tiya ♡
she/her | infj-t | twenty-one
— lover of art, literature, nature, philosophy, travelling, fashion, and blue hour <3
my newsletter about love and humanity ! :')
about me
hi i'm tiya & i'm a south-asian muslim girl from england :) i am at my happiest when im surrounded by warm light, travelling, being around nature and friends ❣️❣️❣️i love love!!! and human connection, i tend to gravitate to stories, art, film and music that surrounds those themes, and my own writing often reflects this interest too.
i love reading, especially poetry !! 🍓 some of my favourite writers are mary oliver, ocean vuong, louise glück, james baldwin, chen chen, june jordan, wendell berry, gerard manley hopkins, clarice lispector, virginia woolf, emily dickinson, robert frost, ada limón, jeanette winterson, and mahmoud darwish 🌱 i also have a great interest in reading literature in translation :)
some things that i love include the colour green, late spring, heart shaped things, miffy, bikes by trees or water, impressionism, the before sunset trilogy, sunlight glittering on water, sitting in parks, sunflowers in august, matcha, browsing old book stores / record stores / antique markets, being around nature (trees, mountains, lakes, dappled sunlight, the sea), jasmine tea, maximalism, warm light, poetry, plants, the studio ghibli soundtracks, bakeries, pasta, rain, the moomin stories, classical music, tulips, claude monets house in giverny, france, sitting in cafes / coffee shops, piano / violin / jazz music, patchouli incense, almond croissants, warm tones, the moon, early autumn, ramen, visiting libraries / art galleries / museums, desire paths, the smell of roses and jasmine, listening to birdsong, watching the stars, romanticism, sunflowers, bookstore cats, photobooths, the blue of the sky and the green of the trees in june, a good breakfast spread, scents of vanilla, ylang ylang and amber, modernism, summer fruits, pretty ceramics, vintage shopping, freshly cut grass on a rainy day, casual domesticity, love songs, being curled up on your bed reading in your room on a summer evening with the window slightly open and a gentle breeze and soft music playing, strawberries, hiking, going to the gardens, lace, the changing of the seasons, mythology, pearls, pomegranates, shea butter, bows, pictures of lovers in heart lockets, tea, showering in candlelight on a rainy evening, devotion, vulnerability, connection <3
i adore art, and learning about its history !! some of my favourite artists are: holly warbuton, salman toor, van gogh, monet, hokusai, hiroshige, tsuchiya koitsu, mark rothko, edward hopper, octave denis victor guillonnet, ivan aivazovsky, joseba eksubi, frida kahlo, frederic edwin church & many others!! 🎨
my favourite films are before sunrise (1995), perfect days (2023) atonement (2007), past lives (2023), aftersun (2022), dead poets society (1989), your name engraved herein (2020), the grand budapest hotel (2014), the handmaiden (2016), fallen angels (1995), and pride and prejudice (2005).i adore the studio ghibli films !! my favourites are whisper of the heart, spirited away, castle in the sky, and ponyo :) i love kdramas too!! my absolute favourites are crash landing on you, vincenzo, strong girl do bong soon, weightlifting fairy kim bok-joo, my country : the new age, its okay not to be okay, youth of may, twenty five twenty one, summer strike, crash course in romance, love next door, mr plankton, when life gives you tangerines, daily dose of sunshine, extraordinary attorney woo, sweet home, my liberation notes, the trunk, our beloved summer, hometown cha cha cha, see you in my 19th life, king the land, one spring night, and hello my twenties <3some of my favourite tv shows are new girl, succession, industry, interview with the vampire, the bear, severance, doctor who, ghosts, and what we do in the shadows 🎞
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