/zest/ for life

HI I'm Meg and I have a great personality.

[emmaiwatson]

I can’t possibly live up to what everyone thinks I am and what everyone’s expectations of me are. It’s weird—sometimes [success] can be incredibly validating, but sometimes it can be incredibly unnerving and throw your balance off a bit, because you’re trying to reconcile how you feel about yourself with how the rest of the world perceives you.

[selinas-deactivated20251210]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) dir. Mike Newell

[selinas-deactivated20251210]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) dir.  Alfonso Cuarón

[tastefullyoffensive]

[tabbyaddams]

[adeles]

#Sebastian’s not wrong #2020 mood

[allofrian]

[azestforlife]

I did not feel that I was living but rather merely experimenting with different ways to make use of my body – I’ll spend a few hours traveling, and then standing on trains, then more walking, and now I’ll lie in bed. Keep the body moving. I would lie in bed for hours until the sky turned pink and I could hear the suburban sounds of school children chattering, and of cars being started by disgruntled workers before they revved down the slushy roads of East London. I had been awake all night, inventing wild stories in my head, making plans for tomorrow, unfolding old memories from the previous year, wanting desperately to fall asleep but instead held captive in my awake body. Then I thought maybe my mind was as strict as my father, so staunchly opposed to my wish for a permanent sleep that it forbid any other forms of escape, whether temporary or subconscious.

[azestforlife]

While I agree that certain white folks feel excluded by discussions of race (when the issue of discrimination regarding hiring practices is raised, for instance, or when conversations about racial prejudice in law enforcement or the justice system are broached), but I do not think such feelings need to be entertained or pacified---certainly such conversations ought not be avoided for fear of making white folks feel uncomfortable. They need to be encouraged to understand that such problems and prejudices exist and need to be addressed, that they need not feel excluded or judged or neglected because of them. The notion that identity politics doesn't win elections is absurd---much of the impetus for Trump's victory was spurred by his demonization of minorities, starting with our first African American president and continuing through virtually every "identity" group he could imagine. Most of Clinton's attention to racial identity was a response to his bigoted and callous rhetoric, to let minority communities know she would not accept such wanton disparagement (of Muslims and Mexicans and women, et al.) and would listen to and address the concerns of their communities. I do not think she was wrong in this. And I think that pretending like discussions regarding identifiable minorities are divisive and unnecessary only plays into the hands of Trump and the worst of his white nationalist supporters.

[azestforlife]

For anyone who has read an article about what happen in Syria, Venezuela, and many other countries, OR taken a history class about Nazi Germany, OR even, for GODSAKES, read the Harry Potter series/The Hunger Games, stop ignoring this. Stop reading headlines and only subscribing to one side of the media. Stop saying “I’m not really political” or “we should give him a chance” or “our government has a system of checks and balance” or that “people are overly freaking out.” This is real. This is happening at a dangerous speed. Casting doubt on credible sources, making intricate moves that are largely ignored by the public, and driving a wedge between citizens with shock and speed are assets used to trounce a sleepy, misinformed, and idle population. Be awake. Be alert. Be informed. Stop worrying about just the near future and how this could affect you. This will affect everyone, some more harshly than others, but everyone eventually – even people you disagree with. Stop normalizing the craziness of the news. None of this is normal! None of this should be accepted. Anyone who wants to ignore reality is in for a hash awakening.

[the-national-moz-disco]

Monet, 1897

[artist-morisot]

The Cheval Glass by Berthe Morisot Size: 65x54 cm Medium: oil on canvas

[impressionism-art-blog]

Lower Norwood by Camille Pissarro Medium: oil on canvas

[geritsel]

Marcel Dyf - Paris

[deeplifequotes]

Be prepared to let go of familiar faces throughout your journey. Be ready to let go of anyone who doesn’t clap for you the way you clap for them.

Reyna Biddy (via deeplifequotes)

[azestforlife]

I’m so tired. Half of me is desperate for people, for opportunities. She wants to swallow the world whole without any regard for whether I can even stomach it. The other half of me wants to quit every single thing and retire into the comfort of some loft in Paris, overwhelm myself with art and film and words and wine and fall asleep without trying to reach any conclusions.

[azestforlife]

So go away in some desperate act of what seems to be mingled rebellion, anger, depression, and a quiet plea for attention you don’t want to admit in ashamed words. Go away to another city, another country, and another life. But know that patterns repeat and you’ll find the same people and the same problems over and over again until you change the one thing you need to actually change – not the landscape around you…but you.