the dusty windowsill

[wnq-writers]

“I want you to love the untold side of me. Beauty is for everyone. Just lovers and poets can appreciate the darkness.”

— Francesca Ricci

[apleasurableillusion]

From So Good So Far by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Fine Arts

Judging beauty, which is keenest,

Eye or heart or mind or penis?

Lust is blindest, feeling kindest,

Sight is strongest, thought goes wrongest.

[insight-jd]

[treasures-and-beauty]

Nouveau moth necklace – John Paul Miller

[sakrogoat]

Yaroslav Gerzhedovich - Rising Eye

[pinkstarlightcomputer]

[menlove-archive]

honest to god can't stop thinking about this song about jeff bezos by philip labes (link takes you to his spotify). it's such a good example of politically driven folk music.

[kaizykat]

Lyrics:

Jeff found a genie in a bottle Who said, "I can give you anything you ask" "You can have your wishes three And a million more for free It's unlimited, just set me to the task."

Well, Jeff thought a while, Said, "I want houses, "I want boats, I want fancy modern art, I want tickets to the Met, I want my own private jet, And a rocket into space just for a start."

Well, the genie waved her arms and made it happen His every wish bolted from the blue And folks all over town grew enamored, gathered 'round To admire the man whose wishes had come true

They said, "Let's hear it for the man who has everything! By good fortune he's been set so far apart." "Yeah, let's hear it for Jeff who has everything! 'Cause his wishes are only at the start."

Well, Jeff heard their shouts and he grew worried He said, "Everybody's getting in my way." The genie smiled as before, "You've got a million wishes more. You can even give a bunch of them away."

Well, Jeff got confused and sorta quiet 'Til he finally said, "I have just one wish more." "I am satisfied, so I wish that you would die So you cannot grant wishes anymore."

Well, the genie's eyes got big and sad and shiny 'Til she finally said, "Your wish is my command." And with an effervescent sigh, she disappeared before his eyes And no wishes were ever granted there again

So, let's hear it for the man who has everything! By good fortune he has set so far apart Yeah, let's hear it for Jeff, who's got everything! Every single fucking thing except a heart

[wordsmithic]

[folklifestyle]

[everythingfox]

They’re going on an adventure

(via)

[devils-queen]

❌

[ratandboa]

[arinewman7]

It’s My Fall

Moonassi (Daehyun Kim)

2018

[sioltach]

[catididnt]

Transcript:

“Most of what you think you know about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is wrong.

This is the model that we all learned in psych 101 is wrong [image of Maslow’s pyramid is shown] where our basic physiological needs are at the bottom of the pyramid and achieving one’s full individual potential is at the apex.

What you may not have known is that Maslow spent 6 weeks with the Blackfoot First Nation in the summer of 1938. He learned about their worldview and the Blackfoot Tipi, appropriated and misrepresented their perspective to establish his own Maslow’s hierarchy, and then didn’t give them credit.

[Image of Maslow’s pyramid and Blackfoot tipi shown, described below]

According to the Blackfoot Tipi, self-actualization is at the bottom of the pyramid. In the middle we have belonging and community actualization, where people take care of each other and help each other with their basic needs. And at the top, we have cultural perpetuity, which is teaching each other how to live in harmony with the land and achieve community actualization through generations.

It makes so much sense, right? Taking care of oneself is not enough. We need to take care of each other and our community.

This is why we need to decolonize psychology.”

[xenom0rph-deactivated20240917]

I found this really interesting, so here are some articles I found that explain this in more depth:

https://lincolnmichel.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/maslows-hierarchy-connected-to-blackfoot-beliefs/ <- Article by Karen Lincoln Michel, a Ho-Chunk writer

https://www.blackfootdigitallibrary.com/digital/collection/bdl/id/1296/rec/1 <- Presentation by Ryan Heavy Head and Narcisse Blood at the University of Montana, hosted by the Blackfoot Digital Library

[llovinghome]

[naturaekos]

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

—

[traitspourtraits]

[gacougnol]

Gustave Le Gray Chemin Sablonneux, Forêt de Fontainebleau 1856