Fragments of An Existential mind

[thoughtcascades]

“how are you” is such a violent question sometimes. like do you want the real answer or the safe lie

[weltenwellen]

Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

[weltenwellen]

Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

[vollzeitherz-deactivated2025120]

“…she is the gentlest of all gentle things.”

[sadmates]

[petaltexturedskies]

Albert Camus, American Journals

[lovesuggestion]

don’t forget that love letters are still the cutest gifts

[thoughtcascades]

i miss being 12 and thinking i’d have my life together by 28

[wordx]

When it’s finally my turn, I hope I’ll understand why the wait was necessary.

[animentality]

[scretladyspider]

“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.

[cryptonature]

One insidious influence of capitalism is its tendency to convince us that value is linked to exclusivity, that a thing isn’t special unless someone is keeping you from it.

How magnificent is a dandelion? A bit of moss on a broken sidewalk?

How inadequate is commerce as an instrument to measure the wonders of our world.

[cryptonature]

We have fire departments that send firetrucks carrying well-trained experts to deal with the flames. Through fire hydrants, their important work is baked into our municipal infrastructure. All unquestionably good and logical things.

Yet, I ask you to compare the impact of mental health crises, in cost and lives, to the impact of fire. Almost 50,000 died by suicide in the US in 2023. Where are our visible, celebrated, well-funded mental health stations? Where are the crews of well-trained specialists who can deploy in a moment’s notice?

Why do we dedicate ourselves to fighting some fires while letting others burn us to ash?

[mournfulroses]

Franz Kafka, from a diary entry featured in "Kafka: The Tremendous World I Have Inside my Head,"

[ruhaniya]

Your eyes carry stories you’ll never tell out loud.

[inversedlines]

That’s the way I fall for him

[oditorie]