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oh emily wilson translation of the iliad weâre really in it now
[ID: An excerpt of writing by Emily Wilson. It reads, "(yellow highlighting) You already know the story. You will die. Everyone you love will also die. You will lose them forever. You will be sad and angry. You will weep. You will bargain. You will make demands. You will beg. You will pray. It will make no difference. Nothing you can do will bring them back. You know this. Your knowing changes nothing. (highlighting ends) This poem will make you understand this unfathomable truth again and again, as if for the very first time." End ID.]
- James Baldwin talking about Love
[text id: The role of the lover is exactly the same as the role of the artist. If I love you, I must make you aware of the things you do not see. end id]
GirlpoolâBefore the World Was Big // memorial bench quoting Toni Morrison's Sula // @inanotherunivrse // Iain S. Thomas, I Wrote This For You // Zadie Smith, Swing Time // Fall Out BoyâThe Kids Aren't Alright // Audrey Emmett // Mikko Harvey, "For M" // Mahmoud Darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (tr. Ibrahim Muhawi) // Langston Hughes, "Poem"
[ID:
1: Lyrics that say, âI just miss how it felt standing next to you/, wearing matching dresses before the world was bigâ.
2: a bench plaque that says, âFor my lifelong best friend. Judy. From Janice. We were girls togetherâ.
3: a tumblr post that says, âIn another universe, me and my high school friends are still having lunch together.â
4: a paragraph that says, âTake it for one last spin. Maybe, if youâre with a group of friends whoâll never be together again, all your lights will shine at the same time and youâll know, and then you can hold each other and whisper, âThis was so good. Oh my God, this was so goodââ. Everything but the first sentence is highlighted in yellow.
5: a quote that says, âWell, you canât make old friendsâ.
6: Lyrics that say, âAnd in the end/, Iâd do it again/, I think youâre my best friendâ.
7: An old mixtape. On the mixtape there is writing in marker that says, âI recognize you in away that will never go awayâ.
8: A quote that says, âThe number we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.â The first two sentences are highlighted in red.
9: A paragraph that says , âWe can see ourselves turning into memories. We are these memories. As of this moment, weâll remember each other as we remember a distant world disappearing into a blueness more blue that it used to be. Weâll part in the pitch of longingâ. The last sentence is underlined in red.
10: a poem that says, âI loved my friend. He went away from me. Thereâs nothing more to say. The poem ends, soft as it began- I loved my friend.â The last line is highlighted in yellow.
/End ID].
What could I have been? What will I be?
i. Between the Bars, Elliott Smith / ii. @danielcalmdown / iii. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath / iv. Things You Wanted To Say But Never Did, Geloy Concepcion
[ID:
1: Lyrics that say, âDrink up, baby, stay up all night/, with the things you could do, you wonât but you might/, the potential youâll be that youâll never see/, the promises youâll only makeâ. The third line is highlighted in grey.
2: Art of an anthropomorphic cat wearing formal attire. The cat is hunched in on himself on the ground. The cat hugs himself while clutching a knife. There is text underneath the art that says, âwasting my potentialâ.
3: An excerpt from a book that says, âI saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor, and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America, and another fig was Constantin and Socrates and Attila and a pack of other lovers with queer names and offbeat professions, and another fig was an Olympic lady crew champion, and beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldnât quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldnât makeup my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.â The line about starving to death is highlighted in grey.
4: A picture of a person sitting at a table with some clutter around them. Only the outline of the person is visible as they are scratched out in white. Over their outline is text that says, âIâm scared this is all I will ever beâ.
/End ID].
Emily L., Marguerite Duras // Bertrand Russell, What Desires are Politically Important? // Octavio Paz, "The House of Glances" // MitskiâFrancis Forever // Chen Chen, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities // VIVINOS and QMENG, Alien Stage (Round 6) // Bryan Fuller, Hannibal (2013) // Richard Siken, "Little Monster" // Christa Wolf, Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays // MitskiâI Bet on Losing Dogs
[ID:
1: Text that says, âI donât know if loveâs a feeling. Sometimes I think itâs a matter of seeing. Seeing you.â The second sentence is highlighted.
2: A quote that says, ââLook at meâ, is one of the most fundamental desires of the human heartâ. The first three words are underlined in red.
3: Capitalized text that says, âThe heart is an eyeâ.
4: Lyrics that say, âI donât need the world to see/, That Iâve been the best I can be, but/, I donât think I could stand to be/, Where you donât see me.â
5: Text that says, âWhy canât you see me? Why canât I stop needing you to see me?
6: A still from an animated work. It is a close-up of two charactersâ faces from the nose up. The character on the right is looking down, the character on the left is staring intently at the character on the right.
7: A television script. The characters Hannibal and Will Graham are speaking to each other. Hannibal says, âI let you in. I let you know me.â Will Graham says, âYou wanted to be seenâ. Hannibal says, âBy you. A rare gift Iâve given youâ.
8: An excerpt of a poem. It says, âYou could drown in those eyes, I said, so itâs summer, so itâs suicideâ.
9: Excerpt of a poem. The first line says, âYou looked at meâ. There is text in parenthesis right underneath that line that says, âDid you still see me?â
10: Lyrics that say, âHow youâd be over me looking in my eyes/, when I come/, Someone to watch me die, someone to/, watch me die.â
/End ID].
when mary oliver said âif you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, donât hesitate. give in to it.â
and mahmoud darwish said âand if happiness should surprise you again, do not mention its previous betrayal.
enter into the happiness, and burst.â
being anticapitalist with a strong work ethic is so fucking embarrassing like my managers don't deserve this
shaking my head while working overtime to clarify I disapprove of the situation
Just a little idea I had waiting in my phone notes đđ„
[ID: Fan art of Anya Forger and Bond from the anime, Spy X Family. Anya is a little girl with pink hair. Bone is a big, white dog. Anya is lying on top of a red doghouse and she looks up at the bright blue sky. Bond is sleeping and his body is wrapped around the doghouse. There is text over the art that says, âPeanutsâ. The art style is meant to resemble that of the cartoon Charlie Brown. End ID].
[ID: a meme of a white, ghostly figure outside in the dark. There is text over the picture that says, âbeing a loser may be a phase to you but itâs a lifestyle to meâ. End ID].
me. me when a poem says something ive felt before
me, when a poem says something iâm feeling at this very moment
[ID:
1: Stick figure art of someone on their knees, back hunched, and seemingly in a state of despair. The background is a stark red. The stick figure is surrounded by dark scribbles.
2: Stick figure art of someone with claws scratching a table. They leave deep indents. The stick figure has wide eyes with dark circles underneath. They have a crazed smile.
/End ID].
â Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
[Text ID: When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.]
natalie diazâs brother died unexpectedly & she wrote on instagram âgrief is a strange work. a hard light. and looks so much like love, too much even.â
[ID. A poem titled 'I have to tell you', by Dorothea Grossman. It reads:
I have to tell you, there are times when the sun strikes me like a gong, and I remember everything, even your ears.
End ID.]
â David Cronenberg, Consumed
[ID: Excerpt from the book Consumed by David Cronenberg. The excerpt says, âThe bear loved the deer, it was obvious. It ripped the deerâs throat out, and then licked the dying deer with the most passionate affection. I thought of you and me.â /End ID].
right person, wrong time (variations on heartbreak)
[ID:
1: Text that says, âI knew from the moment I met you I would spend a lifetime missing youâ
2: A picture of Feganâs 1924 cafĂ© in Dublin. The cafĂ© stands in a corner. The streets are empty and some parts of the building are covered in graffiti. There is text over the picture that says, âI donât know what to say to you/, except that/, it tore the heart out of my body saying goodbye to youâ.
3: The first line involves Chinese characters. Below them is the translation which says, âSo, even though you have broken my heart yet again, I wanted to say, in another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with youâ.
4: The first line is in bold and it asks, âHave you ever gotten everything you ever wanted?â The response is not in bold. It says, âNo, but I once got very closeâ.
5: Lyrics that say, â I know that Iâm heavy/, and Iâm sorry for crushing you, darling/, I know that Iâm heavy/, and Iâm sorry for crushing youâ.
6: Text that says, âIâm sorry. Iâm sorry. This may be me at my bestâ.
7: Lyrics that say, âIâm so hard to handle/, Iâm selfish and Iâm sad/, now Iâve gone and lost the best baby/, that Iâve ever hadâ.
8: Four separate images. The first image is a quote underlined in red. It says, âIâm nothing but nausea, nothing but reverie, nothing but longingâ. The second image is a painting of a person laying stomach-down on a bed. The sheets are all messed up and tangled. The person is shirtless, only the spine of their back is showing and the back of their head. The third image is another quote that says, âThere is longing. So much longing. I am afraid to be so incompleteâ. The fourth image is a painting of a female figure with her head down in her palms. Her long hair drapes her face, concealing her. Her shoulders are bare but she is covered in robes. The fifth image is another quote with the second sentence highlighted in red. It says, âGrieving, grieving, constantly grieving. I mourn what could have been, what will not be, what I canât save.â The word âconstantlyâ is italicized.
9: A painting of someone laying on the edge of their bed. The person is head-down, their face obscured by their hair. Their arms are hanging off the bed, they stretch them out. Their body is draped by their sheets. There is a white box with lyrics over the painting. The lyrics say, âLook, now Iâm alone again/, Iâve gotten used to sleepinâ here without you/, though Iâve tried, I canât pretend/, that I donât sit around and think about you/, when all I ever do is think about youâ.
10: Lyrics highlighted in blue that say, âI should be so lucky/, if youâd only fuck me. Is this as good as it gets?/ Is this as good as it gets?â
11: A blurry picture of a bright Christmas tree surrounded by darkness. There are three pieces of text over the picture. The three boxes of text construct one sentence that says, âItâll be lonely this Christmas without you to hold, lonely and coldâ.
12: A picture of a house on fire. The house seems to be in a dry field. The smoke is billowing into the air. Thereâs a white box with song lyrics that say, âNow I feel you in my room/, Havenât seen you in a lifetime/, What am I supposed to do/, when you used to be my lifeline?â
13: A Polaroid photo of someone sitting on what seems to be the ground inside a house. They have their legs outstretched, although the legs are covered by a red blanket. The person has their head tilted to the side, but their faced is obscured by a box of text. There are three total boxes of text over the Polaroid. They make up a sentence which says, âIn another universe you have my photo in your walletâ.
14: A tilted photo of a bedroom window. On the ledge of the window rests a small fan, a hat, some chargers, and a framed picture of a sketch. There are two boxes of text over the picture which form one sentence. It says, âI am afraid I will love you forever and we will never be in the same room againâ.
15: A picture of a generating station in Dublin from a distance. Smoke comes out of the top of the building and the sky is a clear blue. There is a box of text over the picture that says, âI want you to know, if you ever read this, there was a time when I would rather have had you by my side than any of these words; I would rather have had you by my side than all the blue in the world.â
16: A framed picture of art. The art is of a street with a couple of houses spaced out. The street is empty and itâs slightly dark out. The street has many cracks but the lawns are perfectly mowed. The lights in the houses are on and there is a single, tall lamp post outside with the wires outstretched. There is a box of text over on the corner of the art piece. The text says, âEven after you ruined me for any other, I cannot regret you. Even as I cleave the flesh of wanting from the bone, I hope the night sky is pretty wherever you are.â
17: Black and white picture of two children standing side by side. They are smiling at each other, but their eyes are blocked by a piece of paper taped over the photo. The paper says, âI miss my best friendâ.
18: A painting of lavenders laying on a surface. Thereâs three boxes of text that make up one sentence. The sentence says, âsomewhere between hello and goodbye there was love, so much love.
19: Four separate images. The first image is a box of text that says, âI will remember the feel of his hand around mine for the rest of my lifeâ. The second image is a closeup of a painting. In the painting there is this hand that is resting on someoneâs waist. The hand has many rings on the fingers. The third image is a poem that says, â I take off my hands and I give them to you but you donât/, want them, so I take them back/, and put them on the wrong way/, the wrong wrists. The yard is dark.â Most of the poem is highlighted in blue except for the last sentence. The fourth image is art of hands delicately holding onto the top of a mug.
20: Text that says, âBut this oneâs for you. Theyâre all always just for you. Miss you. Would like to stand in the water with you. We donât have to talk.â
21: Art of a planet in space. The planet is pink and full of craters. There is text in the art that says, âThere was a time when I thought Iâd know you foreverâ.
22: A stanza of a poem that is highlighted in blue that says, âAnd Iâll find you another time/, Iâll love you, another timeâ.
23: Text that says, âIn the dream I donât tell anyone, you put your head in my lapâ.
24: Part of a stanza in a poem. It says, âI will love you if I never see you again/, And I will love you if I see you every Tuesdayâ.
25: Excerpt of a script. There are two characters talking: Mia and Sebastian. Mia says, âYou know Iâm always going to love youâ. Sebastian says, âIâm always going to love you tooâ.
26: A stanza of a poem. The stanza says, âI am sorry. I am grateful/. I just want us to be friends now, forever/. Take this bowl of blackberries from the garden/. The sun has made them warm/. I picked them just for you. I promise/, I will try to stay on my side of the couchâ.
27: Four separate images. The first image is a screenshot of a response to a question asked to a Tumblr user. The question asks, âHow to embrace change?â The Tumblr user responds by saying, âYou pretend to be okay with it until the grief of it creeps up on you in a grocery store aisle and brings you to your kneesâ. The second image is fan art of a scene from a movie called On the Beach at Night Alone. The fan art is of a women sitting in a theatre all alone. She is wearing all black and she is drinking from a plastic cup of coffee. The third image is a paragraph which says, âI so want to survive this. Please lead me whole into another season so I may dare begin again.â The fourth image is of two stanzas which say, âYou are asking if I would rather know or forget. If I would give all of this up in order to be/, happy. Yes. It is important to be happy. Yes. I would go back to holding him and not knowing.â
28: A picture of a man in a lake, the top half of his body is out of the water. A box of text covers his face. The text reads, âOf course the love is there. Still. Still. Still.â The las three words are underlined in blue.
29: Art of a hand holding an orange. The text above and below the hand creates a single sentence that says, âAnd here is all the love I wanted to give youâ.
30: Italicized text that says, âYou love him. The story still endsâ.
/End ID].