Bookshelf: Brightly-Stricken Bristles
Please excuse the dust atop the books.
"I am dirty, Milena, endlessly dirty, that is why I make such a fuss about cleanliness. None sing as purely as those in deepest hell; it is their singing we take for the singing of angels." -Franz Kafka; in a letter to his lover
This page will document some of my favorite pieces of media for anyone who finds themselves curious and in hopes to share some interests (as well being a way for me to keep track of things I like).
Please keep in mind that this list is not so definite. There are some things on here that I can proudly say I know everything about, while there are a lot of things that I really enjoyed and looked into but am very rusty on. There are also, obviously, lots of things I adore that I felt I didn't know enough about to include on this list, or I simply forgot them.
I'll be bolding my favorite of the topics/what I know the most about.
Books/Authors
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Albert Camus
- Osamu Dazai
- Franz Kafka
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- I Am a Cat
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Animanga
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- Seaside Stranger
- Sunny Boy
- Junji Ito's Work
- Mob Psycho 100
- Beastars
- Chainsaw Man
- Death Note
- Perfect Blue
TV and Movies
- Isle of Dogs
- Cruella
- Get Out
- Moral Orel
- World War Z
- The Substance
- American Beauty
- But I'm A Cheerleader
- The Creator
- After Yang
Music
- Mylène Farmer
- Mitski
- Buck-Tick
- deadman
- Kuroyuri to Kage
- Malice Mizer
- Madmans Espirit
- Soft Ballet
Games
- Portal
- Omori
- Genshin Impact
- Bioshock Infinate
Fine Artists
- Gustav Klimt
- I hope to grow this list!
Extra:
I view movies a little differently from other forms of media. I'm willing to say I found a movie to be absolutely brilliant even if there wasn't any symolism in it: movies are meant to be short and experienced within just a couple hours. If the movie was great, I'll include it.
When it comes to music, if I really love a band, I'm one of those people that listens to all of the members other projects, too. I don't have the time nor space to list everyone's solo projects, people they've worked with that I enjoy, etc, so just know that I'm one of those people for Buck-Tick and Malice Mizer. (For Malice Mizer, I've listened to everyone's other projects. For Buck-Tick, I'm a huge fan of a lot of bands associated with them. It's a little different.)