Anyways

If I had a nickel for every time I thought of running away and living in places like this,

 I would have had enough money to actually go there.

-Asena Rawlin

photo: @jjj_.in on instagram

academia but i’m at my 9-5 job

spending my lunch break speed reading

rotating through my collection of trousers, sweaters, and button ups

constantly brewing coffee

researching each task extensively in my spare time, just because i’m curious

bringing my own pen from home because it’s obviously the only right pen

“A winter sky, a soft warmish December sky whose tender ash grey makes of the rose with its rotting shades a transparent flower of amber.”

— Jean Lorrain, from Selected Poems; “Dropping Petals,”  written c. 1889

never tired of the beige & cream cookie palette that I surround myself with. some colors are just so soothing to look at. ☕️🧦🎞🏛

For more photos like this, check out my Instagram 🕰

ocean vuong / @nolanisms (via) / novo amor / looking for langston (1989, dir. isaac julien, via) / jas ratchford / evie hilliar (via) / broken social scene

“People who have nature, sea, and mountains should feel blessed. There’s something about being surrounded by beauty, fresh air, and good scenery that makes you want to be a better person, like describing the wonders around you through poetry, gratitude, or maybe even music. How wonderfully blessed are those who are in harmony with mother earth, for they shall ruminate and overthink less than those who live in the cities with advertisements and information seen everywhere. How graciously blessed are those who are dreaming at the shore as they watch the stars at night and smell the salt of the sea, for they shall feel warmer whenever they feel lost or lonely. How faithfully blessed are those, who are sitting together around a bonfire and telling good stories about what wisdom the trees have given them as they were swaying and what bewilderment they’ve experienced when the birds were talking to each other, and it was music to their morning ears. How infinitely blessed are those who have an inspiring environment to lean on for the rest of their gifted lives.”

— Juansen Dizon, Free Folk

anna akhmatova