Whosoever Is Delighted In Solitude, Is Either A Wild Beast Or A God.

Vincent Van Gogh’s stream of thoughts

what emotion do you write from

homosexuality

What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?

John Keats in Rome

hate how my parents assume i'm being lazy and unproductive when i'm on my phone. like i could be writing poetry or reading an ebook or learning a new language. i mean, i'm not, but i could be.

“fuck you my child is fine” your child spends hours fantasising about living in a victorian mansion with a huge library and dozens of secret passages

medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life.

but poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

-John Keating; Dead Poets Society

Hey, you.

Thanks for reading this post because I just want to tell you how proud I am of you today and that everything you did today was enough and you will have another 24 hours after this. I believe in you.

the detailing of royal jewels in portraits

Portrait of Maria Fyodorovna - Ivan Kramskoi (1880)

Portrait of Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) - Konstantin Makovsky

Janet Campbell - Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Portrait of Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry - Alexandre Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1800-1865)

Queen Henrietta Maria - Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1637)

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Valentín Carderera y Solano (1831)

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia - A. Maliukov (1836)

Maria Anna of Bavaria - Joseph Karl Stiele (1842)

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Vicente López Portaña (1830)