cast out & cutaway

Hi I'm erika. I'm fascinated with elephants. I like writing shorts and occasionally slip into poetry. I also like waffles.

[beckybloomwood-archived]

[osumelephant]

Globe: Have you read each other’s books? any surprises? 

Poehler: Yes. I was surprised Mindy wrote about how we slept together, because i thought that was between us.

Kaling: I wasn’t [surprised], because it rocked my life. [x]

[nevver]

What we’re reading

[sizvideos]

[thefrogman]

[video | reddit]

[psych2go]

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and they will come forth, later, in uglier ways.

Sigmund Freud (via psych-facts)

[osumelephant]

[theforce]

i was 14 and i was walking through a mall by myself at 12am after my shift at coldstone creamery lol and a bunch of men started whistling and meowing and getting really close to me and they kept asking me questions and i kept not answering...

[osumelephant]

‘Di ko gets

Ano ‘to? Anito? Sawi o Iwas Pakiulit nga, ‘di ko mabigkas nang tama. Ang araw tumatama sa aking mata. May silaw may walis, pero ‘di ganoon kalinis. Alis, alis. Sila-sila.  Paano na tayo buti na lang puwede umupo. ’Wag na tayo magkaintindihan total, patapos na ang tula, tila. Ang araw sumisikat na. Ayan na, ayan na, pawala ka na. Kung kaninong anino ka man pakisabi diak maawatan. 

[angelclark]

Elephant Raju Cries After Being Rescued From 50 Years Of Suffering In Chains 

This heartbreaking story is about as elephant Raju from India that had an incredibly rough life. After being poached from his mother he was thrown from one owner to another, until he was left living in terrible conditions with no shelter at night, being used as a beggars prop all day long. Raju survived only from passing tourists and sometimes had to eat plastic and paper while being chained 24 hours a day. A wildlife organisation SOS-UK could not stand the injustice and decided to save him in a daring midnight rescue operation.

The elephant, realizing he was being saved, started to cry: “It was incredibly emotional. We knew in our hearts he realised he was being freed” – claims Pooja Binepal, one of the rescuers in an interview with Presspeople. “Tears began to roll down Raju’s face. Some no doubt were due to the pain but he also seemed to sense that change was coming. He felt hope for the first time” – says another rescuer Kartick.

[kittenfossils]

this is just so beautiful. he has found the freedom he deserves.

[izumimiyazaki]

12/16

[1000drawings]

What we’re reading

[its-the-witch]

[cinemgreatss-deactivated2018040]

[osumelephant]

cinemagreats: Before Sunrise (1995) - Directed by Richard Linklater

[maipesu]

[thenerdyanthrohistorian]

It’s Okay It’s Love(2014)

This drama is tragically and beautifully written. We rarely see the deglamorized reality of Mental Illness and the stigmas that come with it. I would highly suggest this drama to everyone! You don’t even have to be a drama fan to appreciate this amazingly well written story.

[poppypicklesticks-blog]

In some east Asian countries, mental illness carries even more of a stigma then it does in the UK and the US, which makes this film so much more important.

[neil-gaiman]

Hey. I'm trying to become the greatest writer of all time. Do you have any tips?

Yes. Write the greatest books of all time.

[put-him-in-custardy]

this is how Parks and Recreation explained Chris Pratt’s weight loss for Guardians of the Galaxy 

[visual-poetry]

»2 4get her SPECIAL EDITION 2014« by anatol knotek

handmade book, 70 typewriter poems, hardcover, color print, limited edition: 150 books, hand-numbered and signed by the artist, DIN A6 (4.1 x 5.8 inches)

this book is a collection of my concrete and visual poems of the last years, written with my »adler triumph gabriele 10« typewriter. as the subtitle says, it can also be read as a drama in four acts. 

…after »2 4get her« was sold out quickly last year, i decided to republish the book in a slightly new look. i wrote everything with a different typewriter, added 20 poems and rearranged many of them. as the previous version it is completely handmade, but now some poems are printed in color and it has beautiful hardcover. 

the price is € 19,- ($ 24,-) plus packaging and worldwide shipping. you can buy it via paypal directly here:

shipping to europe shipping to the rest of the world 

for more information (e.g. other payment options) please send me an e-mail.

[i also have some other handmade books available at the moment: anachronism, wachsein, falling alphabet & rotated alphabet]

[fluttering-slips]

Colostrum

We are not born with tears. Your

first dozen cries are dry.

It takes some time for the world to arrive

and salt the eyes.

—Kevin Young, The Atlantic (13 April 2010)