Capitalism kills art

breaking the aogg theme to reblog and say that I FEEL THIS IN MY SOUL.

L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

Married for decades Gilbert Blythe, STILL sour towards Roy Gardner/other Threats

Some of the small grins and winks coming from Gilbert whenever he is around Anne. 💜💕

L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, 1909

Dear anne,

Since we are parting ways, perhaps forever, I feel I must unburden my heart. You are the fond object of my affection and my desire. You and you alone are the keeper of the key to my heart. Please, don’t be alarmed. I don’t expect your favor. But I can’t in good conscience not reveal myself. I’m not engaged, nor will I be, unless it’s to you, Anne. My Anne with an “e.” It always has been, and always will be, you.

With love,

Gilbert

Btw idk if I’ve shared this publicly before, but I actually have all 3 Kevin Sullivan AOGGs saved to my google drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/132V4_qYQXD1c8onk2-73G0LHEFJN_Ks7?usp=sharing

all these GenZ girlies gushing over AWAE Gilbert Blythe, unaware that as great as he is he will never get to the extraordinary simping levels of The OG ✨Gilbert Blythe✨, who never even looked at a woman after he met Anne. Even when he thought she was going to get engaged and married to the dark brooding man of her dreams. My boy literally got sick with heartbreak to the point of being on the brink of death like a victorian lady, only to miraculously recover after being told there was still hope for him and Anne!!! She was his DREAM!!!

“Nothing mattered much to me for a time there, after you told me you could never love me, Anne. There was nobody else—there never could be anybody else for me but you. I’ve loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.” 

Iconic. Unparalleled. Unrivalled.

endless list of my favourite couples:

The love between charlotte and George as they speak with their little prince

Astrid Lindgren’s Bröderna Lejonhjärta / The Brothers Lionheart (1977) dir. Olle Hellbom

1. A Primer for the Small Weird Loves - Richard Siken / 2. The Crane Wife - CJ Hauser / 3. Automat - Edward Hopper / 4. Red Doc> - Anne Carson / 5. Melancholy - Edvard Munch / 6. The Village (2004) / 7. So We Must Meet Apart - Gabrielle Bates and Jennifer S. Cheng

So I'm reading for an art history class, and Baudrillard is talking about the trends in colour usage from generation to generation (mostly in interior design, but there's definite spillover into fashion, architecture, etc.), and how every new colour movement is a direct rebellion against the previous one, like how the bright colours of the 60s/70s were a direct response to the austerity and seriousness of the WWII/postwar era, and how a shift back to organized, moralistic neutrals were a direct rejection of 60s/70s gaudiness, etc., and that all makes sense, people find their parent's style tacky, sure

But he goes on to observe how we've now been stuck in a lull of pasty tones and naturalistic finishes for some time, and I'm thinking yes, he's so right, but that's weird, because its been hanging around for so long, like what is it rebelling against anymore? What is it answering to? Well all I had to do was be patient because lo and behold, Baudrillard provides the following sentence, which caused me to completely wig out:

"...except of course, for the spheres of advertising and commerce, where colour's power to corrupt enjoys full rein"

And I'm like ooohhhhHHHHHH, so this colourless minimalist wasteland of a design principle:

Is maybe hanging on so stubbornly because this corporate hellscape:

is assaulting all of our eyes, inside and outside of our homes, every waking second, and is tainting the very concept of colour into something we can't relax around in our living spaces.

Oh. Oh no. No no no no

fuck, i hate when that guy is right

John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925.

In his studio in Paris with Portrait of Madame X (1884).

Whoa!

apple bottom jeans — this is a reference to the apple that was eaten from the forbidden tree of Eden

boots with the fur — this references the way Adam and Eve had to clothe their nakedness once they had eaten from the Tree

the whole club was lookin’ at her — traditionally it is Eve’s fault for succumbing to the temptation, and most scholars blame her and future women for original sin

she hit the floor — this is a reference to the snake, who was cursed to crawl in the dust

next thing you know — the Lord immediately responded to kick them out of the Garden of Eden

shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low — this represents the way humanity fell from grace and gave in to temptation, and was repelled from the garden

Some of my favorite movies/series Part 4:

(dark academia, light academia & cottage core themed/coded):

1. Another Country (1984; directed by Marek Kanievska; 87 mins)

2. Departure (2015; directed by Andrew Steggall; 109 mins)

3. Carol (2015; directed by Todd Haynes; 118 mins)

4. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019; directed by Céline Sciamma; 120 mins)

5. Elisa & Marcela (2019; directed by Isabel Coixet; 118 mins)

6. Mary Shelley (2017; directed by Haifaa al-Mansour; 120 mins)

7. Over The Garden Wall (2014; directed by Nate Cash; 109 mins)

8. The Dreamers (2003; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci; 112 mins)

9. Total Eclipse (1995; directed by Agnieszka Holland; 111 mins)

10. Swing Kids (1993; directed by Thomas Carter; 112 mins)

Jane austen said ‘if i loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more’ n Hozier said ‘am so full of love, i can barely eat’ n then Nizar Qabbani said "because my love for you is higher than words, i have decided to fall silent."