Dark Academia Guide

subjects as dark academia

•english
knit turtlenecks, corduroy pants, going to stationary stores and buying ink, writing notes and penning stories in leather bound notebooks, critiquing your friends essay as you walk hurriedly through a grove of oak trees in the rain on your way to class

•math
perpetually foggy glasses, biting your pencil to focus when you're stuck on a particularly, difficult problem, taking notes and putting them into a worn binder, bursting with variegated papers, late night study sessions fueled by multiple cups of black tea

•chemistry
heavy old textbooks covered in post-it notes, empty beakers sitting in the windowsill, reflecting patterns of light onto the classroom walls, a cozy striped sweater peaking out from underneath a pristine white lab coat, coffee from the local café, filled just to the brim with creamer - very precisely, a skill learned from hours spent measuring chemicals

•history
dark woolen coats, long socks under plate pants, old maps from all across the globe hung around the room, analyzing profilic writing and pieces of art that have survived the test of time, long walks on cobblestone streets, stopping to read on the steps of a museum

•latin
sturdy leather bags, stopping to explain the meaning of words and their roots, followed by looks of intrigue, writing latin sayings into tea-stained planners, sitting in a café, eating a macaroon in a window booth and watching people walk by

•art
hair pulled back into a low bun, random strands poking out, hands always stained with paint, charcoal - the medium changes daily, sketching under a sycamore tree, its leaves slowly browning, standing in front of a painting in a museum, becoming lost in it, slowly pulled back in time into its story