poetry and playlist

that nobody cares about.

[1five1two]

'Three Angels'. Raphael Kirchner. 1901.

[lttledog]

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.

[cultofthedarksun]

Kirsten Flagstad as Elsa in Richard Wagner's 'Lohengrin' (1929)

[random-brushstrokes]

Carola De Agostini (Italian, 1878-1957) - Female Profile

[beingharsh]

It is the phenomenon sometimes called alienation from self. In its advanced stages, we no longer answer the telephone, because someone might want something; that we could say no without drowning in self-reproach is an idea alien to this game. Every encounter demands too much, tears the nerves, drains the will, and the spectre of something as small as an unanswered letter arouses such disproportionate guilt that one's sanity becomes an object of speculation among one's acquaintances. To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.

"On Self-Respect", Joan Didion

[ilyalivegirl]

this essay by joan didion has completely changed my life i'm planning to print the whole thing and tape it to my work desk so i can stare at it all day

"To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home."

[zendeyas]

Zendaya wearing MATIERES – New York premiere of The Odyssey

[pollen]

Mary Oliver, from "Dogfish"

[plushefemme]

not to be a hedonist but. pleasure IS the whole point, my loves. we are made for pleasure. humans have not survived out of spite or sheer grit or simply to make more humans. we live for pleasure. the pleasure of licking the last delicious crumbs off your fingers and feeling sunlight on your skin and massaging a loved one's shoulders. we're made to fill our bellies with delicious food, to nap in soft grass, to touch each other in joy and comfort.

there is no shame or guilt in our bodies doing what they were made to do. and we are made for pleasure.

[kayla-denker]

The demonizing of hedonism, of pleasure in general, is literally christian dogma. And I hate how much of a grip it has on even supposedly secular culture.

[goshdangronpa]

be a hedonist

[avoteforme]

rupert pov where he's just staring all 'full heart clear eyes can't lose' at her

(meanwhile taggie) lost in a dream (of rupert), elena wuest, 2026

[tankhall]

[broken-academia]

i read CS Lewis’ A Grief Observed one time years ago and i’m still not recovered from it

[broken-academia]

— A Grief Observed: part i-ii, C.S. Lewis x

[newyorkthegoldenage]

New York empties out on holidays, so this little Dachshund had Madison Avenue at 30th Street all to himself. July 4, 1958.

Photo: Associated Press via Stuff Nobody Cares About

[kidmanversed]

[certifiedempath]

"I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends."

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Joan didion, you have articulated what I've been feeling.

[cinemasavage]

Lost Highway (Dir. David Lynch, 1997)

[folkfashion]

Turkish Jewish woman's dress, from Turkey, by Vangelis Kyris