the last recluse

alexis, twenty three, british columbia.

[speir-s]

Bjørg-Elise Tuppen / «Moments With the Moon II»

[846782364278]

Quadruped “Puppy”

1200 AD Prehistoric Cave Art.

60th Unnamed Cave, TN

[anna-thebanana]

[red-ibis-red]

i knew there was a reason i’m on tumblr

[aqua-regia009]

Mountain Stream in the Moonlight (1905) - Albert Rieger

[deforest]

“Don’t worry. The night won’t frighten me and the cold won’t drive me away. There is no winter as cold as my winter, no night as deep as my night. I myself freeze the wind. I myself darken the sky.”

—

Dulce María Loynaz, Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems; “Poema LIX” (tr. James O’Connor)

(Original: No temas que sienta el miedo de la noche o que el frío me arredre. No hay invierno más frío que mi invierno ni noche más profunda que mi noche… ¡Yo soy quien va a congelar el viento y a obscurecer la tiniebla!)

[ryan-sometimes]

If an autistic person overexplains something to you they probably don’t think you’re dumb they just think THEY would appreciate those details if they were the ones being explained to

[ryan-sometimes]

A lot of things that seem obviously implicit in speech AREN’T obvious to autistic people. So we inherently think it’s necessary to specify things that might seem transparent to neurotypical people because usually WE’RE the ones who need those explanations

[rederiswrites]

Seriously though like, I missed the boat on this whole radical honesty thing. I guess everyone wants to be true to themselves now? That’s…great…but like you’re really only ever going to meet a select few people you can be totally honest with about everything. Lie to strangers! Lie to authorities! Like damn didn’t you have parents that told you never to tell people on the phone that you were home alone? When the interviewer asks if you ever experimented with drugs, you say no! This is not a therapy session! He’s got no business asking you that anyway! Lots and lots of people are not entitled to your vulnerability. Damn.

[dragonflies-and-katydids]

I follow my grandmother’s rule: it’s only a lie if they have a right to know.

[melancholicsnob]

[falseknees]

🌲💬

[lunarkittens]

every time i shower i’m like this is going to make me a brand new person

[albert-bierstadt]

Storm in the Mountains, 1870, Albert Bierstadt

Medium: oil

[cratered]

National Geographic, August 1978

[ovur]

If i ever spell something wrong I did it for comedic purposes. I know everything don’t forget that

[leeveemealone]

Born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the universe…

Born just in time to experience whatever the literal FUCK is going on right now.

[dancesinlight]

[catcrumb]

[lesbeet]

much in the same way as "history is written by the victors", what is "secular" is determined by the dominant religion