slowly trying to make my way through all the studio ghibli movies— it was fairly good.

what you’re wearing right now: clothes? why do you care 👀

what you post: i reblog a lot of writing and art and inspiration because this started out as an inspiration blog but has now really turned into my main blog, mostly because it takes too much effort to log into different accounts.

why you chose your url: i like shakespeare and i also like concise urls.

other blogs: macbethhs (see, more shakespeare)

what your past relationships taught you: according to many, a two week relationship in eighth grade does not count, so i have been taught nothing thus far.

religious or spiritual: manatee

favorite color: the red spectrum! i like maroons, dark reds, that sort of thing. i’m also a fan of blushes, peaches, etc. i’m a fan of color in general!

average hours of sleep: usually 7 hours or so because i cannot function with less.

lucky number: 13 (a good, wholesome number)

favorite characters: gay ones

how many blankets you sleep with: usually just a light sheet because i can’t handle more but also because if i don’t use any blanket, monsters will probably come and attack me in my sleep. i do sleep with four pillows, though.

dream job: i love english, but i’m not sure what jobs i’d want to do with that. i also like design.

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ELODIE LA VILLETTE

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Hi!

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The Coolhouse at Singapore Botanic Gardens

by Ianception

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917) “Musicians in the Orchestra” (1872) Oil on canvas Impressionism Located in the Städel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Dyou have any tips on how to think in more 'abstract' or 'poetic' ways? As someone from an academic background i find that i struggle with breaking away from the direct and literal...if that makes sense?

it’s interesting that you use the word abstract because that’s the exact opposite of how i approach writing. for me, poetry is the art of taking abstract emotions and making them into concrete pictures. i prefer the imagist school of thought which states that it’s always better to avoid telling how you feel, and instead to show how you feel through straightforward images. so in my own way i’m trying to be direct as well.

but i get where you’re coming from. to write poetically, to create metaphors and similes, to experiment with new kinds of diction, are all challenging. at the end of the day, poetic imagery will always be more metaphysical than academic writing. this mostly comes through in the imagery. poetic imagery usually revolves around comparisons or associations.

let’s do an exercise, start small and work our way up. you see a pine tree. what’s it like literally? well, it’s tall, straight, dark green in color, made of branches and needles and roots and sap. now you have to work beyond the literal. this is where you start making some associations.

the tree stands straight and tall. okay, what else does? soldiers stand straight and tall. so the pine tree stands like a soldier. is anything else dark green colored? perhaps a late night sky or your lover’s eyes. so the pine tree is the color of just-before-dawn, or the pine tree is the color of their irises when they smile. maybe the clusters of needles remind you of the way teeth crowd together in a mouth. maybe the shape of the root system reminds you of snowflake fractals or human nerve endings. maybe how the sap drips from the bark reminds you of sweat.

all of these images convey different emotions but do the same thing, which is describe the tree. what kinds of feelings you want to evoke will determine which images you use. and the more you work at this the more complex you can get. so the pine tree doesn’t just stand like a soldier, it stands like a lone soldier who’s seen too much war and who waits for the enemy to martyr him. or you can reverse it. the boy soldier, gun in his hands, stands like a pine sapling caught up in the wind. what do these images convey? the first, a sense of too much time, the second, a sense of too little. but we didn’t say ‘the pine tree is old and weary’ or ‘the boy is young and trembling’. we showed through the shapes and actions of our central poetic figures, yeah?

if you’re just looking to experiment with images, one of my favorite exercises that i got assigned in a high school cw class was to take two cliche similes and mix them up to see what new unusual similes you can create, i.e. ‘sharp as a knife’ and ‘red as blood’ become 'red as a knife’ and 'sharp as blood.’ then if you like one of the similes you make, you can incorporate it into your poem. it’s a fun exercise if you’re stuck and want something to do.

i also mentioned diction– there’s less to be said on this, but one of the best parts of poetry as an art form is its total anarchy of grammar. throw your academic language out the window. write long, sprawling sentences. write fragments. drop verbs from your sentences, or invent new verbs that have never been used before. put in commas, or take commas out. the cadence is your kingdom, and you can do whatever you want with it here.

hope this essay answer helps you out! wishing you all the best with your future writing endeavors  xx

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smoke break

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i did a bunch of backgrounds for my friend’s final year film! Here’s a couple of them. 

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“Year in Japan” by Erin Nicholls

Erin Nicholls is young Australian painter and illustrator. In 2016 she completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Griffith University, majoring in Art History.

The beautifully detailed illustrative work by Erin Nicholls shows us urban scenes that have been influenced by her travels. She uses a restricted and controlled color palette that is well balanced along with her realistic illustrations. Regularly involving a lonely figure with their back to the viewer reminding us of a stunning Studio Ghibli film still.

Follow Erin on instagram.com/erinnicholls_artist/ and check out her website: erinnicholls.co.

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What Each Sign Reminds Me Of

ARIES: bloody knuckles, smiles that melt your heart, laughing until your stomach hurts, forearm tattoos, driving fast, guilty pleasures

TAURUS: natural beauty, happy tears, the warmth of a hug, clean laundry, going to the store at 1 am and buying junk food 

GEMINI: summer afternoons, long drives with all of the windows down, the 1975, the sun, Troye Sivan

CANCER: New York City, the faint buzz of a neon sign, writing until 3 am, unsweetened green tea, the stars, black lights

LEO: hands covered in paint, giggles, hugs from behind, blowing bubbles, fresh cut grass, soft blankets

VIRGO: antique shops, chai tea, vanilla candles, sketch books, sweaters, art museums

LIBRA: fairy lights, gold jewelry, dream catchers, sage incense, Lana del Rey, ukulele music, being gay as fuck

SCORPIO: black and white photos, space, making out, the smell of fresh coffee, Joji Miller, menthol cigarettes

SAGITTARIUS: Emily Dickinson, the view out of the window of a plane, the moon, sneaking out, lilacs, piano

CAPRICORN: unconditional love, late nights, lingerie, soft hair, Hozier, the smell of a bookstore

AQUARIUS: the sky, waves on the shore, sweet peaches, long phone calls, polaroids 

PISCES: quiet acoustic guitar, rain, watching movies in the dark, cedar, the library

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Ashton Sanders by Luke Austin for Dazed Digital

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what’s in ya bag hun?