Finding the beauty of being

 Romanticize a new way to find beauty.

First of all, we need to know what "romanticize" means, and the meaning is to think about or describe something as being better or more attractive or interesting than it really is: to show, describe, or think about something in a romantic way.

Actually is not difficult to do so if you think about it.

But What Can I romanticize?

•  Make a Pinterest board. Wake up early and grab a latte from a local coffee shop. Dress like a poet. Become immersed in classical music. Occasionally, allow reality to be all-consuming in order to push through the worst. 

  If the life of a romantic, a poet, or a scholar resonates then, make life about it. Those LED lights can turn into candles if one only sets his or her mind to them.

• Study things you are interested in, romanticize college life, play (or try to learn like me) a board game like chess.

  
  
  

• Read as much as you can, try poetry. You can read Elegía by the poet Miguel Hernández (my favorite one),"A una rosa" by Góngora, "A un olmo seco" by Antonio Machado, etc.

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  Watch movies and series, I highly recommend you to watch Heartstopper (you can find it on Netflix), The society of dead poets (a very old movie), Outlander, Bridgerton, or Pride and Prejudice.
  

• Find beauty in everything. For example, when you wake up don't use your phone immediately instead stretch, watch the sunrise, and prepare your breakfast.

For today is all, I hope you like it and you are encouraged to do one of the recommended activities. Have a nice day, take care of your health, drink water <3

 

But don't leave without asking the following question:

Do you have any quotes (from books, poems, or movies) that you would like to share?

Architecture in Dark Academia

 Classic is in fashion 

Hi, boys and girls are nice to see you again!! This week is time to explain the aesthetic of the architecture in this subculture and without further ado let's continue with the topic.

The architecture in Dark academia involved colors such as black, brown, green, gray, and white ( usually dark tones that can represent luxury and elegance). There are a lot of images on the internet where you can see baroque style and buildings with the roofs too high, and usually are European buildings (or with European inspiration)

Seasonal imagery of autumn is also common. The imagery of Gothic architecture and Collegiate Gothic architecture, candlelight, dark wooden furniture, and dense, cluttered rooms often occur. The subculture has been described as maximalist and nostalgic. Universities that are often featured in dark academia imageboards include Oxbridge, Durham University, the University of Edinburgh, and Harvard University.

We can appreciate these images that the buildings are very old:

The image above is shown the University of Oxford, although the exact date of its foundation is unknown, there is evidence of a teaching institution as early as 1096, making it the second oldest university in the world and the first in the English-speaking world.

The second one is the University of Edinburgh which was founded in 1582 and is the fourth oldest university in Scotland.

But it wouldn't be dark academia if cemeteries weren't among the hotspots. All in the spirit of memento mori.

Despite the colors, the illustrations are always dimmed as if one was in a candlelit room. In addition, there is a contrast between light and dark which emulate the increased image of shadow effects. Furthermore, Neo-classical, Gothic, and Beaux-Arts architecture have become featured in depictions as the institutions are built in these styles.

Some traits that are shared but not to be confused with are mahogany paneling, classical columns, and rusticated stone. One other dominant feature of this aesthetic is periods originating in Europe.

For example, there are many images of Christian and Classical figures that emulate European culture and beliefs. On balance, Dark Academia emits classic and grand elements that many recognize.

For today is everything, I hope you enjoyed this blog, I'll leave a video about the topic below. See you next time <3

please answer the next question:

Near where you live, Where can you find buildings with this type of aesthetic?

Activities in The Dark Academia

 A guide to Dark Academia

There are many activities that everyone can do and these are imbued with the beauty and aesthetics of the dark academia, such as:

• Wear vintage clothes, elegant accessories, and monochrome colors. Emphasize sharp features with purely dark or light colors and jewel tones. I usually find nice vintage clothes at random thrift stores.

• Listen to jazz and classical music. Listening to older, more tasteful music brings a spark of elegance to your life. Hozier, Lorde, and Franz Gordon are great examples of authors that create music with dark academia vibes, but if you want it more specific, I leave you a list with awesome songs (give them an opportunity).

• Light candles. Doing things such as writing, reading, and getting ready for bed by candlelight makes it seem thrice as elegant and academic.

• Go to libraries, museums, bookshops, and coffee shops. These are all really good places to sit in the corner and read for hours on end. Not only do you get Mysterious Points but you get an aesthetic environment and (hopefully) some peace in which to devour literature.

• Hang stuff up on your walls. Postcards, paintings, drawings, poetry, snippets from books, mood boards, your routines, lists (places you want to go, people you want to meet, things you want to do), playlists. Make it yourself and make it chaotic and, most importantly, make it aesthetic.

• READ. Read anything and everything educational. Do it. Just, don’t pick up your phone for 3 days because you’re reading, just ignore everything else.

   

As you can see I didn't post a list of books as to how I did with the music, so tell me What book do you recommend and why should we read it?

For now is everything, I hope you like it and see you soon <3.

The beauty of the Dark Academia

DARK ACADEMIA

Dark academia is a social media aesthetic and subculture concerned with higher education, writing/poetry, the arts, and classic Greek and Gothic architecture. The subculture is associated with ancient art and classic literature.

This subculture/aesthetic starts with Donna Tartt's novel The Secret History, published in 1992 and which tells the story of a murder that takes place within a group of classics students at an elite New England college, has been credited as being the inspiration for the dark academia literary genre. In 2015, the genre began to grow into an aesthetic on the social media site Tumblr, with the creation of a book club that centered around classic and gothic novels. The aesthetic then grew into a distinct subculture, seeing a wave of popularisation on Instagram led by Ryan Taylor and Maria Teresa Negro in 2017.

A rise in popularity of dark academia during the COVID-19 pandemic has been credited to the shutdown of schools.

But, to be honest, nobody seems to have an exact answer here. Some describe it as an academic aesthetic, another description suggests that it’s a book that features an academic setting, another description focuses on its themes: a focus on the pursuit of knowledge, and an exploration of death and morbidity.

So, dark academia as a sub-genre is not necessarily limited to a specific genre. And as an aesthetic is wide open to many things such as

• activities
• architecture
• fashion
• Tend to romanticize the finding of beauty and poetry in dark themes.

As you can see, Dark academia includes many things that can't be explained in just one page.

what do you know about dark academia? or is this the first time you hear about this subculture? Let me know in the comments

thanks for reading, see you next time. Ily <3 

(I'll leave you a video below)