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[nobrashfestivity]

Yayoi Kusama   Infinity Room

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[chaosrevisited]

[inneroptics]

Patti Smith-Amsterdam 1976

“For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should be a beacon within. This beacon being the sun, sea, and sky, our children, our work, our companions and, most simply put, the embodiment of love.” ― Patti Smith

[jogoraz]

[lady-vogue-deactivated20230306]

[tiredwitch]

[shisasan]

Eros and Psyche, Gustav Vigeland (1908)

[chaosrevisited]

i recorded a few takes that were so bad i seriously considered giving up on the particular songs and focus on the ones i actually sounded better on. lol

but i went through some older recordings and realized that i can do good takes at these particular songs, i was just approaching them the wrong way. so, back to the beginning and on to practice and try again in a few days.

[cursedrender]

[seashellronan]

no offence but i think a lot of us me included don’t actually want romantic love as badly as we think and really are just lonely and crave a closeness and intimacy that feels out of reach in friendships because of society’s emphasis on marriage and the nuclear family so we project that into the never ending search for a perfect love and a soulmate when really we all just want to mean something to someone

[seashellronan]

like i’m not dissing romantic love i would to be in love rn but i get so frustrated because humans are such social creatures and we need community to survive but we are taught that we need to pair off and so a lot of us spend a great majority of our lives lonely in between romantic encounters or we settle for less and give ourselves away to people because we are in constant fear of ending up completely isolated and alone and it’s so sad

[slinkyinky]

This is called amatonormativity

[sunrisingblue]

100% amatonormativity, and this sense of loss or something missing in the definition of relationships is not limited to arospecs. Amatonormativity is baked into society as a whole (it's way more expensive to live alone, for example) and its casualties have effects on everyone. It's just that arospecs come into their identity and sense of self by way of examining these assumptions and trying to figure out what fits. You don't have to be aro to ask those questions and challenge those assumptions!

But this is a legitimate phenomenon, and nobody's listening to aros because we're "cringe." The more people we have across the spectrum of sexuality questioning "the way things are," the better it's going to be for all of us.

[soundsof71]

[soundsof71]

Blondie, CBGB, New York City 1977: Debbie Harry with Chris Stein (left) and roadie Michael Sticca, by Godlis.

[manorofsatan]

[artist-basquiat]

Untitled, From Leonardo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

John B. Turner Fund Size: composition and sheet (each): 34 ¾ x 26 1/16" (88.2 x 76.2 cm) Medium: Series of five screenprints

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/143947

[illicitlimerence]

Melt into honey 🍯

[babeimgonnaleaveu]

Jimi Hendrix sits unobserved in the audience at the Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967.

[betterthankanyebitch]

[stargazewitch]

witch house and its guardian by Simon Hintermann