About

I'm Mars, 27, they/he il/lui. I'm an art historian inbetween degrees. Off the internet I like crocheting, reading, drawing, and writing fiction. I collect ephemera, especially postcards (some of which you can see on my page dedicated to them) and museum paraphernalia.

Some Things*

Beautiful things: good handwriting. someone who cares a great deal for their hair. books in a matching set.
Quietly charming things: morning forst that will melt by midday. an orderly bookshelf. a sleeping pet.
Pleasing things: high-quality paper. high-quality yarn. scrunching up a bit of crochet you've been working on and thinking I made this. exercising knowledge.
Irritating things: overhearing a foolish remark, especially in a museum. questions put to the professor that should have been an email.
Dispiriting things: chronic AI users. travel delays.
Delightful things: unusually small prints. and paintings.
Awe-inspring things: unusually huge prints.

*inspired by Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book.

Likes

jewel tones, vodka-based cocktails, california quail, fencing, autumn, rolling over and going back to sleep, books, northern Italy, gothic revival, postcards, silver jewelry, writing, crochet, being an effete snob, scifi & fantasy, printmaking, ephemera, museums & museology, rings & earrings, theatre, feminine men & masculine women, nice wool yarn, long hair, dark chocolate, vampires

Dislikes

neon yellow, beer, airplane travel, ball sports, summer, weather above 80 degrees F, car-based infrastructure, seeing a gorgeous butch in public and realizing it’s just a boy, crap plastic yarn, lemon candy, minimalism