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A Moment of Romance (1990) Dir. Benny Chan

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Schmutzler Leopold (detail)

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thinking of my best friend today

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by arica_aki

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Let’s

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Giuseppe Penone, Biforcazione, 1987-92

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Weekend plans, Sally Nixon

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In Armenian, when we want to say “damn you” or “go to hell”, we use the expressions "գրողը քեզ տանի" [groxy qez tani] or "գնա գրողի ծոցը" [gna (kori) groxi tsocy], which translate to “may the writer take you away” or “go and get lost in the writer’s embrace” in English. You might wonder, “Who is this writer-person?” and “Why is it considered a curse?”

According to traditional Armenian belief, Grox (the writer) is a spirit who records a person's deeds during their lifetime, determining the purity of their soul. This concept may be linked to Tir, the god of writing and literature in Armenian mythology. In some interpretations, it was believed that anyone whose name Tir wrote in his notebook would die. This is where the curse "may the writer take you" originates.

During the Christian era, Grox was mistakenly represented as a Christian spirit who no longer recorded human deeds but instead determined each person's fate, inscribing it on their foreheads. Over time, Grox came to be depicted as an evil spirit, sometimes identified with Satan. Thus, the curse "get lost in Grox’s embrace," which originally signified death, took on a more negative connotation. However, this was not originally characteristic of Grox in Armenian traditional beliefs.

So, if you want to get creative with your curses, instead of saying “go to hell,��� you can use the phrase “get lost in the writer’s embrace”.

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Uruguay-Argentina football match on the 1928 Summer Olympics

Dutch vintage postcard

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a you-shaped hole in the universe Celia Paul, Ocean Vuong, Owen Gent, Alejandra Pizarnik (trans. Yvette Siegert), Karman Verdi, Edna St Vincent Millay

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Ghost world, Oliver Jeffers

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my favorite place to be

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VUES D'EN HAUT de Benoit De Clerck

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Shibata Zeshin, White Heron and Raven Flying, circa 1880

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Flowers in Her Hair