Springtime: A Closer Look
This is a piece that I did for a writing project back in high school so not to much on 17-year-old me’s writing
French painter Pierre August Cot’s most successful work of art is undeniably Springtime, also known as The Swing. The painting - created with oil on canvas in 1873 - depicts a young couple wearing classic 18th-century French attire, sitting on a swing in a lush forest, staring at each other, deeply in love. Before speaking about Springtime’s potential themes and messages, it is important to go over Cot’s history.
Born on February 17th, 1837, Pierre Auguste Cot would grow up to be an established painter during the Academic Classic movement. Any art that went by the French art academic standard was considered Academic Classicism. The French Academy established this style to accommodate painters who believe that drawing is most important and painters who believe color is most important.
Springtime is one of Cot’s most recognizable pieces of work and Springtime as a painting is imbued with many different messages and themes. One major theme is the topic of a paramour or secret lovers. Both the young girl and boy are separated from the rest of the world by enjoying each other’s presence in the middle of the forest. Not every relationship has to be extremely public or PDA heavy, but if your relationship is private to the point where you can’t even hug in public, there is a major reason why the couple can’t be seen in public.
One such reason can be seen within their choice of clothing. The girl is wearing a very sheer dress, while the guy is wearing a brown tunic. During the late 1800s, sheer fabric was very expensive and was only owned by very wealthy families. The young girl having a dress made entirely of sheer fabric proves that she is either a member of a very rich family or has close ties with one. Wealthy French citizens were very conscious about their status. French nobility did not want to interact with the poor and their children due to the fear that poor children contracted their parents’ mentality, criminality, and/or health problems. Since it can be assumed that the girl is rich and the boy is poor, that supports the idea of the couple being secret lovers. The rich girl, not wanting her family to know of her intimate relationship with a poor boy, meets with him in a beautiful yet secluded forest, where they can be alone, and in love, together.
Another message portrayed by Springtime is possibly about the dangers of young love. The couple appears to be in the age range of older teens and young adults. Cot might have painted Springtime to show a possible effect of young love. Despite being a beautiful and serene forest, that doesn't reflect the possible dangers that may occur there. If you love a person to the point where you are risking your safety, is it really love?
Finally, Springtime expresses France’s attitude toward gender roles in relationships. In the painting, the young man holds onto both ends of the swing while the young woman wraps her arms around his neck. When on a swing you need to hold on so as not to fall. By having the young man hold both himself and his partner on the swing, he is supporting both of them, which is a mindset that many French citizens had. They believed that the man in the relationship is the backbone, while the woman takes care of the family. This is ironic considering the class dynamics between the couple. Returning to the social class discussion, despite being the “backbone” of the relationship, the young man is still poor. The rich young lady would have enough knowledge and wealth to support herself, her partner, and a potential family. It’s interesting to see how despite obvious class differences, inequality still reigns in people’s heads. Misogyny would be the proper word to use in today’s society but when we add historical context, the word would not be appropriate to use due to the word not being used until the late 1950s.
The young man could also be using the young lady as a stepping stool toward higher status. The rich young lady has her arms draped around the man’s neck. When we take the adjective “rich” and the verb “drapped” and put them into the context of an inanimate object, most people think of an expensive necklace. Wealth was determined by a multitude of things, one being material wealth. If someone had enough money for a horse, a house, and expensive jewelry they were considered rich. However, this interpretation is less defensible due to the fact that they are in private. If someone was to truly use someone else’s material wealth for their own gain, they would publicize it as much as possible.
Pierre Auguste Cot’s Springtime is one of the more recognizable paintings in the Academic Classicism canon. The painting is located in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art but is open to interpretation from anyone, as is all art.
I wrote the first draft of this essay on a whim after a five hour shift at Old Navy. During my 15-minute lunch break, in fear of a bad AP Lit essay grade, I looked up the best way to get better at writing: to write more. So, after a 20-minute drive home on the highway, I wrote about Springtime.
Springtime has been one of my favorite paintings for only a short while now. I wanted to analyze it for my summer assignment, originally. But I decided to analyze a media that I knew a little better- to make it easier for myself. Spingtime evokes a lot of emotions out of me: yearning, love, and peacefulness for a couple examples. This essay allowed me to share my thoughts on one of my favorite art pieces, and I hope readers will read it and think critically about art as well.
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the demon bros+ undateables showing their love
thought about this for 5 min then had to write it out so enjoy
lucifer
first off you notice he treats you differently
and by differently i mean like you’re his favorite child sibling
you get away with anything??? and he’s softer with you than with the others (which is canon)
then you see that?? he keeps buying you stuff you said you wanted when he was present
and you’re ofc impressed
but you’re more impressed by how open he’s around you
he’ll leave most of his walls down around you
which means you’ll get to experience unfiltered lucifer
he’ll laugh around you more, make dumb dad jokes, nap with his head in your lap, complain drunkenly about his work and bros, give you sloppy cheeks and forehead kisses
you find it rly cute though
if you’re in the human world he’ll 100% take this chance to send you beautifully written letters asking you how you are and leaving some verses that reminded him of you on the back like a 19th century vampire
“dear mc, how is your life? mine is filled with woe and unease since i do not have the light of my life around anymore...anyway here’s a poem about being horny and alone by a 18th century romantic author hope to see you soon, xoxo lucifer”
you try to respond in the same way and send him memes on the back instead of poetry (or real poetry depends on your mood)
mammon
protective of you 100% will throw hands with anyone that even glances weirdly your way
but also wants to show you off? like look at this human!!! this is MY human!!!
gives you random thoughtful gifts that reminded him of you
wants to be around you 24/7 so he invites you to all the events that he thinks you’ll like
you wanna party? perfect. you wanna go on a weird ghost stories tour around the city? cool. you wanna waltz in one of those old people parties? he’s already reserved two tickets. you just wanna lay around and nap? he’s already on your lap.
it doesn’t matter if you’re in a romantic relationship or not this man WILL serenade you outside your window
rapunzel style with an acoustic guitar or with a boombox like a rebel 80s kid
anyway here’s toxic by britney spears babe this is for YOU
levi
considers you his bff ofc
but also at first he’s still really awkward around you and doesn’t really know what to do for you and feels bad thinking only you do things for him
until you reassure him you enjoy just being around him so it’s fine
he blushes and starts inviting you more to his room to game/ watch stuff
at some point he starts buying two tickets to all concerts he goes to and invites you along
but also? he asks you what you’re into and starts marathoning your favorite animes/ movies/ series so he can talk with you abt them
you feel really moved that he’d do that for you??? like??? bruh...
your relationship is basically friends respecting each other and wanting to know each other the best through their passions even if it means getting into some weird shit
it’s rly wholesome tho
if you’re romantically involved he’ll totally do roleplay as your favourite character and you do the same for him and it’s really cute
also imagine: artistic collabs. you make fanart together??? you can program games together???? you do cosplay together??? the possibilities...
satan
he’ll hate to be compared to his dad brother but he does show how much he trusts you by showing his unguarded side too
when he first talked about lucifer without the filter of his nice guy persona you were pretty shocked
like he was really going at it
but then you realize? he’s just like that when he’s comfortable
and it’s not all mean spirited, he just has,,, a strong personality and a lot of opinions about stuff (which you sometimes share with him)
but you also found out it’s really fun to gossip with satan
since he knows all the juicy gossip from his multitude of ties (he’s sharing the title of gossip queen with asmo that’s why they get along so well tbh)
also if you even find a teacher you hate he’ll tell you all their embarrassing moments to make you feel better
he also recommends you books and poems and sends you quotes that made him think about you
so you sure as heck don’t need to buy books while you’re in the devildom bc he’ll buy you an entire library
asmo
compliments you without comparing you to himself which is the highest compliment he can give
like mammon he’s more into the showing everyone his favorite human around while also protecting them
he’ll take you to his parties and gatherings as a guest of honor, he’ll make you meet all kinds of people and open up opportunities for you
he’ll be the one that pampers you
you’d think lucifer is the sugar daddy of the family but nope it’s asmo
he’ll buy you cute clothes, shoes, beauty products everything that he saw and imagined would look bomb on you
if you’re not into clothes he’ll buy you art supplies, books, anything you want but he’ll still probably buy you at least some clothes he thinks are cute
if you’re romantically involved,,,, he’ll buy other toys for you as well which you can try together wink wink
beel
cooks for you
no questions asked when it’s his turn to cook he’ll think about what YOU would like to eat first before making something
which is??? really touching coming from beel
and also means sometimes he’ll make the same dish three weeks in a row and annoy the others while you just get excited bc ??? you get to eat your favourite dish??? again and again????
thank you beel you truly know how to touch someone’s insides
also opens up to you and talks to you about his fears and thoughts
expect to get 4 am msgs from beel if he had a nightmare
which would end up in you coming to cuddle him (and belphie also joins sometimes)
which tbh is that even a thing you can complain about?
belphie
is more baby less murder when you’re around
naps on your lap, naps on your shoulder, naps with you anywhere
but also let’s you nap on HIM
besides being soft around you he actually opens up to you too
and talks to you about his traumas and issues
which he has in common with his twin what can you do
so you have weekly cuddle parties with him and beel where you talk about shit and actually make them resolve their issues instead of just,,, ignoring them
also if you’re into each other you probably tease each other and flirt really shamelessly in public while the others cringe and or blush at your language
are you a cowboy? because i want you to ride me all night
simeon
writes you fancy letters with poetry like lucifer, but his ink is scented and his envelopes contain pressed flowers more often than not
if you’re together you even do letter sexting if you’re into it
creates characters based on you in his stories (which you don’t believe even if levi points out you that the two of you are kinda similar)
asks you to spend more and more time with him and luke
invites you to picnics, reads to you while your head is in his lap, cooks you snacks
if you’re a theatre kid too,,, you do musical love confessions too,,, sometimes by just reciting the lyrics of really popular musical theatre songs in a death panned voice
cough a heart full of love from les mis but read like poetry through the fence of the house of lamentation cough
asks you cryptic shit hannibal style like “tell me mc what does it mean to want to be consumed whole by another? is it a desire to become something bigger than yourself or is it related to our need to become one with our loved one like some cultures pointed out before?”
you’re either really into his cryptid talk or just roll your eyes and smooch him
diavolo
invites you around to his castle all the time
sometimes he even pulls some weird shenanigans just to make you spend more time with him
expect tea parties with him luci and barbatos in no particular combination
gives you compliments 24/7 even in public
remember how he treats lucifer? he’s that for you too but he’s learned from the lucifer experience to focus on complimenting you as a person more than how you look
if you’re into pda he’ll touch you all the time
if you ever wanted a gomez - morticia romance, here’s your goth big titty himbo that’s way too full of love
if you’re lovers expect to be pampered, i feel like? he doesn’t buy a lot of gifts and such because he’s probably tired of material things but he will make time in his busy schedule for you and spend a lot of time with you
which means more to him than gifts
(we will buy you anything you ask though)
barbatos
actually talks with you about stuff outside rad, the demon bros and diavolo
also invites you to alone time tea or wine time
where you drink and gossip
if satan and asmo are the crowned queens of gossip barbatos is the king of gossip but he doesn’t share his knowledge to most people so nobody knows what he knows
but he knows,,,, a lot
and not only that he knows a lot about people nowadays,,, but imagine the things he knows about like historical figures and such,,,
so prepare for story time with barbatos where he talks about how oscar wilde was almost summoned by drunk inccubi during a party once, or how diavolo cried when he was a kid because he sent a letter to caravaggio asking him to paint his portrait and he said no
also if you get drunk together expect really energetic talkative barbatos destroying DESTROYING everyone (except diavolo ofc)
“lucifer please i once saw you crying because you thought diavolo was ignoring you when you actually forgot to press the send button to your messages ”
if you’re romantically involved diavolo will always be first in his hear but that just means you’ll have to invite diavolo along on your dates which just means you’ve got a new lover and a new bff
solomon
he invites you on all kinds of wacky adventures
you visit witches, go to weird magical forest parties or orgies if you want, you go travelling the mountains for rare herbs
it’s like you’re faust and he’s mephisto haha the irony and he’s showing you another side of the world you never knew
ofc the others know about all this but??? they thought it’s normal and didn’t even consider you know nothing about it
but solomon knows what it was like to be just a human
and since he likes you he empathizes with your situation
he also make you meet all kinds of people
since he has 72 contracts and hundreds of years of doing wack stuff he must know some interesting people
and now his friends are your friends
i feel like romantic solomon would be just him?? but less shady with you especially since now you understand him better
but also he’ll probably bring you weird shit from his alone expeditions
did you ever want the tears of a mermaid? a carnivorous plant that feeds on emotions? a crying portrait? no? well too bad because now you have a room full of weird items
...that you love and treasure thank you very much
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REALLY LONG CHARACTER SURVEY.
RULES. repost, don’t reblog ! tag 10 ! good luck !
TAGGED. stolen off the dash!
TAGGING. @extasiie @moscowsdragon @goodcousin @dearbewildered @inburgundy @anastcsie @bolkonskxya @youngwiife
BASICS.
FULL NAME : Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky
NICKNAME : Andre, Andryushka (and many more, see this post)
AGE : mid/late 20s - early 30s
BIRTHDAY : November 13, sometime in the late 18th century.
ETHNIC GROUP : White
NATIONALITY : Russian
LANGUAGE / S : French, Russian, English, German.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION : Greysexual.
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION : Demiromantic.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS : Verse and year dependent - Married in 1805, single from 1806 - 1809, courting and then being betrothed to Natasha in 1810 - 1811, single again in 1812. Generally dating Natasha in modern college verse, and single in modern verse.
CLASS : Titled Nobility
HOME TOWN / AREA : Bald Hills, Russia
CURRENT HOME : Bugocharovo, Russia, as well as various other estates.
PROFESSION : Adjutant to General Kutuzov, member of Military Council, Army Officer.
PHYSICAL.
HAIR : Dark brown, and kept fairly short. What slightly longer parts there are near the top of his head are significantly wavy, but not necessarily curly. Parted on the left.
EYES : Dark brown and very intense, made prominent by dark eyelashes and slight bags underneath.
NOSE : Average and pretty much not notable. One nostril is slightly larger than the other. It has never been broken.
FACE : Conventionally handsome, though slightly asymmetrical. He has fairly well defined lines with his cheekbones and jawline ( though the latter is hidden under a short and well kept beard ). His eyes are deeply set and averagely far apart, and dark rimmed as well. He has no laugh lines, but his forehead has a couple wrinkles on it from stress, and there’s a crease between his well-shaped eyebrows that becomes especially visible when he’s troubled by something.
LIPS : Thin and usually pressed into a thin line. He’s usually either neutral or frowning.
COMPLEXION : White and pale, but not to the point of being quite noticeable. Has a better tan on his face and hands than everywhere else, on account of wearing a uniform.
BLEMISHES : Two small moles on his neck. A small birthmark that’s paler than the rest of him on his left hip, where the bone protrudes a little.
SCARS : Some small, faded scars on his arms from childhood roughhousing. Larger scars on his side + back from being wounded at Austerlitz ( he was knocked over the head while carrying the standard into battle, and in lying there, was likely injured further in being trampled or by stray artillery fire. )
TATTOOS : None.
HEIGHT : 6′0″.
WEIGHT : 170 lbs.
BUILD : Fit, but on the thinner side.
FEATURES : Generally assertive and adult-looking. His features make him look responsible, though not entirely friendly. As said, he’s conventionally handsome.
ALLERGIES : None.
USUAL HAIR STYLE : Well-kept, and otherwise left as it is.
USUAL FACE LOOK : Andrei’s resting expression is a rather annoyed one. He doesn’t naturally smile or frown, but has a neutral mouth, and his eyes give off a very intent sort of apathy and indifference. He looks like he’s bored with everything and has seen it all before, and is irritated to have to experience anything at all. Of course, as soon as someone he likes engages him, or gets him on a topic that he has opinions about, he’ll animate in a very intense way, take on a very perplexed and troubled expression in arguing for what he thinks is correct. He very rarely smiles, and when it does, it’s usually small and somewhat veiled, and often without any real joy.
USUAL CLOTHING : A staple to any of his outfits is black boots and trousers. At home, he usually wears a shirt that’s somewhat open at the collar, and often prefers suspenders to a belt. Most of his shirts are whites or light blues, with minimal patterns, and most suspenders are darker colors, again without a lot of vibrant patterns. He tends to roll his sleeves. In going out, he has a heavy grey coat that’s fairly long, with leather sown into the shoulders for protection against rain and cold. His more formal wear is usually his military uniform, which consists of a green coat darker gold embellishments, occasionally worn with a sash. There are white trousers and a black leather belt to go with these. In terms of accessories, he has a saber and a pistol, both worn off a belt for that specific purpose, though he prefers not to carry these things around with him.
PSYCHOLOGY.
FEAR / S : Failure, lacking a proper legacy, appearing vulnerable or weak, being completely isolated and unreachable, being inadequate, intensely emotional discussions...
ASPIRATION / S : At first, Andrei wants very hard to define himself as a military commander and to rise to greatness in leadership. After Austerlitz, he makes it a goal to reform the military code as to bring more order to warfare. Once Natasha breaks her engagement to him, however, Andrei wants to punish Anatole on a very low level, and otherwise has not life goals or aspirations, he’s just tired of living.
POSITIVE TRAITS : Intelligent, polite, considerate, loyal, reflective, determined, responsible, trustworthy, committed, thoughtful.
NEGATIVE TRAITS : Irritable, cold, tends to over analyze, doubtful, selfish, easily bored, self-isolating, tends to internalize, unfriendly, condescending,
MBTI : INTJ
ZODIAC : Scorpio
TEMPERAMENT : Melancholic
VICE HABIT / S : Paces relentlessly, escapism via intellectual discourses, doesn’t hold eye contact, clicks / plays with writing utensil ( or whatever is in his hands ), occasionally argumentative on purpose.
FAITH : Russian Orthodox, but not strictly devout or heavily practicing.
GHOSTS ? : Undecided.
AFTERLIFE ? : No.
REINCARNATION ? : No.
ALIENS ? : No.
POLITICAL ALIGNMENT : Conservative, and loyal to the Russian Empire.
ECONOMIC PREFERENCE : Used to living with wealth, though largely unconscious of it. He doesn’t care much for luxuries, and instead would rather his money be used for functional purposes and necessities.
SOCIOPOLITICAL POSITION : High class.
EDUCATION LEVEL : Taught both at home and abroad by his father and a variety of hired tutors. Extremely well-read, and knowledgeable of politics, philosophy, and history. Still has some education to complete in military affairs. His poorest subject is mathematics.
FAMILY.
FATHER : Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky
MOTHER : Unknown, died when he was young.
SIBLINGS : Marya Bolkonskaya
EXTENDED FAMILY : None of note.
NAME MEANING / S : Manly, brave.
HISTORICAL CONNECTION ? : It’s likely that the Bolkonsky family was modeled after the historical Volkonsky family, which had a few Russian generals who would have been Andrei’s age during the course of the Napoleonic wars. Additionally, it’s likely that Andrei was named after his grandfather.
FAVOURITES.
BOOK : Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes. He thinks it fairly correct in many of its assessments, and himself has little optimism about human nature.
MOVIE : Dunkirk (2017) dir. Christopher Nolan
5 SONGS : I Am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel // The Show Must Go On - Queen // Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters // Tell My Father - Civil War // Miserere Mei Deus - Allegri
DEITY : None.
HOLIDAY : None.
MONTH : None.
SEASON : Autumn.
PLACE : His study at home.
WEATHER : Partly cloudy and somewhat cool.
SOUND : Natasha’s voice when she sings.
SCENT / S : Vanilla, cold autumn air, pine forests.
TASTE / S : Rye bread, white tea with sugar.
FEEL / S : Finely spun wool that’s very soft, being held by someone he loves / trusts, cool polished wood, cold marble, clean linens, general smooth, cool or cold surfaces.
ANIMAL / S : Snowy owls, barn owls.
NUMBER : Three.
COLOUR : Blue.
EXTRA.
TALENTS : Content analysis, writing academic prose, understanding political problems, organization and planning, debating and arguing, leadership.
BAD AT : Casual conversation and small talk, complex mathematics, handling emotions in a healthy way, comforting others, being supportive.
TURN ONS : Infectious laughs and smiles, unburdened happiness and brightness, private / secret intimacy, possessive talk ( you’re mine / you belong to me / etc. ), gentle and genuine reinforcement.
TURN OFFS : Overdone emotions and extreme acts of affection, publicity and PDA, vulgar talk, idiocy and ignorance.
HOBBIES : Reading and writing.
TROPES : Byronic Hero, Awful Wedded Life, Intelligence Equals Isolation, The Stoic.
QUOTES : “To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness.” - Erich Fromm. // “The majority of the people of that time paid not attention to the general course of things, but were guided only by the personal interests of the day. And those people were the most useful figures of that time.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace // “It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more so than in what they consider right and wrong.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.
FC INFO.
MAIN FC / S : Nicholas Belton
ALT FC / S : Blake DeLong
OLDER FC / S : None
YOUNGER FC / S : None
VOICE CLAIM / S : Nicholas Belton
GENDERBENT FC / S : None.
MUN QUESTIONS.
Q1 : if you could write your character your way in their own movie , what would it be called , what style would it be filmed in , and what would it be about ?
A1 : Okay, so if I made a movie about Andrei’s life ( it would be sort of a biopic, but it would mostly focus on the wars ) it would be called War Weary and it would be a pretty stylized drama. I’d want to use a lot of symbolic methods for exposition and have mostly just natural sounds, and hold off on an elaborate soundtrack. It would start with the sky at Austerlitz and end with the Borodino wound, so it would kind of go full circle. It would get like three Oscars, I promise.
Q2 : what would their soundtrack / score sound like ?
A2 : It would be largely instrumental, and done in late classical style. Lots of minor keys and broken chords. It would have to give the impression of thoughtfulness, of never having any stillness, as to represent Andrei’s inability to stop thinking of things. The only really bright part would still have to be slow, and wouldn’t come to the very end. Heavy use of stringed instruments and piano, with some underlying percussion. Dave Malloy would compose it.
Q3 : why did you start writing this character ?
A3 : I read War and Peace, and identified a lot with Andrei right at the beginning. That kind of gave me the idea of making a blog for him, but at the time, I wasn’t really in RP at all. After reading the book, I made a blog, and it sat there for a bit before I finally decided to start to actually put effort into it. INTJ solidarity also played a part, and encouragement from others on RP blogs that I did try and bring back later in this past summer. I really don’t make blogs lightly, and I don’t make a lot of them, so it really must have been a strong connection, because here I am, writing Andrei.
Q4 : what first attracted you to this character ?
A4 : He’s so disinterested in social situations and other people, like he comes in to Anna Pavlovna’s soiree and just... Does not want to be there at all, basically insults a bunch of people, then goes off and complains about it to his only friend. That’s me. That’s a thing I have done. So yeah, I kept an eye on him since.
Q5 : describe the biggest thing you dislike about your muse.
A5 : He can be such an asshole sometimes, let me tell you... Like there are reasons behind it, which you can find in numerous headcanon posts, but he can just come off in such a terrible and cold way. It’s especially bad when it’s to the people who are trying to help him / be good to him. it kills me that he pushes them away in favor of just isolating himself instead of dealing with his problems.
Q6 : what do you have in common with your muse ?
A6 : Lonely. Single. One friend. In seriousness though, all those things, plus some more. We share a personality type and a general cynicism about the world and about other people. Honestly, I probably have a lot of his bad traits, which isn’t great, but hey, if there’s one thing Andrei and I can’t do, it’s change for the better.
Q7 : how does your muse feel about you ?
A7 : We would probably be intellectual rivals... I can see us fighting over politics and philosophy, on account of having rather different ideological views. But like, not in an angry way, in a courteous and debating way. I don’t think Andrei would like me, to be fully honest.
Q8 : what characters does your muse have interesting interactions with ?
A8 : ANATOLE KURAGIN ( blame extasiie, kay made me aware of anadrei ), Pierre, Natasha, Marya B and Marya D ( especially in my modern college verse ), Sonya ( aka bring on the Angst ), and a whole lot of others.
Q9 : what gives you inspiration to write your muse ?
A9 : Reading War & Peace. There’s a few sections that I go to and reread if I don’t have muse - Andrei’s introduction through to his dinner with Pierre, his return from Austerlitz and the trauma that follows, sections with Natasha, his last conversation with Pierre, and his death. These usually get me thinking in character and it helps to read the source to get the style of prose right. For modern college verse, which I write in a lot, I can usually just go right into it without a lot of inspiration, because college!Andrei and I have plenty of similarities.
Q10 : how long did this take you to complete ?
A10 : I didn’t do it all in some sitting, so I don’t know. A couple hours at least.
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