But Even That Day, [...] It Had The Quality Of A Memory; There It Was, Before My Eyes, And Yet Too Beautiful

But even that day, [...] it had the quality of a memory; there it was, before my eyes, and yet too beautiful to believe.

Donna Tartt, The Secret History (1992).

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”

~Leonardo da Vinci

nobody in greek mythology, especially the men and noble women, were good people when looking at them with modern morality. the sooner you can realize that and stop trying to justify their actions in order to enjoy the stories, the sooner you can start to genuinely empathize with and see the shared humanity in the narratives of these people from a deeply alien time, whose stories, although (and partially because) they come out of a culture built on hierarchy and exploitation and violence, still resonate with us today

Excerpts for a 1920's newspaper during the Spanish Flu

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray