media collection: on love and yearning
also titled: grandiose romantic confessions, eternal love, and a belated valentines day special collection
I have this folder in my notes app called “hyperspecific media collections”, where I find a specific mood or topic I love and compile a media collection. They consist of book quotes, song lyrics, paintings, and scenes from movies or television shows. I love the idea that all forms of art and creativity are intricately connected, and seeing these parallels and similarities allows me to truly appreciate art.
This usually starts with me finding one specific quote that I really love, and then going through all the music, literature, and art I know in my mind and trying to find something that evokes a similar feeling in me.
I’ve had this collection in my notes app for a while, and thought that it would be perfect for a very corny, very belated Valentine’s Day special! It ended up being pretty long, so I hope you enjoy.
ONE.
—The Kiss, Gustav Klimt
TWO.
“You pierce my soul…I am half agony, half hope […] I have loved none but you.”
—Persuasion, Jane Austen
THREE.
“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?”
—Metamorphoses, Ovid
FOUR.
—j’s lullaby, Delaney Bailey
FIVE.
“When I watch you sleep, I feel overwhelmed that you exist.”
—Beach Read, Emily Henry
SIX.
“How tormentingly happier I am with you.”
—Alexander Pushkin