"To Live Is The Rarest Thing In The World. Most People Exist, That Is All."

La Seu Vella, Lleida, Catalonia. Photos by Adeline Gressin

'The Lady of the Lake' by Walter Scott (published in 1810)

'Secrets of the Stars' by Inez N. McFee (published in 1922)

never let a good notebook go to waste!

the two massive spiders living in opposite corners of my bathroom moved into the same web last night happy pride month everybody

aesthetic for @mathemaphia

the glide of a fountain pen across paper

wanting to understand the world and your place in it

an organized desk, everything in its place

finding satisfaction in the precision of mathematics

a freshly steeped cup of tea with fragrant steam

your favorite tea mug set out on your desk

splotches of ink on your hands, worn like badges of honor

always hungry for knowledge, eager to know more about everything

books that make you contemplate your own existence

novels by kafka by your bed

using math as a lens through which to decipher the world and its rules

gazing out the window on long car rides

language textbooks - french, german, korean - stacked by your desk

finding order and patterns in the world 

a contemplative soul, mulling over big philosophical ideas

pages filled with long strings of calculations

muttering verb conjugations as you work on memorization

wanting everyone to see beauty in math the way you do, even though it’s considered a frightening subject

researching your favorite authors

studying language, shaping your mouth around unfamiliar words

By Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889)

*scrolling through tumblr mobile* yes i love dark academia

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