My favourite of Rodin’s works were the hand fragments. There were so many, some broken off and discarded from larger works like the Gates of Hell, others as studies for poses and casts. Hands are my favourite of all the body’s shapes, with their endless, endless holding
" It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. "
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
to live. to live forever.
to strive, to seek, to find
to strive, to seek, to find
to strive, to seek, to find
You want me to introduce myself? The thing that almost killed Odysseus?
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
godforsaken mess
𝓦𝓸𝓻𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓬𝓪𝓯𝓮
The semester has ended and I'm now focusing on the few projects I have due soon and also my master's thesis. I've been rereading Salvage the Bones at the coffee shop because it's impossible to focus at home lately. And the café is very cosy and warm.
Mentally it's been hard for the last few weeks with family problems and all the transphobia I have seen lately on the news and here. I'm trying to not close myself and try to go out as much as I can.
So happy to be able to work on this novel again
When the light hits just right
