anna

Forever grateful and favoured.

[jetix]

Cyanotype printed shells barfootk_art on ig

[jolenegifs]

AYO EDEBIRI via INSTAGRAM (July 6, 2023)

[neoyorzapoteca]

“You know that feeling at the end of the day, when the anxiety of that-which-I-must-do falls away and, for maybe the first time that day, you see, with some clarity, the people you love and the ways you have, during that day, slightly ignored them, turned away from them to get back to what you were doing, blurted out some mildly hurtful thing, projected, instead of the deep love you really feel, a surge of defensiveness or self-protection or suspicion? That moment when you think, Oh God, what have I done with this day? And what am I doing with my life? And how must I change to avoid catastrophic end-of-life regrets? I feel like that now: tired of the Me I’ve always been, tired of making the same mistakes, repetitively stumbling after the same small ego strokes, being caught in the same loops of anxiety and defensiveness. At the end of my life, I know I won’t be wishing I’d held more back, been less effusive, more often stood on ceremony, forgiven less, spent more days oblivious to the secret wishes and fears of the people around me…”

— George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone (via ellafrancessanders)

[lamignonette]

[solomonorsalamander]

In 1968, during the administration of US President Lyndon B. Johnson, Eartha Kitt encountered a substantial professional setback after she made anti-war statements during a White House luncheon. Kitt was invited to the White House luncheon and was asked by Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War. She replied: “You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.”

During a question and answer session, Kitt stated:

The children of America are not rebelling for no reason. They are not hippies for no reason at all. We don’t have what we have on Sunset Blvd. for no reason. They are rebelling against something. There are so many things burning the people of this country, particularly mothers. They feel they are going to raise sons — and I know what it’s like, and you have children of your own, Mrs. Johnson — we raise children and send them to war.

Her remarks reportedly caused Mrs. Johnson to burst into tears and led to a derailment in Kitt’s career

[jadegreenfacemask]

this summer has felt 3782 days long, i can’t believe how much you can fit in such a small space of time if you say yes to every plan and also make sure things happen.

[mahoganymamii]

'Name Dropping' — Vibe Magazine (S/S, 2007) Styled by Memsor Kamaraké, photographed by Effi Cohen, hair by Q, and makeup by Merrell Hollis.

[jadegreenfacemask]

Started my wednesday evening with a vanilla body scrub, aloe vera hair mask and a collagen sheet mask.

[niurd]

aryaflare

[kosmogrl]

[jadegreenfacemask]

I’m returning here to get over my fear of being seen. Will it work? not sure but let’s find out

[fyblackwomenart]

Young Woman in Kimono by Nicolas Duffaud

[scorpionlafemme]

[firstfullmoon]

Richard Siken, “The List”

[natureisthegreatestartist]

[jadegreenfacemask]

Just came back a day early from a techno festival with my boyfriend because the weather was terrible and i was feeling very restless in the day waiting for the stages to open. I did have fun but with the gift of hindsight we probably would’ve enjoyed a quick city break somewhere instead.

Anyways I’m back now and looking forward to getting back to my fitness routine and my writing.

[weltenwellen]

Joy Sullivan, from “Culpable”, Instructions for Traveling West