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[eleventhourdaily]

[soracities]

“Poems are nearer to prayers than to stories, but in poetry there is no one behind the language being prayed to. It is the language itself which has to hear and acknowledge […] In all poetry words are a presence before they are a means of communication”

— John Berger, And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

[eunnieboo]

every single time

[shesnake]

Sometimes think I have felt everything I’m ever going to feel.

Her (2013) dir. Spike Jonze

[wovi]

james longenbach / wendy cope / jon kabat-zinn

[resqectable]

“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.”

— Albert Camus, from Notebooks, 1951-1959

[slowtides]

Jenny Holzer, "Marquees," 1993 (from the collection of Don Shewey)

[avadakedavrock-deactivated20170]

when you’re reading fanfiction and you get so involved in the story you start imagining different scenarios in that same universe and then it’s fanfiction fanfiction

[keylimeart]

a rose and it's thorns

[joethecat]

Types of fanfic summaries and what they mean

First paragraph of the actual fic: I judge the whole fic by the first words and I assume you do too so here it is

“Just a series or drabbles/headcanons/prompts”: Someday I want to write an incredible 200k fic but for now have fun going through all the chapters trying to figure out which one is the one you actually want to read

“Will X be able to find love before Y happens?” And other questions: I read entirely too many YA novels

Quote from the actual fic: I watch entirely too many movie trailers

“Basically just an X fic with Y characters”: I can probably write a good summary if I cared a little more

Song lyrics: I have no idea how summaries work and I’m trying to be like the people with poem quotes

Poem quotes: either the best thing you’ve ever read or 13-year old English literature purple prose there is no in-between

Lol I can’t do summaries: I’m not entirely sure if I want you to read my fic

“Wtf is this” or other author questioning themselves: it’s either porn or crack

Explicit rated fics: listen my man I know you’re not gonna really read the summary just read the tags and decide if my sin is the sin for you

Paragraph of tags and one line summary: ok listen I can’t do summaries but I’ve got this ok IVE GOT THIS

dictionary definition: fluff or angst here you go

Either a meme or a tumblr imagine your otp: I was bored and I had emotions about my ship you can have emotions about them too

Paragraph from the source the fic is from: I’ve basically written my headcanon and made it prettier

“I’m so sorry” or “I cried while writing this” : I was in a sad mood and I needed a healthy way to release these emotions so now y'all get to suffer

No summary: it’s either porn or a small drabble and it all depends on the word count

Actual fic summary: *rocks back on old wheelchair* listen kid *smokes cigarette* I’ve seen and read a lot of things *blows smoke* and I know it’s hard but there’s still hope in this world ok? *looks into the distance* also you might wanna read the tags because the chances of gore and/or character death being in my fic have gone from 0 to 75

[dwgif]

Why did this face come back? To say goodbye?

[kosmogrl]

unstoppable force (wanting to be the kindest version of myself) vs immovable object (all the anger and hatred I have inside myself)

[valmoxium]

[thejanitorofthecircus-deactivat]

Going to like + reblog this-

[brookheimer]

anne carson: simple moving poem about awkward dinners with not-quite-friends and the ennui that comes with realizing this mundane unhappiness is all adult life is sometimes

insane people on twitter: has she ever tried being happy? i like going to dinner with friends, what’s wrong with her? she can afford to go out to dinner, she shouldn’t complain. just be a cooler hang, skill issue. this isn’t my exact experience (i like my friends) therefore this poem is bad and unrelatable and pretentious. she can’t debone a fish? loser.

[gresit]

This, Madame, is Versailles. MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)  dir. Sofia Coppola

[alonesomes]

“I burned so long and so quiet, you must have wondered if I loved you back. I did, I did, I do.”

— Annelyse Gelman, from “The Pillowcase” in Everyone I Love is a Stranger to Someone

[ojibwa]