be afraid, but love anyways

alekya • 23 • she/her • New York Enjoy yourselves. Strive to be better. - Aesthetics Blog @woodonwhite - Asks are always open! Cashapp: $alekyaaa

[muppethole-deactivated20240312]

genuine props to this publication for finding such a stark, simple, provocative way to say... all of it

[just-shower-thoughts]

Stop making headlights better for the driver and better for the person who has to stare at them.

[rawrda]

This is your daily reminder to not be ashamed of making your life easy for yourself.

Cut your food into small pieces, make the font size 30 on your e book, use straws to drink, get a pen that’s comfortable to hold, take more naps, walk slowly, eat another cookie, buy velcro shoes, re-watch the part you couldn’t understand the first time, write things on your hands so you don’t forget it… whatever you want and/or need

Don’t let anyone tell you how you should be doing things. We don’t need to prove each other anything

[macklesufficient]

guide 4 teens

tell the cops nothing

tell the paramedics everything

ur eyebrows are fine

[theartsyproject]

Hugo Simberg, The Garden of Death, 1896.

[citizen-zero]

Every time I see this I always wonder what the painter’s intended message was. It looks so pleasant, that middle skeleton looks so happy with its work.

Maybe it’s supposed to be a memento mori, but a comforting and encouraging one.

[spookyloop]

This is one of the most famous paintings in Finland. There are multiple interpretations of it but they all share the same base idea:

“According to Simberg, the flowers represent people’s souls, the skeletons are aids to Death, and the Garden of Death is a purgatory of sorts for souls waiting for entrance into heaven. This artwork invites the viewer to consider the afterlife, to take comfort in his or her own passing, and to not fear what happens after the body fails to function.”

“It depicts Simberg’s thoughts on afterlife, which is not run by angels but skeletons who take care of the heavenly garden with a gentle hand, while waiting for more “gardeners” to arrive. It is derived from the medieval belief that the dead sleep in a blooming garden.”

“In Simberg’s garden the humble Death-like figures struggle against harsh conditions; the landscape around the garden has burnt yellow, it is dry and barren. The cherished flowers grow in exotic shapes, slowly, requiring constant care. The black-clad figures love their nurslings. The garden is a place where Death is allowed to realize its feelings of affection. The Garden of Death can be seen depicting the impossibility of this love; maybe the flowers are tender and fragile because they can not handle the love of Death. Love has two faces: one of them is the face of devastation.”

[spookyloop]

Out of all the comments I’ve posted on this site this is my favourite. The notes are just full of people showing pure love to the Finnish Skeleton Gardeners.

[hustlerose]

i love you cumin i love you chili powder i love you ginger i lovr you soy sauce i love you garlic

[leninthesixth]

asylum is a fundamental right and i hope everyone leaving ukraine right now is granted that right no matter what but also it's hard to look at all these countries opening their borders for ukranians and not be reminded of the millions of of syrians whom the eu is doing everything they can to keep out of their precious fucking continent.

[leninthesixth]

like we always knew lack of infrasructure and budget were flimsy fucking excuses to keep brown people our of europe but its really jarring to see that so blatantly. you let tens of thousands drown in the mediterranean and for what

[determinate-negation]

[just-shower-thoughts]

Snakes kill in two ways: hugs and kisses

[disasterenergy]

this might come across as anti capitalist but,,,,,, i want to enjoy life

[syrva]

pov: you’re in the passenger seat, hand-feeding the driver fries like a wild horse

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

I was talking about being afraid of people leaving me behind because I'm too sick, and my boyfriend just looked at me and said: "It's my choice to be your boyfriend. It's your friends choice to be your friends. You don't have to understand it, but you have to respect our choice. Don't try to make the decision of whether you're worthy of people on their behalf because that's not your decision to make." I think that's an important thing to remember. That whether we're worthy of someone's time and effort is something others can decide for themselves regardless of whether or not we agree with them. There's a lot of peace in realizing that literally all you have to do is accept the love other people choose to throw your way. That you aren't the one who gets to determine that you aren't worthy of their love. That other people can choose to love you regardless of how you feel about yourself - and that you can learn to respect their choice even though you're feeling unworthy.

[theorangepdf]

my official statement on this and every matter is that we all must hang out and tell our friends we love them more frequently 

[roastgrief-deactivated20160204]

No offense but android snapchats look like photographs from the American civil war

[mysharona1987]

Know a distraction when you see one.

[just-shower-thoughts]

You don’t realise how much noise is happening all around you, until the exact moment your power goes out and all of your appliances stop. It’s like pressing the mute button on your life.

[onlytwitterpics]

[politicalprof]

Well, you know, some bathroom graffiti offers insight.

[madfishmonger]

Red marker handwriting on a bathroom wall. Text reads:

“Boss made a dollar Granddad made a dime But that was a poem From a simpler time.

Boss made a thousand Gave pa a cent But that penny paid the mortgage Or at least it paid the rent

Now Boss makes a million And gives us jack Smugly blames the workers For the labor that he lacks.”

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

And the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls.