Hello my fellow bloggers and blog-lovers. This week marks two years of living in Germany. While I haven’t posted much on here since I’ve been here, I have been keeping myself busy. After my summer of backpacking and researching literature from each country I visited, I moved to Germany to start a master’s program in…
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Books for Writers: 6 books every writer should read this summer — Pointless Overthinking
Great writers are great readers. The more you read, the more you allow yourself to dive into a free-flowing headspace to unlock your inner creative … Books for Writers: 6 books every writer should read this summer
“[…] the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”
Sharing a quote I came across that resonated with me today: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe… the starry heavens above and the moral law within.” Immanuel Kant
{untitled poem xvi} x e.l. jayne
{untitled poem xvi} the walls had darker patches where old paintings had hung for years, her favorite quote used to be, “you’re as happy as you want to be” she doesn’t say it anymore. –e.l. jayne
{convalescence} poem x e.l. jayne
{convalescence} the era of romanticism expresses the appreciation for the ancient roman culture, which honors art, intuition, independence, and the individual experience, it contested the industrialization, and systemization of our lives, brought about by the enlightenment era, that argued for logic and reason to lead your life, because that’s not living. emerging from my enlightenment…
{bookend} poem x. e.l. jayne
{bookend} it was a creamy and inevitable sunset in the same erratic, capricious climate, ragged, jagged rocks poised an ironically sleek silhouette atop the desert skyline, i’ve always been fond of a poetic bookend. –e.l. jayne
{reality} poem x e.l. jayne
{reality} the only thing I believe in is art. however much I identify with Romanticism, I can only find repose in Expressionism, distorted, exaggerated, unvarnished truths stemming from my imagination, rather than reality. —e.l. jayne
{gradual} poem x e.l. jayne
{gradual} and what new perspective could i have today, after another day of doing the same things? it’s not a riveting life that I’m after, but a modest variety would be nice. nevertheless, even if ever so subtle— and as in the mountains, some things change with time, and over time, everything changes. –e.l. jayne
{conviction over confirmation} poem x e.l. jayne
{conviction over confirmation} as i sit here on this planet that i believe to be rotating, my main concern is to discover whether or not I’m in a state of peace. well, that’s deceptive. my main concern is that I don’t believe I’m in a state of peace. so I revert to my antidote… red…
Lopsided Love: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. — Pointless Overthinking
Some of the most popular romance stories feature one-sided love. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby hopelessly awaits Daisy to return to him. The Roman mythological epoch of Echo and Narcissus told one of the first stories of unrequited love. In The Notebook, Noah chases Allie for years, even through an engagement, until she comes back […]…
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