The Classical Tradition

Male. Postmodern. Midwestern. DC Transplant. Classically Inclined. Etc.
Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull

Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg

Makr has more of their black farmruck backpack. +1

Makr has more of their black farmruck backpack. +1

Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song.
This song is seriously under-appreciated.

Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt—Translated, this says: “These ones are tears of things and mortal things (sufferings) touch the mind.” As he stands there, Aeneas is overcome by the futility of warfare and waste of human life. The burden man has to bear, ever present frailty and suffering, is what would define the essence of human experience.

—Line 462 of Book I of The Aeneid, by Virgil

Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

Homer, The Iliad (via modernmethadone)

(Source: seperate, via turmoilsofthesea)

LIKE A BOSS KATE MOSS has been referencing a lot of AC today and it reminded me of this classical song; my introduction to Animal Collective so many hot summers ago.