“There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes –“ -Emily Dickinson
I think this poem is going to be my second favorite one since this is a compact version of how winter feels like during its darkest hours. A hefty dry air surrounds our body with sharp pain of the coldest hour. Buildings fall on top of us while the morning fog falls over their roof like a blanket.
“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.” ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world” — Dead Poets Society
Here’s a recently decorated study corner. I’ve been feeling a bit autumnal again, even though it’s the hottest week ever. I’ve started watching Mary Shelley last week which reminded me of how much I loved my old minimally chaotic study setups.
I’m still reading Piranesi and There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job because I’ve been in a slow reading mood. Although they’ve got completely opposite themes, the study of a person is the main connection between two reads. Both main characters deliberate over the approaching dangers.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
#qotd : do you use notebooks to scribble your thoughts?
I don’t buy a lot of notebooks as I used to since I’ve started using them instead of staring at what I should write. There used to be an existing thought inside my head that whatever I write had to be perfect. Otherwise, it was a waste to use my favourite notebooks, yet I just stared at them for years. It was such a silly thought because the moment I started writing what was in my mind, there came a sudden relief, almost like an epiphany that makes you realize the answer has been staring right in front of your face. These vintage notebooks are perfect to write some poems while in bed or on a car trip because the digital age is taking over us mindlessly. I’ve been changing a few habits of mine recently to mindfully work and be aware of what I’m doing due to the amount of exhaustion staring at a screen causes me.
I’ve been reading There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job aside my thesis research but I’m honestly not sure what I’m doing at the moment. I worked yesterday a bit on Medieval Scandinavia section since I know more about the history of Anglo-Saxon language in Medieval England. So I was trying to think of ways on how to include within my thesis. I might be pushing myself too much to include everything or learn what I don’t know but it’s a pitfall. I’ve forced myself a bit too much that I didn’t work at all for a few weeks except a few days. So anyway, today I’m supposed to find a title for my thesis so I can contact my supervisor. To conclude my personal rant, I’m trying to work more efficiently instead of forcing myself to work.
