Tori Lawson
@lawsonvictoria.bsky.social
‘Standing on the Edge of “Empire” Falling Off’. PhD, Artist and Curator (sometimes). She/Her
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Tori Lawson
@lawsonvictoria.bsky.social
· Jun 15
My pinned post got changed so here’s another blag about the fact I have a PhD in Visual Arts from USyd (what was SCA). I could just edit my bio but 🤷🏻♀️.
I’m enjoying everyone’s excitement about Anne Carson winning the Nobel. And I’m enjoying all the poetry and quotes of her work even more.
October 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I’m enjoying everyone’s excitement about Anne Carson winning the Nobel. And I’m enjoying all the poetry and quotes of her work even more.
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bisexual in that i am equally wise and foolish in matters of the heart 😛
October 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
bisexual in that i am equally wise and foolish in matters of the heart 😛
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I don’t think anybody ever knows what another person means when they speak, frankly. It’s more than translation, it’s just throwing yourself into the dark. Language is so very, very personal, private.
Anne Carson, The Paris Review; Throwing Yourself Into the Dark: A Conversation w/Kate Dwyer, 2024
Anne Carson, The Paris Review; Throwing Yourself Into the Dark: A Conversation w/Kate Dwyer, 2024
October 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I don’t think anybody ever knows what another person means when they speak, frankly. It’s more than translation, it’s just throwing yourself into the dark. Language is so very, very personal, private.
Anne Carson, The Paris Review; Throwing Yourself Into the Dark: A Conversation w/Kate Dwyer, 2024
Anne Carson, The Paris Review; Throwing Yourself Into the Dark: A Conversation w/Kate Dwyer, 2024
If you see this, post a witch.
October 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
If you see this, post a witch.
Well that should get me to read more of Anne Carson’s works. Hopefully they’ll be more available now.
October 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Well that should get me to read more of Anne Carson’s works. Hopefully they’ll be more available now.
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What is erotic about reading (or writing) is the play of imagination called forth in the space between you and your object of knowledge. Poets and novelists, like lovers, touch that space to life with their metaphors and subterfuge.
-Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet
-Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet
November 18, 2024 at 3:30 PM
What is erotic about reading (or writing) is the play of imagination called forth in the space between you and your object of knowledge. Poets and novelists, like lovers, touch that space to life with their metaphors and subterfuge.
-Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet
-Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet
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Why does tragedy exist?
Because you are full of rage.
Why are you full of rage?
Because you are full of grief.
Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
#everynightapoem
Because you are full of rage.
Why are you full of rage?
Because you are full of grief.
Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
#everynightapoem
November 18, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Why does tragedy exist?
Because you are full of rage.
Why are you full of rage?
Because you are full of grief.
Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
#everynightapoem
Because you are full of rage.
Why are you full of rage?
Because you are full of grief.
Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
#everynightapoem
#Irreplaceable is a bit flat now the romance has hit. It’s blah compared to #TheEarlySpring. Maybe that’s not a fair comparison? Im not sure whether #ZhaoJinMai likes 🫦💋 in dramas because she’s always a little cold in those scenes and they’re few and far between. Otherwise I like the relationships.
October 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
#Irreplaceable is a bit flat now the romance has hit. It’s blah compared to #TheEarlySpring. Maybe that’s not a fair comparison? Im not sure whether #ZhaoJinMai likes 🫦💋 in dramas because she’s always a little cold in those scenes and they’re few and far between. Otherwise I like the relationships.
Ok that cowgirl grass perfume from DS & Durga that’s in a lot of the level 3 Beauty Loop Boxes from Mecca is not good. I sprayed it on a piece of cardboard and it must have gotten on me and wow. It’s killed the Santal Greenery I was wearing.
October 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Ok that cowgirl grass perfume from DS & Durga that’s in a lot of the level 3 Beauty Loop Boxes from Mecca is not good. I sprayed it on a piece of cardboard and it must have gotten on me and wow. It’s killed the Santal Greenery I was wearing.
I’m at page 574 of The Other Bennet Sister. I think i’ll plough on.
October 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I’m at page 574 of The Other Bennet Sister. I think i’ll plough on.
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Thoughts for the day.
October 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Thoughts for the day.
It would appear that plants eat sunlight during the day and grow bigger during the night. (Like human children).
Han Kang, transl Maya West, p97
Han Kang, transl Maya West, p97
October 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
It would appear that plants eat sunlight during the day and grow bigger during the night. (Like human children).
Han Kang, transl Maya West, p97
Han Kang, transl Maya West, p97
Hippeastrums, pencil on paper, 7.10.26
October 7, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Hippeastrums, pencil on paper, 7.10.26
Thoughts for the day.
October 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Thoughts for the day.
Time for the daily read of The Other Bennet Sister.
October 6, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Time for the daily read of The Other Bennet Sister.
music.apple.com/au/album/dan... Dancer in the Sky, Chelsea Wolfe.
Dancer in the Sky by Chelsea Wolfe on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 4:31
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October 6, 2026 at 5:35 AM
music.apple.com/au/album/dan... Dancer in the Sky, Chelsea Wolfe.
I cope with spring by being in denial.
Quattro Stagioni II. Autunno https://www.wikiart.org/en/cy-twombly/quattro-stagioni-autunno-1995
October 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I cope with spring by being in denial.
I was playing with my perfumes and smelled the little vial of Margiela’s Neverending Summer and then sprayed to smell my bottle of Under the Stars and i couldn’t work out why they blended nicely together until I saw NS had ginger, bitter orange and earl grey notes that go well with the warmth of UTS
October 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I was playing with my perfumes and smelled the little vial of Margiela’s Neverending Summer and then sprayed to smell my bottle of Under the Stars and i couldn’t work out why they blended nicely together until I saw NS had ginger, bitter orange and earl grey notes that go well with the warmth of UTS
I bought myself another swimsuit because the last one I bought doesn’t suit me as well.
October 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I bought myself another swimsuit because the last one I bought doesn’t suit me as well.
Everyday counting down to 2pm when #Irreplaceable is available.
October 4, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Everyday counting down to 2pm when #Irreplaceable is available.
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Peasant Woman, Kneeling, Seen from the Back - 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13743
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13743
September 19, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Peasant Woman, Kneeling, Seen from the Back - 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13743
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13743
After lamenting the dramas I’ve been watching im enjoying #BlossomThroughtheCloud and reading #TheOtherBennettSister. I’m having trouble choosing between them.
October 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
After lamenting the dramas I’ve been watching im enjoying #BlossomThroughtheCloud and reading #TheOtherBennettSister. I’m having trouble choosing between them.
I had a dream where I knew I was going to have an exam and I was so over confident that I had studied enough and then I went in and I had to write a précis on Boz Scaggs! And Taylor Swift (who I know very little about).
October 3, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I had a dream where I knew I was going to have an exam and I was so over confident that I had studied enough and then I went in and I had to write a précis on Boz Scaggs! And Taylor Swift (who I know very little about).
The difference in platforms is so funny to me. Bsky Melbourne peeps sharing that there’s been an Earthquake and proof that there was—self sufficient, self reliant kings and queens. 🧵 punters on the same earthquake: pretty much every post asking if there’s been an earthquake, waiting for engagement.
October 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The difference in platforms is so funny to me. Bsky Melbourne peeps sharing that there’s been an Earthquake and proof that there was—self sufficient, self reliant kings and queens. 🧵 punters on the same earthquake: pretty much every post asking if there’s been an earthquake, waiting for engagement.
I gave up on #Moonlight and started #BlossomThroughtheClouds
October 2, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I gave up on #Moonlight and started #BlossomThroughtheClouds