The Picturesque at all Costs
Ivana Lena Besevic "Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of life, exist outside literature?. . . I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs." -- Donna Tartt's The Secret History Some people have the most curated Instagram pages. All their photos have the same color scheme, and their outfits are always perfect, and I could scroll for hours without finding a single flaw. For some of those people, it's all an Internet illusion. For others, it's real life. They wake up and match their shoes to their sweater, they whisk their iced matcha, and they post their cute selfies to their story. As much as I want to say that it's all an illusion for online presence, that isn't exactly true. Some people really do have the time and resources to live that curated, aesthetic lifestyle. For a long time, I felt pressure to do the same. I felt as though I needed to p...
