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this is only temporary.

[spiritual-vibrations]

[a-state-of-bliss]

Lila Moss by Rafael Pavarotti for W Magazine

[letzternachtzug]

“I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses. To sit alone without any electric light is curiously creative. I have my best ideas at dawn or at nightfall, but not if I switch on the lights – then I start thinking about projects, deadlines, demands, and the shadows and shapes of the house become objects, not suggestions, things that need to done, not a background to thought.”

— Why I adore the night, by Jeanette Winterson (via lostpolaroids)

[cottaegecore]

you are not a machine. you are more like a garden. you need different things on different days. a little sun today, a little less water tomorrow. you have fallow and fruitful seasons. it is not a design flaw. it is wiser than perpetual sameness. what does your garden need today?

[studdedrose]

[girlsinspo]

You are beautiful!

[murdershegoat]

Dozens of NYC Subway riders, fresh off a Robyn concert, singing “Dancing On My Own” while waiting for the E train. (Video by Triszh Hermogenes) 

[biokitty]

I’m reblogging this again because the absolute joy in this video is something I haven’t seen in such a long time that I’d forgotten this aspect of humanity.

[modelsof-color]

Imaan Hammam for Vogue Arabia, “Do It Yourself” issue - May 2020.

[lonequixote]

Bouquet of Sunflowers (detail) by Claude Monet

(via @lonequixote)

[armasthekooiker]

This is how Armas stretches after sleeping! Do your dogs do this too?

[love]

[mariafernandatesoro]

[ancientorigins]

The Thinking Tree - an ancient olive tree in Puglia, Italy

[reblololo]

[chilehabanerochill]

Flor encendida

[incendavery]

parting is such sweet sorrow

[astraldeterminism-deactivated20]

if you wake up much earlier than normal you feel secret emotions

[sange-saboor]

“In many Muslim cultures, when you want to ask them how they’re doing, you ask: in Arabic, Kayf haal-ik? or, in Persian, Haal-e shomaa chetoreh? How is your haal? What is this haal that you inquire about? It is the transient state of one’s heart. In reality, we ask, “How is your heart doing at this very moment, at this breath?” When I ask, “How are you?” that is really what I want to know. I am not asking how many items are on your to-do list, nor asking how many items are in your inbox. I want to know how your heart is doing, at this very moment. Tell me. Tell me your heart is joyous, tell me your heart is aching, tell me your heart is sad, tell me your heart craves a human touch. Examine your own heart, explore your soul, and then tell me something about your heart and your soul. Tell me you remember you are still a human being, not just a human doing. Tell me you’re more than just a machine, checking off items from your to-do list. Have that conversation, that glance, that touch. Be a healing conversation, one filled with grace and presence. Put your hand on my arm, look me in the eye, and connect with me for one second. Tell me something about your heart, and awaken my heart. Help me remember that I too am a full and complete human being, a human being who also craves a human touch.”

— Omid Safi, The Disease of Being Busy