The Fisherman And The Siren - 1856/1858 - Frederic Leighton

7.5.22

super productive day! bike ride with my dad, errand running with mom, so much homework, and starting a self portrait now to finish off the evening :)

also i should note that yesterday i noticed my first two white/gray hairs wtf

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today

Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven the sun,

The higher he's a-getting,

The sooner will his race be run,

And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent, the worse, and worst

Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,

And, while ye may, go marry;

For, having lost but once your prime,

You may forever tarry.

-To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time

Robert Herrick, 1648

Originally published in his book of poetry Hesperides as poem 208

if it makes you happy

then it’s not a waste of time

Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants - William J. Webbe - 1855 - via MFA Boston

“Jeune fille romaine nourrissant des colombes” By Stefan Bakałowicz (1857-1947)

Arcane was really like here’s a fucked up evil guy who clearly has ptsd after his brother half drowned him. Here’s a fucked up girl who has abandonment issues and is traumatised from accidentally killing most of her previous adopted family. He adopts her. She ends up accidentally killing him (another adopted family member). He forgives her (after never forgiving his brother). I’m going insane

“From my rotting body flowers shall grow and i am them and that is eternity,”

-Edward Munch (1863-1944)

5.9.22

coffee and a trip to the library today

I am not afraid to keep on living,

I am not afraid to walk this world alone.

“Famous Last Words” by My Chemical Romance (2006)