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A tale in the value of being a keeper of physical objects! After a while your copy of something could be the only evidence it ever existed at all.
Frances Wolfreston was a 17th century English woman who wrote her name and the phrase āhor boukā in each of the 200+ books and pamphlets in her library. The lovingly inscribed collection represents some of the only existing copies of numerous pieces of early English literature, the most famous of which being her copy of Venus and Adonis. Hers is the only first edition copy surviving to this day! Note to self to start writing my name in my books
Jun 13, 2024
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donāt know if everyone has heard of this and itās very old news and i should be ashamed. but i found it about ten years ago, and it still my heart. itās just an anthology of niche emotional experiences from this artist who grew up in switzerland. he collected his made-up terms into a dictionary and published it. it sparked the deepest sense of fancifulness in my preteen heart. iāve carried certain terms with me to this day, and often return to peruse the words i love so much. one of my proudest moments was, after sharing it with a friend, sending him some of my own inspired by it. he thought they were real words and definitions from it, and i was Very pleased. itās just fun and cool and neat. be careful to not be in a very longing mood when you go through it.
Sep 29, 2024
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joan joan joanā¦. what can i say about miss didion, my folk hero, the 1960sā joan of arc? the it-girl for those more realistically inclined and the girl who knew all the secrets before any of us did. my spiritual guide, my best friend who i never met. she is elliott smith and i am phoebe bridgers writing punisher. iām lucky i live in a time where i can read every single one of joanās works.
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Just go this book, Nin is my favorite writer. Delta Venus erotica was my first book I read from her. Today I got her diary from the twenties, volume 2, to be exact. I didnāt know but there was different volumes, which are different eras of her life being written by her. I took a picture of the library checkout because itās from my university library and it hasnāt been checked out since 2004. (Broke the streak).
Feb 6, 2024
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Lately the only things I feel compelled to draw for tattoo practice are horses (and greyhoundsāthe horse of dogs)
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