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you’ll never be mentally sober

[stinkyhat-deactivated20231213]

When you become 20 something, you have to forgive yourself or you will never grow up. You have to forgive yourself for everything and learn from it.

[sproutlett]

there are so many people who are waiting to love you. keep going

[kigiom]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing (so devoted the lines blur)

[daisyswift3]

I think Taylor often uses summer as a metaphor for coming out like daylight which makes sense since it’s a very sunny season and winter would then be the opposite of this. And it makes sense why folklore (spring/summer) and evermore (fall/winter) would directly follow lover if the failed coming out theories are correct. It was her way of processing these emotions.

I think this is what the transition from august to illicit affairs is supposed to represent. The vibrant sunset and rainbow colors (lover era) drain away and turn into gray (folklore era)—“you showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else.” The sunset visuals during august also indicate that summer and daylight are indeed the same thing metaphorically since the sun is going away as she sings “so much for summer love.” She was so close to claiming her sunshine, both the concept and person, but it slipped away from her 💔

I think it’s very poetic that there’s an alternative ending on folklore. Hoax is one possible ending, “my eclipsed sun…this has frozen my ground” and she could’ve stayed frozen in that winter but the lakes offers a bit of hope, “A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground” which indicates spring and summer have returned 🌹☀️ Similarly in the song evermore she decides to go back inside her warm cabin instead of staying out in the cold which she said represents finding hope again (48:00 of this vid). And to tie it all together she chose a cardigan, her “wool to brave the seasons,” as the main motif of folklore since this person kept her warm during that perilous winter.

[kwyw]

Peekaboo, huh? Fascinating.

(x)

[joey-potters]

Taylor singing The Moment I Knew and I wasn't there...

[donnerpartyofone]

Pete Codling minotaurs

[glozirina]

[luidilovins]

Wow making Shaggy a hippie as the punchline of a joke in the 60s really backfired didn't it?

[carpethedamndiem]

"My instincts lead me to love over and over again."

- Anaïs Nin

[carpethedamndiem]

[carpethedamndiem]

[carpethedamndiem]

"We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day."

- Jack Gilbert

[carpethedamndiem]

[carpethedamndiem]

Adore each of your Soulmates - individuals who cross your path and simultaneously rearrange your perspectives by challenging your limiting beliefs... while deeply validating your most deeply ingrained values.

Learn from them in humility while holding back none of your radiance. Love fearlessly and recklessly. Let them come and go freely. Trust in the Universe and practice discernment.

Home isn't any one place or any one person. Home is surrendering to vulnerability in their presence. Always go home.

[carpethedamndiem]

Herm the Younger, Sojourner

[exquenine]

[raveneuse]

Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, English School, c. 1650

Titled “Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, English School,” the painting presents a Black female sitter and her White companion as counterparts, as they sport similar clothing, hair, jewelry and makeup.It was uncommon for a Black female sitter to be portrayed in a painting in the 1650s, especially an adult, as opposed to a child in a position of subordination, sparking an “important debate about race and gender during the period,” according to the press statement. The painting is also unique because both women are shown wearing similar “beauty patches,” a kind of facial cosmetic adornment which was in fashion in the 17th century. The patterns on their faces marked “a sin of pride,” according to the statement.