A SINGLE MAN

vs Everything

[hxppy-dxeams]

[thegoodvybe]

[fairytales-arent-real-here]

[remanence-of-love]

[asinglemanvseverything]

Now, I've got a lifetime to consider all the ways I've grown more disappointing to you As my beauty warps and fades I suspect you feel the same When I was young, I dreamt of a passionate obligation to a roommate

Father John Misty - Bored In The USA

[asinglemanvseverything]

HEARTBREAK is unpreventable; the natural outcome of caring for people and things over which we have no control… Heartbreak begins the moment we are asked to let go but cannot, in other words, it colors and inhabits and magnifies each and every day; heartbreak is not a visitation, but a path that human beings follow through even the most average life. Heartbreak is an indication of our sincerity: in a love relationship, in a life’s work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the attempt to shape a better more generous self. Heartbreak is the beautifully helpless side of love and affection and is [an] essence and emblem of care… Heartbreak has its own way of inhabiting time and its own beautiful and trying patience in coming and going.

David Whyte

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/04/29/david-whyte-consolations-words/

[asinglemanvseverything]

While vulnerability is the birthplace of many of the fulfilling experiences we long for — love, belonging, joy, creativity, and trust, to name a few — the process of regaining our emotional footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness in our lives; it’s the process that teaches us the most about who we are.

Rising Strong - Brené Brown

[pitchfork]

Christmas came early this year—LCD Soundsystem just dropped a new track

[coltre]

another (part I) set of pictures I took of my friends in Italy. More from me on my instagram Paolo Raeli. You can purchase my book with 70+ pictures and more here

[flanneryogonner]

Found from various places online:

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Angela Y. Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis - Race, Women, and Class

The Communist Manifesto - Marx and Engels

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde (link updated 1/14)

[savedbythe-bellhooks]

[savedbythe-bellhooks]

Source: Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism by bell hooks

[nobucky-deactivated20150902]

I’m tired. I thought I just needed a night’s sleep but it’s more than that.                      Oscar Isaac as Llewyn Davis in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

[cantcontrolthegay-deactivated20]

[javierbardem]

"you know, to your friends and your loved ones."

[asinglemanvseverything]

PEACE - California Daze

PEACE have finally gotten through to me, nice to listen to something without a large part of me hating it. I think I've been listening to music wrong for the last couple of years, too much shuffle not enough focus. 

[theonlymagicleftisart]

Listen/purchase: BIRTHDAYS by BIRTHDAYS

"If you’re feeling 6 feet under, the BIRTHDAY’S Schizophrenic Tribal Pop music on SPEED will rip you out of the ground and make you dance like a zombie out of THRILLER. Beware, the happiness infused in these songs are so concentrated you’ll start to feel like a ROIDED up BANE dosing on some extra potent VENOM."

You can also follow us on bandcamp to view our entire collection of hidden gems: http://bandcamp.com/theonlymagicleftisart

[asinglemanvseverything]

Such a fun listen, tribal indie pop with sort of Dan Deacon/Animal Collective sensibilities. 

[charlotteedey-deactivated201804]

wood witch

[asinglemanvseverything]

reminds me of Klimt's Kiss