rags of language are streaming like weathervanes!

aoife, 28, she/her

[hundredpocketed]

next week they are going to take out two of my wisdom teeth :-/ feeling very fretful about it, i think i have a low pain tolerance. on the plus side perhaps i will be able to turn one of the teeth into an interesting pendant.

[hundredpocketed]

great to think “i don’t see it that way” because it means i see it in some other at least semi-distinct way 🐚

[jetix]

Dandelion shoot, 2026-05-11

[hundredpocketed]

summer <3 this morning there was a blizzard of poplar fluff, i like catching a small pappelflaum snowflake and letting it go again

[hundredpocketed]

falling back in love with playing the harp <3 sensitive unwieldy resonant instrument of my dreams <333

[hundredpocketed]

unbelievably sharp longing for dublin in late spring, was thinking earlier about how much i loved the city in spite of all the frustrations and shortcomings and letdowns. it would be so nice to have an idle sunday wandering around dublin 8 exactly as it was when i first moved to the liberties in 2017. no i don't want to live there but i still miss it very much.

[hundredpocketed]

i have been learning and playing this on the harp btw <3 gorgeous gorgeous song and mary o'hara has such a beautiful voice

[toastbutteregg]

[hundredpocketed]

i have had lots of energy and much to be excited about in recent months but i have been thinking a lot over the past couple of weeks about how from my body's perspective, excitement and stress are sort of one and the same .. both raise cortisol and adrenaline levels ..... heartbeat speeds up .... there's an inevitable physical comedown .. and so this sort of physically and emotionally heightened experience of the world is not very sustainable :-/ so as i embark on my mission to be less busy i am also going to try to generally calm down a bit. i love the feeling of wanting to rush and run because i can't wait to do something or see someone or because i am making space for many different experiences within my limited free waking hours ... but you know too much of a good thing etc. etc. !!!!

[hundredpocketed]

making a great effort to be less busy. tomorrow i go to a yoga class (a really gentle one) and meet a friend in the afternoon and those are my only plans. on sunday i meet a friend for coffee and the rest of the day is wide open. this weekend i'm looking forward to taking some time to make a delicious lunch, go for a long walk, read my book. go for a cycle maybe but nowhere in particular.

[hundredpocketed]

exhibition is over it was unbelievably emotional i cried every day especially yesterday, it feels very strange that i won’t see these people every day any more. crazy intense beautiful experience it was worth all the fretting and stress <3 here is a video a friend took of my window/tapestry of translations in the morning light ! it’s amazing to make something and fail to meet your expectations at every turn and in the end nonetheless set it free into the world 🦋

[soundcarvings]

it feels like something amazing will happen tomorrow and again on Wednesday

[sleepingsirian]

[1girl2jesters]

My frens wedding veil… “In this life and the after”

[hundredpocketed]

everything soooo green at the moment i 💚 spring

i am under huge self-imposed pressure this week, from friday until sunday i'm taking part in an exhibition with my german course, i still need to finish the piece i am contributing (which involves asking a bunch of strangers on the train to translate a sentence for me i.e. a lot of rejection and minor humiliation) ... and plan my workshop .. and learn a piece on the harp (i am accompanying someone else's performance) ... and my actual work is really stressful this week because i made a silly mistake when trying to get ahead of things at the weekend ........ also at the weekend someone flirted at me in an arts and crafts shop while i was buying some shiny paint and asked about the details of the exhibition (and actually contributed a translation alongside his friend) so it's possible they will show up at the vernissage which could be a bit awkward .......... so all in all ... it's shaping up to be another week of chaos and interpersonal mix-ups and racing around the city for aoife. but at least life is quite exciting!

[hundredpocketed]

i gathered the extra translations on the train and in the park (people were both very rude and very sweet) and have more or less assembled everything. i am not particularly happy with it to be honest ... i thought it would look quite different ! buuut if nothing else, i have tried something new and am going to hopefully see lots of friends and acquaintances over the weekend. it's quite a big and crazy thing to organise an exhibition and through german too, and try to make a piece of visual art for the first time since i was a teenager, so really i am feeling quite good about the whole thing even if i'm not so impressed by my own contribution.

[hundredpocketed]

everything soooo green at the moment i 💚 spring

i am under huge self-imposed pressure this week, from friday until sunday i'm taking part in an exhibition with my german course, i still need to finish the piece i am contributing (which involves asking a bunch of strangers on the train to translate a sentence for me i.e. a lot of rejection and minor humiliation) ... and plan my workshop .. and learn a piece on the harp (i am accompanying someone else's performance) ... and my actual work is really stressful this week because i made a silly mistake when trying to get ahead of things at the weekend ........ also at the weekend someone flirted at me in an arts and crafts shop while i was buying some shiny paint and asked about the details of the exhibition (and actually contributed a translation alongside his friend) so it's possible they will show up at the vernissage which could be a bit awkward .......... so all in all ... it's shaping up to be another week of chaos and interpersonal mix-ups and racing around the city for aoife. but at least life is quite exciting!

[theinternetarchive]

nautilus reading lamp by tiffany glass and decorating company, new york city, united states c. 1899-1902.