#t.e. lawrence

[airisusan]

Sorry… I watched a yaoi with a sad ending…

#lawrence of arabia #t.e. lawrence #sherif ali #loaedit #um….. #…………………. #should i eat asbestos?

[mydearstag]

lawrence & ali — all or nothing at all

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#lawrence of arabia #peter o’toole #omar sharif #movies #classic movies #filmedit #loaedit #loasource #loa #my edit #t.e. lawrence #sharif ali

[orlaite2]

lawrence in arabia... what will he do

#lawrence of arabia #t.e. lawrence #peter o'toole #mine

[safije]

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

dir. David Lean

#T.E. Lawrence #Lawrence of Arabia #WW1 #Arabia #Still #Vintage Film #Film #Camel #Arab #English #Ottoman Empire

[illustratus]

Lawrence of Arabia 1962

#lawrence of arabia #film #cinema #british #english #camels #desert #sand #peter o'toole #david lean #freddie young #cinematography #historical drama #t.e. lawrence #seven pillars of wisdom #maurice jarre #first world war #british empire #ottoman empire #british army #arabia #arabian #wwi #ww1 #hejaz #syria #aqaba #damascus #britain #england

[berlynn-wohl]

it's all fun and games putting a sly little reference to a thing you like in a fanfic you're writing about another thing you like, until someone takes it and gives you a new headcanon that changes your life forever

#t.e. lawrence #lawrence of arabia #good omens

[senso1954]

lawrence of arabia (1962), dir. david lean

#lawrence of arabia #films #stills #omar sharif #david lean #peter o'toole #anthony quinn #..... #doubt anyone has brownface cw blacklisted in 2024 so oh well #anne v coates #t.e. lawrence #sorry for not cropping these you see i could not be bothered

[kaphkas]

So I bet all I have on that furrowed brow

#lawrence of arabia #loaedit #t.e. lawrence #sherif ali #lawrence x ali #.m #Minnie doing another Mitski edit. groundbreaking

[severe-intense-gaze]

【fanvid/film edit】Lawrence of Arabia- Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard 🎀

Not a big deal, just Lawrence being self-loathing and suicidal 🎀

If I love him, who fear him; how must he fear himself, who hates himself? —— Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dir. David Lean 🎀

Open me up, tell me you like it. Fuck me to death, love me until I love myself. —— Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean blvd, Lana Del Rey 🎀

I stole a few seconds from The English Patient (1996), dir. Anthony Minghella, but given that both films are about archaeologists falling in love in desert during wartime, I’d consider it a pass. Plus Ralph Fiennes wouldn’t mind lending a few frames to one of his fellow Lawrences. 🎀

#lawrence of arabia #t.e. lawrence #david lean #peter o'toole #omar sharif #filmedit #fanvid #music video #loaedit #loasource #tribute to the princess #flowers for the girl #lana del rey #did you know there’s a tunnel under ocean blvd #🎀｡ﾟ･｡ﾟᐠ( ᐢ �� ᐢ )ᐟ｡ﾟ･｡ﾟ🎀

[orlaite]

Jeremy Wilson, Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorized Biography, p. 534 - Photograph of Dahoum by Lawrence, 1911, Wilson p.312 - T.E Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, p. 22/23 - John Mack, A Prince of Our Disorder, p. 88 - Scetch of Dahoum by Francis Dodd, July 1913 - Wilson, p.673 - Mack, p. 98 - Photograph of crew assisting Lawrence at Carchemish: Dahoum, Abd es Salaam, Gregori and Sheik Hamoudi - T.E Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922 Oxford Text), Epilogue - Letter by Lawrence, Wilson, p. 545 - Dahoum photographed by Lawrence ca. 1912 - Lawrence, wearing some of Dahoum's clothes, photographed by Dahoum ca. 1912 - Letter by Lawrence to a British Foreign Office staff member, Mack, p. 189 - Mack, p. 190 - Mack, p. 97 - Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom - Letter by Lawrence to a young companion in the R.A.F, Mack, p. 97/98

#t.e. lawrence #dahoum #selim ahmed #sheikh ahmed #seven pillars of wisdom #^ not exactly in accordance with any standardized academic reference style but that wouldnt look too pretty in a webweave would it. #i did my best to make the source of information clear while still looking somewhat aesthetically pleasing #but if anyone has questions about editions/acess/etc wrt these sources just hit me up! #mine #tel

[lordcastaway]

I sicken myself. That's the joke. Not a schoolboy joke. Just–a–joke. Lawrence of Arabia — the soulless wonder–

#lawrence of arabia #t.e. lawrence #terence rattigan #my art

[marfa-g]

The movement and cross-currents of so many crowded minds drove me about, restlessly, like themselves. In the night my colour was unseen. I could walk as I pleased, an unconsidered Arab: and this finding myself among, but cut off from, my own kin made me strangely alone.

<...>

About the soldiers hung the Arabs: gravely-gazing men from another sphere. My crooked duty had banished me among them for two years. To-night I was nearer to them than to the troops, and I resented it, as shameful. The intruding contrast mixed with longing for home...

#art #illustration #t.e. lawrence #lawrence of arabia #seven pillars of wisdom #tel

[coolthingsguyslike]

#train #Arabian Desert #T.E. Lawrence #Lawrence of Arabia #railroad #abandoned

[ahandfulwithquietness]

Lawrence of Arrakis

It’s possible that Frank Herbert was inspired by David Lean's movie "Lawrence of Arabia" (rather than the actual history) while writing his famous book "Dune". Mainly when creating the character of Paul Atreides, because, as we can see, he has many similarities with Lawrence. However, both figures also have few differences. Here is a comparison of their characteristics: (WARNING: spoilers from "Dune" first book and two first movies)

What do they have in common: -A foreigner move into desert lands where he finds indigenous people who are ready for rebellion against exploitative rulers -White savior trope- Middle Eastern/Fremen People need Western leadership to be successful in battle -"Noble savage" trope, the Indigenous People have no real political consciousness -Both Paul and Lawrence had to blend in with a foreign culture (and be able to survive in the desert), but they didn't change their identity entirely -They demonstrated self-control during trial by pain (the match scene for Lawrence and the box of pain for Paul) -Both were a link between Indigenous and Imperial World -They knew how to use the "desert power" and lead guerilla warfare -Both use indigenous animals- camels/sandworms- for transportation and military purpose (giant sandworms also resemble the trains coursing through the Arabian desert) -They control everything and cannot fail. They become some sort of "superior beings", filled with hubris (Lawrence from the movie, rather than historical one) -Paul was the author of "Pillars of the Universe" and Lawrence wrote a book titled "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" -Both had unmarried parents and choose their own name (but were known by many) -Also both had VERY blue eyes

What are their differences: -Lawrence needed to be accepted by the Beduins whereas Paul was protected by Bene Gesserit -Lawrence didn’t want unnecessary violence and Paul believed that violence and killing is just a way to achieve his goal Lawrence wanted indepence for Arabs and was ashamed of how they were treated after the war by the Western Powers. Paul, to the contrary, intentionally used the Fremen and their military potential to achieve his own goals and lead them into an intergalactic jihad -Paul became a religious leader, while Lawrence had not

There are also a lot of Arabic and Muslim references in Herbert's books but that's maybe for another post.

For further reading I highly recommend these articles, on wchich this post is based on: The Orientalist Semiotics of Dune Lawrence of Arabia, Paul Atreides, and the Roots of Frank Herbert’s Dune Lawrence of Arrakis

#yes I recently saw Dune: part two and now I'm going to read the books #lawrence of arabia #t.e. lawrence #dune #paul atreides #frank herbert

[herprivateswe]

T E Lawrence with Leonard Woolley, the archaeological director, with a Hittite slab on the excavation site at Carchemish near Aleppo before the First World War.

#t.e. lawrence #archaeology #carcamish

[noxaeternaetc]

"Confusion is what people feel when they are confronted with a riddle. There are riddles you can easily shrug off, like the nature of the universe, the meaning of life, or God: you know there are no ultimate answers, only new mysteries. But what makes Lawrence such a devilishly attractive riddle is that you feel forever on the brink of understanding him, while he keeps slipping away from you."

Dutch Arabist Marcel Kurpershoek, about the allure of T.E. Lawrence studies in a 1996 lecture on Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

#t.e. lawrence #the spell he still casts on those susceptible to him #rogue translation