sun

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Two boys practicing their swordplay, Harlem, 1939–1940.

Photo: Aaron Siskind via Smithsonian American Art Museum

[psychotic-romeo]

[primulaceas]

Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War

[luthienne]

Mahmoud Darwish, from Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (tr. Ibrahim Muhawi)

[lumberjackloverboy-moved]

*looks at a cis guy* oh you got that chest for free? pff please, this was 10k, this shit is DESIGNER 

[justanotherfangirluwu]

I hope you fall in love with the person more than the idea of love

-Daniel Sloss

[growaglow]

[hemingsways-deactivated20230712]

The Janus Journal - Is taking submissions for the spring! We’ll take your personal essays, stories, poetry, art and reflections. Send your pieces to [email protected] ~ our theme for this Spring is BLOOM!

[thebeautifulcosmos]

[nitrogen]

By Lee Chang Ming

[moviecapss]

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Euripides, tr. by Anne Carson, from An Oresteia; “Orestes,” publ. c. 2009

[deadblogggu-u-deactivated202010]

messy thing just to get my thoughts down

[autasticanna]

Visually beautiful and concise, well done

[dspressed]

Just a reminder that Vincent van Gogh did not eat yellow paint to make himself feel happy, he ate paint, and drank different chemicals because he was suicidal and this is why he was not allowed in his studio while having breakdowns. He also did not paint starry night and his other great works because he was depressed, he painted most of them while he was in recovery and demonstrated his hopefulness and love of the world through this. Most of his great works were painted from his room at a hospital. Van Gogh’s depression should not be glorified. His hope and effort toward a better life, as well as his recovery from depression should be glorified.

[lesenfantsducinema]

[lambsprout]

“and the universe said…”

[poetic-pics]

You asshole…

[babettesfeast-deactivated202105]

“In the film, the economic gap between two people becomes clearest in the moments of greatest intimacy. When the Parks first hire Kim Ki-woo (Choi Woo-shik) as an English tutor for their daughter, he is welcomed into her bedroom. As a maid, Ki-woo’s mother, Chung-sook (Jang Hye-jin), is allowed within earshot of the family’s quarrels and gossip. The rich outsource their most basic needs to the poor, who need the income, and the tight connections created by this exchange tend to be self-reinforcing.

[…] There is a Korean phrase that is commonly used to police people who act above their station: niga mwonde? Though the most faithful English translation is “Who do you think you are?” the sentence literally means “What are you?” South Korea is not the only country in which the rich and poor continue to live in close quarters, even as the disparities between them widen. The danger in such a system, Bong’s film suggests, is that one day people may find it easier to discount the humanity of fellow citizens than to address the unfair divisions in their heavily stratified society.” 

- ‘Parasite’ and the Curse of Closeness