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I like canceled plans. And empty book stores. I like rainy days and thunderstorms. And quite coffee shops. I like messy beds and overworn pajamas. Most of all, I like small joys that a simple life brings.

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Becoming.

Photography by Crystal Lee Lucas (2023)

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the greek students

seeing the roots of modern life in antiquity

a deck of flashcards, learning the unfamiliar words by heart

quiet afternoons spent in museums

attention to detail and impeccable grammar

socratic dialogues and fast-paced conversations

fragments of ancient pottery, beautiful in their intricacy

perking up when greek letters show up in your math or science classes

a rich vocabulary

reading the works of long-dead philosophers, applying their ideas to the present

stories passed down for thousands of years, still as poignant as if they'd been written yesterday

flaky spanakopita that melts on your tongue

recognizing where mythology and history overlap

reciting poetry until the words flow from your mouth

tracing the letters on an ancient scroll

warming your face under the rays of a mediterranean sun

wondering about the lives of those who came before you

the satisfaction of translating a sentence without looking up any of the words

a pantheon of gods, learning their stories by heart

arguing over the best translations of the Iliad and Odyssey

recognizing greek roots in words you use every day

copying the alphabet until its letters are as familiar to you as those of your native tongue

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-Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice

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drink your coffee. read your books. it's chaos out there.

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Charles Baudelaire, “The Voice”

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existence is a grand aspiration.

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17th century astronomical art of Maria Clara Eimmart; celestial splendor from a forgotten woman who broke the bounds of her time.

(brainpickings.org)

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Abraham Mignon (detail)

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Pretty bookshops in France, vol 5.

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Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.

— John Green.

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A rainy day in London

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New York Public Library

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Chandeliers and Arches

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The old courthouse, Cheltenham