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Vincent Van Gogh, in a letter to his brother Theo, dated 23 December 1881

[6/100] days of productivity

I finished reading Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Laurence and started adding my favourite quotes on @literarymood

made notes about a couple of interesting articles (I'll share them soon)

the weather was miserable, but I went to the bookstore just to browse and walk a bit

ate pasta with chickpeas...it was delicious!

current reads:

• Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates

• Sappho of Lesbos by Alexander Trocchi

• The Triumph of Death by Gabriele D'Annunzio

• The Dead City by Gabriele D'Annunzio

still thinking about white nights

cat sitting for my sister and working on my museums paper

late to do list for today:

read M article + make notes

study german

review exam

make some progress with sewing project

i love reading, i love thinking about what i am currently reading, i love thinking about what i am going to read next, i love being privileged enough to be able to read, read, read, and read so much that i never tire of it

It's so easy to eat a healthy snack in the summer, 'cause the seasonal fruits are so delicious!

[5/100] days of productivity

Made some notes about this article on the Romantic movement and Friedrich's paintings.

Such a nice read!

I'm really enjoying this new commonplace practice, and keeping you posted about it.

Shakespeare's Works, 1866

Louisa May Alcott, from Little Women

January, 1933 The diary of Anaïs Nin [Volume One: 1931-1934]

Current read + me wearing my bf shirts on repeat! 🔁 Men's shirts are my Roman empire.

[4/100] days of productivity

read this great article about journaling and went through my current notebooks to sort them out.

my favourite!

Milena Jesenská’s obituary for Franz Kafka

She was like a forest, like the dark interlacing of the oak-wood, humming inaudibly with myriad unfolding buds. Meanwhile the birds of desire were asleep in the vast inter-laced intricacy of her body.

D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

first of june

[3/100] days of productivity

Today's Sunday, so...relax time. The only productive thing I did from my list was reading. Started this little book about Sappho that I found in a thrift store recently.

Obviously, I also did some house chores etc but I don't track that stuff here. Then I watched several episodes of Dark. So unsettling, tangled and raw. I'm addicted.

a little Sunday treat + Oscar Wilde poetry.

perfect combo.

Hello! I'm Nicole🌷

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me wanting to build my own library at home:

18.04.25

Daily carries.

Need to keep reminding myself of the importance of ritual in my life. When I forget it, when I forget myself, I find myself feeling so adrift. Like I’ve lost something. Ritual grounds me in a way few things do. Writing as a ritual. Fragrance as a ritual. Water breaks as a ritual. Lip balm because I perpetually forget that last one.

🎶 Present Tense - Radiohead

love downloading a pdf to never read. just in case. like lol. you’re coming home with me

articles to read instead of doomscrolling.

Demonology

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

The Humiliating Act of Falling In Love

How to read a painting

When Horror Is the Truth-teller

Love Is Like Cocaine

Lizzie Siddal: The life of a Pre-Raphaelite supermodel

Joan Didion Against a Performative Life

Women drawing nudes: a history of forbidden bodies

How midlife became a crisis

and more to come!

paintings details and words from the art exhibit I visited this morning.

[2/100] days of productivity

Brushing up my French skills with this book by Michèle Thomasson. It is a little collection of his journal entries. I think I can manage, little by little. Low commitment, but effective.

My favourite fragment from A Room of One’s Own.

May 18, 1926 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]

I love how walking is used by authors back then as a metaphor for female agency. For example, Pride and Prejudice by Austen, North and South by Gaskell and Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence to name a few.

[1/100] days of productivity

starting my new commonplace journal with some notes about this article on demonology. such a fascinating read.

I want to keep this practice up. keep me accountable!