People Have Been Telling Me To Watch This Movie Since 2007 Or So. I Finally Watched It This Year And

just write a shitty poem, what do you have to lose

winter mist (Kodak Portra 160)

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At this point, dark academia is romanticising everything and falling in love with yourself, everything and anything.

Touchscreens do not belong in cars

the fact that i’m not on a balcony in italy watching the sun set eating fresh fruit with my lover is offensive

what I really like about all these vintage couple’s portraits is that there is a very certain romatic decorum kept up – certain themes and poses – which, while of course being the mainstream preferred view of couples repeated throughout many studios, are just… so nice to look at. 

this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

the kiss on the bare shoulder (eyes perfectly averted), the cheek caress, the piano and the violin, the interrupted embrace, the woman tilted back as in a half-stopped dance…

Christ Church. x

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