only the brave

Past friends, a collection

Old Friend, Mitski

Portraits à Grindelwald, Ernest Bieler

Cocaine Jesus, Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Spirit Hold, Holly Warburton

seven, Taylor Swift

@boyfig

“Stuntin’ Like My Daddy“, Euphoria

Making Amends, Holly Warburton

One Last Poem For Richard, Sandra Cisneros 

Late night thoughts but I just realized the symbolism behind Jude telling Harold the story of the rooftop scene at the end of the book. Both parts (respectively named Lispenard Street) end on that said street, they end with Jude being in the proximity of the apartment he and Willem had lived in when still being new to NYC.

Because of this, the book starts and ends in the same place. It starts where it ends, if you'd like to call it that. Not only is Jude telling Harold the story of how stupid (but stupidly smart, albeit) they had been to lock themselves up on the roof, implying their youth, and the symbolism behind Willem always being there to catch Jude when he's slipping away from them, always grounding him and making sure he stays safe, that he's always got him, but Jude is also telling the story of how everything began. How everything started. The calm before the storm, if you'd like to call it that. And not only does it bring you back to that scene but it brings back the emotions as well (for me, I had found the scene as emotional, intense, but maybe a little funny situation at hand) and makes you reflect on EVERYTHING that's happened in the book. It makes you think back to the times where the four lived so simply, with little to worry about, back when they really were living their "little lives."

Vincent & Theo Van Gogh 

Edit- I added the visualizer for this piece on my YT, check it out here