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19:55 — courage, dear heart is something i remind myself of every day. i may seem like i have all my shit under control, but it’s usually the opposite. it takes courage to be brave enough to repress the demons that pester the mind. mental illness is invisible, not impossible.

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Schloss Ludwigsburg

27 VIII 2022

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name moodboard: order for “candelaria” | want one?

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misguided souls ⁂

via instagram

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by anon with the not cute emojis

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“Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing;

but the age of emotion she certainly had not.”

— details of Anne Elliot, Jane Austen, Persuasion

(The photos aren’t mine. credit to owner.)

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2.14.22

I cannot believe the month is already half of a ways over, it’d preposterous.

I believe that so far this year I’ve been getting better and I am getting happier I think. life is coming together for me.

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Palais Garnier Opera House

Paris, France

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The Course of Empire is a series of five paintings created by Thomas Cole and The series of paintings depicts the growth and fall of an imaginary city.

The first painting,The Savage, depicts the ideal state of the natural world. It is a healthy world, unchanged by humanity.

The second painting The Arcadian or Pastoral State, shows humanity at peace with the land.

The third painting, The Consummation of Empire, shifts the viewpoint to the opposite shore, approximately the site of the clearing in the first painting.  The look of the painting suggests the height of Ancient Rome. The decadence seen in every detail of this cityscape foreshadows the inevitable fall of this mighty civilization.

In the fourth painting, Destruction, it seems that a fleet of enemy warriors has overthrown the city's defenses, sailed up the river, and is busy ransacking the city and killing its inhabitants.

The fifth painting, Desolation, shows the results decades later. This gloomy picture suggests how all empires could be after their fall. It is a harsh possible future in which humanity has been destroyed by its own hand.

Wikipedia.

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You are my deepest desire, my heart's one true love

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Concepts to live by as an Aphrodisian:

(note: you do not have to worship Aphrodite to do so. You do not even have to be religious. I don't know why I'm even mentioning this.)

Eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία): fulfillment, happiness. To live a full life, to have enjoyed life untill the very end, to live in the moment. Now is time to start.

Hedone (ἡδονή): pleasure, sensuality, emotion. There is nothing wrong with seeking pleasure, or being emotional, or doing it the easy way. As long as it makes you happy. Do it because it makes you feel good, not others.

Arete (ἀρετή): virtue, morals, goodness. Be a good person. Help others. Embody virtue. No one will define morality for you, you will define your own morals. Then live by it.

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“The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.”

(The photos aren’t mine. credit to owner.)

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Miquel Carbonell i Selva (1854-1896) - Safo, 1881

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