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this body can’t hold me

haruki murakami “norwegian wood” // embroidery by ana teresa barboza // mitski “goodbye, my danish sweetheart” // erin tucker (2013) “frayed and fragile” // unknown // art by annegret soltau // fiona apple “heavy balloon” // chloe gong “these violent delights”

Something about angel wings-

Much about a broken heart.

nothing is as tender as annotating your favourite books. it’s like leaving a piece of your heart on the pages for somebody else to find.

via 📽️💫

Fiona Apple performing in 1996

the botany students

dozens of houseplants growing in your room

a pocket guide to local flora tucked in your backpack

studying the complex anatomy of plants

performing experiments to see how plants grow under different conditions

long walks, identifying the species you see along the way

detailed botanical diagrams

the humid air of a greenhouse

practicing sketches, working to accurately capture each leaf and petal

pressing samples beneath heavy textbooks

understanding the complex nature of ecosystems

wildflowers tucked into your hair

a crumbling stone wall, overgrown with moss and ivy

learning to distinguish edible and poisonous plants

watching a graft take hold

fingertips stained with chlorophyll and dirt

a cup of herbal tea, slowly growing cold as you study for an exam

the smell of earth just after a rainstorm

wandering through a forest, counting the types of trees you pass

knowing what plants to use for home remedies

tending to your garden

cool, foggy mornings, walking through dew covered grass

collecting samples for further study, handling the delicate specimens with care

a sense of awe at the huge variety in plant species

the rare elegance of flowers that bloom only once a decade

i was going to learn 12 languages, read 250 books and learn 75 new skills this year what happened

academia things that genuinely make me happy

large textbooks filled with extra papers which hold the answers to the problems you thought were too brilliant to be thrown away, or the simple short summary of a part you were struggling to understand before

having your textbook absolutely ruined by highlighters and sticky notes all over it, those little tips and ideas you picked up from the lesson. anyone who opens that book immediately knows that you’ve studied the crap out of it and know the concept by heart. “this is the most annotated book i’ve ever seen” is literally the highest form of compliment for me.

solving math or chemistry problems to a soundtrack album or ambient sounds, extra points if it’s in afternoon lol

when you’re so focused and keen on getting to the final answer that your hand physically can’t keep up with your eagerness so you end up with the most incoherent solution. but you’ve finally got the answer right!

being self-taught in a subject or a few chapters of the textbook, and still smashing the quizzes and the exams

coming up with a new solution to the problem, or seeing the problem from a new perspective, and finally being able to solve it because of just that.

confidently walking out of the exam room. 0 doubt in your mind that you crushed it!

actually feeling how you’ve grown academically, and how much more knowledgeable you are compared to the beginning of the semester

casually and confidently having conversations with a professor about your studies, exchanging ideas and discussing the existing theories, methods, on-going research and all

all of this is everything i want in life- god 

@academia-muses

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