1915 - Tumblr Posts
"I feel so full of love today after having seen the sun rise."
Katherine Mansfield, from a diary entry dated January 5th 1915, featured in 'Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield' (published in 2012)
"I believe in immortality because he is not here, and I long to join him."
Katherine Mansfield, from a diary entry dated October 29th 1915, featured in 'Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield' (published in 2012)
Jazz Harmony Oasis | Old Songs (lyrics adaptation after the original ver...
- October 7, 1915
- The diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923
[ID: Insoluble problem: Am I broken? Am I in decline? Almost all the signs speak for it (coldness, apathy, state of my nerves, distractedness, incompetence on the job, headaches, insomnia); almost nothing but hope speaks against it. End ID]
Still life before an open window, Place Ravignan (1915) by Juan Gris. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Portrait of Juan Gris (1915) by Amedeo Modigliani. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
24th April – remembrance of the Armenian Genocide
“Deportation of and excesses against peaceful Armenians is increasing and from harrowing reports of eye witnesses it appears that a campaign of race extermination is in progress under a pretext of reprisal against rebellion.” - AMBASSADOR MORGENTHAU, Constantinople, 16 July 1915
Although the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 has it’s beginnings further back in history, the 24th April is used as the marker and the day of remembrance. In 1915, under the rule of the Three Pashas (Talaat, Cemal and Enver Pasha), the Ottoman state began its systematic extermination of its Armenian population – the deportations of thousands, many of whom would die on these death marches before ever reaching designated areas, to outright massacres and other atrocities. Estimates put it to around 1.5 million deaths. The actions taken against the Armenians would later lead to the Greek and Assyrian genocides.
“Their existence must come to an end, however tragic the means may be; and no regard must be paid to either age or sex, or to conscientious scruples.” - TALAAT, 16 September 1915
Today, Turkey (and other states) do not recognise the Armenian genocide and denialism still prevalent around the world. Denialism is spread through not just academic revisionist theories but also with the media (films/TV/social media) which depict the events as ambiguous of the intent or underplayed entirely (e.g. The Ottoman Lieutenant). Despite this, steps have been made in recent years for recognition and more states have begun to openly accept the term of genocide, including most recently the US (2019).
Images used: wiki + The Armenian Genocide Museum-institute (please be aware there is some extremely explicit content)
i have a book i bought for £2 in this amazing bookshop in my mum’s hometown and i discovered its 105 years old, from the Cambridge printing press, it’s a collection of Percy Shelley poems AND it has little annotations on some poems and i love it so much
