— SeokJin, 10 May Year 22     花樣年華 <I’M FINE> Stopped Time : ep.3 The World Outside the Window

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So, you wanna get started with divination? (Masterlist)

Well, I am hardly an expert, but I can point you in the direction of others who are!

Introduction

Tarot Cards

Cartomancy

Tasseography

Lithomancy

Scrying

Runeology

Candle Work

Misc.

spells for a full moon 🌙

🌙 charging/cleansing crystals and items:

🌙 healing spells:

🌙 love magic:

🌙 banishing:

🌙 clarity:

art academia

— paint stained fingers

— pencil tucked behind your ear, or always in your hand

— waking up in the middle of the night with wisps of your dream still clinging onto you, and you desperately sketch it down in hopes of capturing the emotion and aesthetic of your subconscious

— the combination of classical or soft lofi music and the silent night letting your imagination run wild, spending more time with the colours in your head instead of really putting it down on paper.

— doodles or sketches of anything or anyone on scrap paper, or even a book you’re supposed to be reading

— running your hand over the fresh paper of a new sketchbook, and the fear of an ‘imperfect’ drawing

— the smell of an art store, and wandering down the aisles alone

— spilling coffee or tea onto an artwork but working with it and ending up with something unexpectedly beautiful

— capturing moments with a pen and your eyes before the chance disappears forever

— losing yourself in a painting or an artwork in an art museum, your soul not in the museum but rather, in that 18th century scene, walking among the flowers

— taking a deep breath before your five bold strokes.

— yearning for the life behind the frame, a life captured in oil paint brushstrokes

Books That Will Ruin Your Life

(trigger warnings under the cut)

This book, which is about 800 pages long, is one of the best pieces of literature I have ever read. It follows four friends after they move to New York City and pursue their goals, but most of the story focuses on one of the men: Jude St. Francis, who has a mysterious past that has wrecked him emotionally and physically. But despite the darkness of the subject matter (and it gets DARK) the acts of love and kindness and friendship from the people in Jude’s life will bring you to tears. It’s a gorgeous study of trauma, human relationships, and the marriage of joy and pain that inevitably comes with living. I read it two months ago and have thought about it every day since. It’s one of those books you want everyone to read and no one to read. (DEFINITELY check out the trigger warnings for this one.)

This book is a sprawling political fantasy, packed with detail and diversity and some of the best, most complex worldbuilding I’ve ever seen. Baru grows up under the shadow of imperialism and eventually joins a rebellion to break free of the empire that has begun to take over the world. She’s also a lesbian, which is forbidden in the new empire, but against herself is drawn to the enigmatic Duchess Tain Hu. There are devastating twists, loves, and heartbreaks that will break your heart along with Baru’s. To say anything else would be a spoiler, but if you like complex, morally ambiguous fantasy, check this one out.

This book follows a man named Jacob as he slowly falls in love with a fellow soldier during the seventeenth century English Revolution. After the war, they attempt to establish a utopian farming commune and keep their relationship together. This book is a really interesting foray into 17th century England, but it is ultimately a dark, passionate tale of obsession and vindication that will leave you as sick with the actions of the protagonist as he is with himself.

This book is written as a memoir of a disgraced scientist, who discovers a hidden tribe in a small Pacific island that he believes holds the key to a longer (and even immortal) life. You almost forget that the events of the book are fiction and not a real memoir–everything described seems meticulously researched and vividly real. As always, Yanagihara’s writing is gorgeous, absorbing, and well-paced. It’s a haunting tale of how science, hubris, and greed can lead to someone’s personal downfall, as well as colonialism and cultural genocide.

You might have already heard of this one, but I had to put it on the list anyway! After a traumatic accident kills Theo Decker’s mother, his life is thrown into turbulence and eventual crime, all stemming from a stolen painting. The story is tense, beautifully written, and will make you root for yet another morally gray narrator. For fans of dark thrillers, art history, homoerotic friendship, and/or coming-of-age stories, this one is for you.

Although Daytripper is a graphic novel, it deserves a spot on this list. It follows Bràs, a Brazilian writer, and his journey through specific turning points in his life, each represented as a “death.” The art is gorgeous and the story flows impeccably, capturing the beautiful mundanities and joys of life. This book will leave you touched, inspired, and deeply affected.

After a vintner saves his life, an angel named Xas visits him every year for a single night. As the vintner grows, so does their relationship, just like a fine vintage. It’s difficult to say too much about the plot without spoiling the story, but I can say that this book explores the nuances of human relationships and the love we feel for each other, as well as the hate and fear that can pervade those relationships.

Toni Morrison is one of the greatest American novelists and Beloved is my favorite of her works. The book follows Sethe, an ex-slave, and her daughter Denver as they reckon with a ghost from Sethe’s past that begins to haunt them more literally than metaphorically. The story is both captivating and difficult to read, but Morrison’s writing is gorgeous and the characters come to life on the page. It superbly explores the depth of trauma and motherhood, as well as depicting the horrors of slavery in a way that doesn’t feel cartoonish or exploitative.

Celeste Ng’s work has gotten a lot of hype recently, and for good reason. This book follows a family after the middle child, Lydia, drowns. We see the buildup to Lydia’s death and its brutal aftermath, as relationships are challenged within the family. It’s a brilliant look at familial dysfunction, generational curses, and interracial marriage in 1970s America, and a deeply haunting portrayal of how these issues can tear apart a family.

Dark Academia

Light Academia

Chaotic Academia

Grey Academia

Romantic Academia

Spring Academia

Summer Academia

Autumn Academia

Winter Academia

Feral Academia

Classical music to listen to based on your interests

(yes, I made another list.  sue me.  i’m all for spreading classical music awareness.  feel free to add to this list.)

If you like facts and logic - literally anything by Bach

If you like roasting people - “Leck mich im Arsch” by Mozart

If you like politics - Sinfonia Eroica (Symphony No. 3) by Beethoven

If you like invading other countries - “Ride of the Valkyries” by Wagner

If you like showing off - “Caprice No. 24″ by Paganini

If you like nature - “Finlandia” by Sibelius

If you like dancing - Slavonic Dances by Dvorak

If you like art - anything by Debussy

If you like reading - Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov

If you’re classy - “The Blue Danube” by Strauss

If you like history - The Water Music by Handel

If you’re religious - A German Requiem by Brahms

If you like Star Wars/Star Trek - The Planets by Holst

If you like “All By Myself” - Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff

If you like crying your eyes out - “Nimrod” by Elgar

If you like the zoo - The Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens

If you like jazz - Jazz Suite No. 2, “Waltz No. 2″ by Shostakovich

If you’re patriotic - New World Symphony (Symphony No. 9) by Dvorak

If you like satanic rituals - “The Rite of Spring” by Stravinsky

If you like the burning flames of hell - Requiem in D Minor by Mozart

If you like New York City - “Rhapsody in Blue” by Gershwin

If you like sleep - “Sicilienne” by Faure

If you like Halloween - “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens

Taylor Swift and Lorde lyricism parallels

Flowers

Water

Dancing

Currently obsessed with Melodrama by Lorde

“ Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be? ”

— Charles Bukowski (The Post Office)

Piratecore Things pt. II

- staying up late at night to talk about sea monsters and ghost stories

- tan lines from being out in the sun all day

- finding comfort in the rocking and creaking of a ship

- carving designs and symbols into the leather of your belt

- the adrenaline rush you get looking down at the ocean from a height

- moods that change as quickly as the sea itself

- tracking the tides

- going to the beach on a windy day and singing sea shanties that are carried away by the breeze

- drinking warm herbal tea with a blanket around your shoulders and fingerless gloves

- wearing, like, five necklaces and ten braclets

- holding a scared hermit crab and watching as it slowly peeks out and starts to crawl around

- crooked smiles and unapologetically loud laughter

- never missing a sunset over the ocean

- piles of different miscellaneous objects that struck your fancy

- a big old hat and a long coat over a loose and unbuttoned white shirt

- always having something in your pockets to help with the situation (people wonder how you fit so much stuff on you)

- blowing into conches and learning stringed instruments

- lying flat on your back and watching the constellations on a clear night, waiting for a shooting star to make a wish on

- rhythmic tapping and clunking, strangely musical background noise

- the sound of running water and waves crashing

- a bottle of salt water of a jar of beach sand near you at all times to remind you of home

unknown / nicola samori / richard siken