TheFourthGuardian

This blog serves as a scrapbook for art and quotes that I am either intrigued by, mystified by, or resound with and some that help me process traumatic events from my past.They are all culled from other tumblr blogs, and I am profoundly grateful to those whom they are from. I have spent my life in the midst of suffering and death, personally and professionally. Survivor of brain surgery. Trying to have a life amid the ashes of the loss of my life partner of forty years. My body is a mid-century relic, but my spirit is ageless and my mind is like that of a 22 year old.

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

[thepassenger3]

[posttexasstressdisorder]

[memeuplift]

[mrbrojangles]

[ros-sauce]

[dozydawn]

[autumngracy]

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

How did we ever deserve doggos <3_<3

[omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa]

Mourning rings (17th-18th centuries)

[omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa]

“Peace Bells” — Andreas Gering (1916)

[heartattackinblackdye]

i do think we need to detach hygiene from value as a person. as someone who has dealt with not being able to shower or brush my teeth due to depression and executive dysfunction, it usually is not a choice. sometimes there are situations in which you CANNOT care for yourself properly and that shouldn’t mean you can now be stripped of your worth. physically disabled people who have trouble with hygiene i love you, mentally ill people who have trouble with hygiene i love you, neurodivergent people who struggle with hygiene i love you, people without access to adequate hygiene products i love you. it’s going to be ok

[kedreeva]

Kadeem EnPointe

I don't even go here (ballet), but this dancer came across my feed at random on FB, and I think that if he's looking for the right audience.... well, Tumblr loves a beautiful man doing beautiful dances in beautiful clothes.

He's also selling prints on his website!! Like this one!!

There are a lot more than just this one, but this is one of my favorites. There's also artwork of him in the prints section!

Anyway, enjoy!!

[kedreeva]

#very beautiful dancing though! You can find some really cool videos from him on the design/designer of the blue tutu! (via @notasouleater)

The blue tutu is gorgeous!!

[anchovy]

Made a lowball offer on eBay as a joke and it got accepted. uh oh.

[anchovy]

I’m so fucked

[24ozsteak]

you ever just hand things to ur pet to sniff so they can feel included

[fibro-memes]

[spudnuto]

[memeuplift]

[phleb0tomist]

so many people ive known have pushed themselves to burnout trying to deny their disabled reality, skipping accommodations, skipping rests etc. and the world convinces them that the solution to their burnout is to push even harder. it’s a huge tragedy. i know social pressures make it tough but i want more disabled people to make things easier for themselves where possible, to opt out of things that harm them when possible, to quit while they’re ahead. be that person today! protect yourself where you can! take micro breaks while doing your hobby. get that shower chair. sit to brush your teeth. lie down in the middle of the day, even if only for 5 mins. these things add up and it’s so worth it.

[phleb0tomist]

happy disability pride month! ACCOMMODATE YOURSELF TODAY!

[creekfiend]

thing I am proud of: when the doctor started going on a weird rant about long covid not being real I paused and listened to his nonsense for a bit and then very calmly said, in a polite and curious tone, "you don't believe in post-viral illness?" and he like. stammered a bunch and was like OH WELL I'M NOT SAYING -- I DON'T...I just think ..! and backpedaled awkwardly while I just sat there like :3c interesting :3c thank you so much for clarifying your stance on this :3c

[creekfiend]

an important skill for chronically ill people to develop is the ability to treat the doctor as though they are simply a person you are interviewing to find out how much they know about your condition.

[nightmare-from-heaven]

Holy shit op this is LITERALLY in the book 'Never Split The Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depends On It'. Written by a guy who did hostage negotiation and then tried doing business negotiation, and mopped the floor with industry experts.

I'm fortunate enough to have a primary care doctor who knows about hEDS, but it's occurring to me that the skills in this book could be medically life changing for chronically ill folks of all kinds. Like. Literally a matter of life and death, especially for BIPOC and/or fat and/or young people who are having their issues dismissed.

[creekfiend]

HMMM interesting!! will have to check this out

[mattbors]

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this: