Art By Essi Välimäki

Ocean Vuong, “A Letter to my Mother that She Will Never Read” The New Yorker, May 2017 

Cyclical Theme: Elena and Lila’s friendship ended the same way it began, with two dolls.

MY BRILLIANT FRIEND - 1.01//4.10

can't stop thinking about this. the atmosphere is of lower income

elena & lila

when the trope is they might not be lovers in the traditional sense but they have and always will be there for each other, they come as a pair even when they are physically apart, they're always in each other's thoughts and they'd choose one another over any friend, partner or family member

(Elena Ferrante)

Palazzo Farnese (x)

The grandeur of life is the attempt, not the solution. It's about being as fearless as one can and behaving as beautifully as one can under completely impossible circumstances. Good is more interesting, more complex, more demanding. Evil is silly. It may be horrible, but it is not a compelling idea. The opposite survival, blossoming, endurance, those things are more compelling intellectually, if not spiritually, which they certainly are also. We are already born. We are going to die. So in between, you have to do something interesting that you respect.

Toni Morrison

James T Kirk and Leonard McCoy, Star Trek Beyond (2016).

ALICENT AND HER CHILDREN; “I have sinned / I do not wish to hear of it.”

sharp objects, gillian flynn / unknown / holy family, pompeo batoni / richard iii, byam shaw / dreams of clytemnestra, dacia maraini / bad sun (moon version), the bravery / ivan the terrible and his son ivan, ilya repin / elektra, sophocles / above the clouds of pompeii, bear’s den / novitiate (2017) / poplar street, chen chen / time within time: the diaries 1970-1986, andrei tarkovsky / class of 2013, mitski / house of the dragon (2022–), s02e01 and s02e02

House of the Dragon (2022 - ) // Dune (2021)