魔法を信じていたい。

I'd love to draw Liszt more often. She's so stunning. 😭💚💚💚

A photograph of this Gymnasium student shows Kafka standing, a little embarrassed, leaning against overgrown balcony railings, in a high-buttoned adult suit with waistcoat, high collar and tie, his arms extended to both sides, his slender hands intertwined with the ivy. He has a powerful nose, a small, firmly closed mouth, dark hair coming from low on his forehead, grey eyes dreamily and doubtingly directed at the observer. 

A ‘callow creature’ was what he was at the time, as he notes in his diary in 1916. He could expect no guidance from either his parents or his teachers.

been replaying my fav trilogy recently..

See, the nocturnes are very interesting, because it’s the genre Chopin popularized and became the most well known for. Liszt published a set of three nocturnes known as “Liebestraüme” in 1850, a year after Chopin’s death. They were originally conceived as lieder - songs with lyrics based on poems. I’d very much like to quote some fragments of these poems for you, as a little trivia.

The first nocturne is based on “Hohe Liebe” (“Exalted Love”) by Ludwig Uhland. (Full text)

Drunk, rest ye all in the arms of romance, Yon fruits of life do thee beckon and call; Though on me was cast but a single glance, Far richer still am I than all.

The second is based on “Seliger Tod” (“Blessed Death”) by Ludwig Uhman

I was dead from love’s bliss; I lay buried in her arms; I was wakened by her kisses; I saw heaven in her eyes

And the last one is based on “O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” (“Love as long as you can!”) by Ferdinand Freiligrath. Full text can be read on Wikipedia. It’s certainly the most interesting of the three as it seems to mirror Liszt and Chopin’s situation.

O love as long as love you can, O love as long as love you may, The time will come, the time will come When you will stand at the grave and mourn! Be sure that your heart burns, And holds and keeps love As long as another heart beats warmly With its love for you And if someone bares his soul to you Love him back as best you can Give his every hour joy, Let him pass none in sorrow!