Adagio Lamentoso

[scribeherself]

the art of making it matter

light a candle when you work. put on lipstick for the grocery store. play that song that makes you feel like you're in a coming-of-age montage. take the long way home. write love letters to no one. read poetry out loud to your plants. the secret isn't that life is inherently romantic—it's that you can MAKE it romantic by paying attention, by adding ceremony to the mundane, by refusing to let a single ordinary day pass unloved.

[paper-wounds]

Fortesa Latifi, from The Truth About Grief.

[epheralx]

chugging a thermos full of earl grey tea, close to tears, as i prepare to study: it is a privilege to have the opportunity to learn. you can't expect perfection from yourself, but you must try your best anyway, because you owe it to yourself. you will not understand the material on the first try and that's okay, but you must not give up. learning in itself requires repetition, requires practice, requires diligence, requires passion and enthusiasm. do not see studying as a task you have to complete, but rather something you get to do. studying is nourishment for the soul. do not let your anxiety, fear and perfectionism take this away from you. remember why you love this and use it as your guiding light

[queermasculine]

[gripping the sink] perfectionism does not help me avoid embarrassment or shame. perfectionism is in itself a form of shame. when i struggle with perfectionism i struggle with shame. when i struggle with perfectionism i struggle with shame. when i struggle with perfectionism i struggle with shame

[writingsforwinter]

New poem.

By Meggie Royer

[sleepybookowl]

Relaxing 101 ☕️🍁📖

[rain-tea-coffee]

[micdotcom]

Watch: “Is this the president we want for our daughters?”

[whatbigotspost]

[rosespell]

[macrolit]

More covers from last weekend’s book haul

[macrolit]

Leather-bound classics in morning light

[fleurdulys]

The Lovers - Konstantin Somov

1933

[liberalartssociety]

02.08.2016 // reading up on some of my favourite Dutch art after my holiday to the Netherlands.

[catchingadrian]

Forget how easy flirting with death is and ask life for a dance.

Meggie Royer

“How to Play Dead”

(via catchingadrian)

[benjybrooke]

Lookin for a good book? My friends at @litographs just released Litographs Book Club, a free book recommendation service curated by the country’s best indie bookstores.  

(this gif was made for @litographs latest Medium article “Why Do You Read?”)

[c-isnenegro]

[jubilee-laeta]

Practising calligraphy through some book quotes ✌🏾️🖌