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a grey lady

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Peeling the lid off of a yogurt and it's a big spiral staircase going down forever

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Gate

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Grass Knight standing next to the Sea of Patterns

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In Strange & Norrell, Strange proposes wandering upon "lonely moors and barren shores" as a method to find madness;

which is exactly where you can go for your crafting supplies in Book of Hours

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"anybody"

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Interior, Dale church, Luster, 1927 by August Eiebakke (Norweigan, 1867--1938)

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The Drowned Halls

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i loved the part of the book where piranesi resolves to take better care of himself while he's rediscovering his own history. he just has so much compassion for himself! the journal upsets him so he takes a week off and does things he enjoys and then he settles into a safe place when he wants to tackle the subject again. and he doesn't believe The Other when he's told about his amnesia! he values his own insights and his own knowledge of the House even when fucking ketterley is actively trying to undermine his sense of self. piranesi's gentle treatment of himself and the person he used to be is genuinely so moving.

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The way I screamed at this part 🙈

All this talk about the "Owl King" has lowkey been reminding me of the Raven King and probably part of why I've been enjoying this book so much.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is what's being referenced here and was one of my favorite reads of 2024 (only rivaled only by its sibling, Piranesi). The author, Susanna Clarke, has become one of my personal heroes. Would highly recommend. 😌

Also fun fact: I tried to explain the plot of this 1000 page weird ass wizard book when I was tripping balls and hats off to the friend I held captive for this experience for not disowning me. 💀 (I was trying to make a point about drugs and how one of the characters "microdoses" insanity ok it wasn't complete madness.)

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the old cistern beneath the flood control system

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Eric Ravilious

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Piranesi 🤝 The Starless Sea

[These endless halls have a statue of a woman covered in bees!]

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Arapaima! This was a test of a new pattern I made, I want to make some adjustments.

I think I'm also getting a bit better at netting these floats...maybe...

This guy will be at FWA!

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oresteia, robert icke / from the nebraska plant, the mountain goats / jayme ringleb, from “a little learning” / black sails / blue nights, joan didion / pentimento definition / myers’ psychology for the ap® course, c. nathan dewall and david meyers / pink, sylvie baumgartel / perforated heart, eric bogosian

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