[mythical-redon]

By Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)

"The chalice of becoming"

[claredeluna]

[kosmia]

Remedios Varo, detail from Papilla Estelar, 1958

[astriloquum]

[engulfes]

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

(id in alt)

[fairycosmos]

knuckle tattoo that says i am nostalgic for a time where i wasn't even happy

[nevver]

“He is always on the brink of suicide … because he seeks salvation through the routine formulas suggested to him by the society in which he lives.” — Umberto Eco on Charlie Brown

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) "Two Young Women Kissing" (c. 1790-1794) Oil on canvas

[orpheuslament]

Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes On

[watchoutforintellect]

“Poetry is a political action undertaken for the sake of information, the faith, the exorcism, and the lyrical invention, that telling the truth makes possible. Poetry means taking control of the language of your life. Good poems can interdict a suicide, rescue a love affair, and build a revolution in which speaking and listening to somebody becomes the first and last purpose of every social encounter.”

— June Jordan, from the introduction to Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint

[gotosachiko]

夜の散歩 Walking at night

[havingapoemwithyou]

february by Alex Dimitrov

[somethoughtseeds]

[feminescu]

i am not my mother and i am not my father but a third worse thing

[floridakilo]

their daughter

[mortalityplays]

one of the most important things, perhaps the most important thing I have learned in my life is that nice people can fuck each other up in monstrous ways. people can be bone deep kind and loving and self reflective and still lash out under pressure. people can be earnestly neighbourly and charitable and hospitable and generous and still find themselves in situations where they become selfish. people can be well meaning and easygoing and gregarious and hold deep seated opinions that turn them into vicious little bullies under the right conditions. nobody is just one thing, and nobody stays one way. every person is a kaleidoscope and they will surprise you. you will surprise yourself. it's not a warning and it's not a judgement and it's not an excuse, and it's certainly not a reason to stop trying or to stop trusting. it is just a fact.

[nihilamb]

dolly parton, 1987

[catilinas]

Jo Shapcott, Of Mutability