An Unstaged View Of Dark Academia From A Country New Englander's Perspective. Also Known As Current Views

Venice: The Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi (detail), Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)

As long those slippery cobblestones and a cold drizzle don’t ruin your mood, a stroll through the oldest Swiss town can definitely have some charm. Even though not exactly the first name springing into mind, you’ll recognize in Chur the swissness of its old town alleys, bland stone walls marked with cryptic heraldry, imposing seriousness, stability and frigid dampness. As you sulk along hoping the perseverant drip won’t find a way through your seams, suddenly an old painted house bemuses you with an arguably out of place liveliness… or is its energy just out of its time? Were the Swiss different in those days?

Nevemind that thought, time for a pint in some dry place, not far from the growing waters of the Rhine. The local Viamala golden lager is following the traditional brewing around here - bready and smooth with a discrete vein of hops. Yup, the Stadtbier Chur does good stuff and true to the tradition.

When I think of Dark Academia, I tend to come at it from a guy's perspective, since, well, that's me. I tend to also be a bit cottage core but at the moment, my head is into books, tweeds, and tea.

Images from Pinterest except the closeup of the braces is actually me.

Random aesthetic photo dump.

Thank you to everyone who got me to 50 likes!

Rialto

Sorry, dark academia friends, I have an even darker side.

Happy to see some quality rework of the Mouse that isn't a slasher.

Mousetrapped Weekend Filler #1: The Winkler Street Orphans, Summer 1915

Sorry, weekends are when I recover and work on comics for the next week, but I will try to post production art.

Some days, I choose to be an adventurer.