lluvia

gratitude + humility

[umtxqwa]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀

Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه) said:

Never say a person has good character, until you see how he behaves when he is angry & never say a person is righteous until you see how he controls himself when he is faced with temptations.

[Ansab Al-Ashraaf |10/331]

[afrohijab]

“The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it…If there is no moral question, there is no reason to write. I’m an old-fashioned writer and, despite the odds, I want to change the world”

— James Baldwin

[firstfullmoon]

from an interview given in Berkeley and published in the NYT

[littlestpersimmon]

Oarfish

[cair--paravel]

‘Apple blossom’ hair comb by Lucien Gaillard, c. 1902.

[thrdnarrative]

“I’m heavily inspired by all the women in my life, especially my grandmother. Growing up I heard amazing stories of her craftsmanship and how she built her house in the village with her bare hands. These hands represents strength and power, and so does the @romeandtale virtus bracelet she’s wearing. I’m happy I was able to create this moment with her, while I was in Nigeria.” —Prince Aday

NIGERIA. Lagos. 2018. A capture of Mama Aduké’s hands. © Prince Aday

[pollen]

Walt Whitman, from "Song of Myself" in Leaves of Grass

[waitingonangels]

[slimesita]

thought u was my lover but u just a slut :/

[nobrashfestivity]

Aristide Maillol The River begun 1938-39; completed 1943 (cast 1948) Edition: (cast 1948; "No. 2") Lead

[psikonauti]

Cherry blossoming in Japan, taken by Ryu Haharu

[bijoumikhawal]

Fundraisers for Sudan

Funding for food at the Kassab IDP camp

The Save El Geneina initiative, which provides food and education/childcare to refugees in Chad

Evacuation fund organized by a friend of mine for 15 families trying to get out of Darfur

Food aid for Sudanese refugees in Cairo, who urgently need it as they face discrimination in Egypt

The Khartoum Aid Kitchen, a program supporting 10 kitchens that feeds thousands of people in the greater Khartoum area

The relocation and potential evacuation of an extended family consisting of at least 33 people

The Sudanese American Physician Association, which has been supporting hospitals and medical professionals in Sudan

The Darfur Women's Action Group (Darfur being a region with a higher Black Non-Arab population)

Two initiatives aimed at distributing menstrual hygiene products to people in Sudan

Hometax, a trusted on the ground org

Aid for the Gorom Refugee Camp in South Sudan, handled by a refugee led program

A continually updated thread on Twitter of even more gofundmes

[bseder]

akka, palestine (2021)

[yukokitajima]

201705 Yuko KITAJIMA

[apoemaday]

The Trees

by Philip Larkin

The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. Is it that they are born again And we grow old? No, they die too, Their yearly trick of looking new Is written down in rings of grain. Yet still the unresting castles thresh In fullgrown thickness every May. Last year is dead, they seem to say, Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.

[whendidmythoughtsgocrazy]

If hurting me does not hurt you, you don’t love me. You’re using me.

k.b // by jerry flowers jr

[combaticon]

For many people arrest is a tolerable consequence of protesting and direct action but it should never be a fucking goal and if an organization is trying to get you to participate in symbolic mass arrests that organization is at best wasting your time

[combaticon]

I find myself repulsed by certain local organizations' inability to actually commit to any serious direct action because its largely white body of members have zero capacity for discomfort and can't even spend 4 to 5 hours in jail in defense of people getting bombed 24/7 in Palestine but I will say this of the (tiny) symbolic arrest crowd: in the USA, the over time the cops spend booking you is more money in their paychecks. The money your jail support team spends on bail is now money going into the prison system that wasn't there before. The information they get on you and anyone who comes to bail you out is now information they have on people that they can surveil and harass. Symbolic arrests are by and large useless with the exception of celebrities like Jane Fonda and other people using their position of power, wealth, privilege, and visibility to bring eyes to an issue.

[tendermimi]

Søren Kierkegaard, Diaries 1813-1855