deciduous

"Bask here while it is still possible. Our days are ebbs and flows. Our lives are a collection of seasons where tides approach and recede, and trees flower and wither." (Rebecca Parker)

[fuckyeahpoetryslam]

“That was when you learned that when a boy says I love you he means I am getting ready to be inconsistent with you now.”

— Edwin Bodney, “When a Boy Tells You He Loves You” (via buttonpoetry)

[1000drawings]

by Evan M. Cohen

[lifeinpoetry]

and everyone wants to read the poem we’re afraid to write.

— Kelli Russell Agodon, from “Daringly Balanced: View vs. Risk: Two Portraits,” Hourglass Museum

[bluebeardsbride-archive]

Oscar Wilde, excerpt of “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” (1897).

[girlinlondon]

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

Ask the poet        how the projector moves:           visual, mental,          potential,                      kinetic.

Brandon Amico, from “A Quiver Of,” The Shallow Ends (22 June 2017)

[womenofgraphicdesign]

Chelsea Alexander (Queens, New York)

Dad’s Place, 2018

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[noosphe-re]

“Which takes me back to the City; to me, the city is the most profound creation of humanity, continuously changing, evolving, mysterious and therefore in important ways unknowable. In its lack of fixity; in the unthinkable number of its random interactions, exchanges, encounters … in the sheer magnitude of the variety of intelligences. Here rests the potential of a true creativity where serendipity and spontaneous combustion take place. This, I believe, is why cities are the stronghold of our liberal tradition in this country. Our cities are the location of continuous regeneration, places of infinite possibilities, demanding from us an attitude of expansiveness. Yet we seem to find ourselves, in this first decade of the twenty- first century, infused by fear, immobilized by the complexity of the realities that come with living in the present … the now … insisting instead on seeing our diverse society through a simplistic lens … resistive to reality, demanding uniformity in the face of diversity.”

— Thom Mayne, 2005 Laureate, The Pritzker Architecture Prize, Ceremony Acceptance Speech

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“Time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night.”

— Haruki Murakami, from After Dark (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007)

[dailyrothko]

[dailyrothko]

Mark Rothko, The Dark paintings Part 3, 1969, Mixed media on canvas or Paper

(Rothko’s paintings of this year are, in scans, sometimes a little difficult to differentiate from one another as amounts of brown or purple change from photo to photo.Most of the  1969 “Two color” dark paintings are contained in these three sets others can be found under the tags “dark rothko” and”1969″. If any sharp eyed person sees a repeat that I missed within the three sets, please point it out.)

[lifeinpoetry]

It’s okay to hate God today, to change his name to yours, to want to ruin all that ruined you.

— Rachel McKibbens, from “letter from my heart to my brain,” blud

[peachysuggest]

you will unlearn all of the bad habits you taught yourself and you will grow into someone stronger than you ever imagined you could be

[room-forty-two]

“In popular culture we have “the bachelor pad,” and “the bachelor lifestyle,” but no such phrases for women. Women who live alone are objects of fear or pity, witches in the forest or Cathy comics. Even the current cultural popularity of female friendship still speaks to how unwilling we all are to accept women without a social framework; a woman who’s “alone” is a woman who’s having brunch with a bunch of other women. When a woman is truly alone, it is the result of a crisis—she is grieving, has lost something, is a problem to be fixed. The family, that fundamental social unit, dwells within the female body and emanates from it. Women are the anchors of social labor, the glue pulling the family, and then the community, together with small talk and good manners and social niceties. Living alone as a woman is not just a luxury but a refusal to bend into the shape of patriarchal assumption and expectation.”

— Helena Fitzgerald, The Fierce Triumph of Loneliness (via womensrealm)

[melaninboy]

HIGH SCHOOLERS ‼️‼️ COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS OKAY!!

Please don’t ever let anyone shame you for attending.

[heatherwitch]

Rejuvenating Witchcraft

Things to help you move on and recover from a long day, a rough night or a good cry.

Spells and magic:

Simple all purpose recovery spell

Rose quartz healing tears spell

Simple self love spell

Ease the pain spell

Here comes the sun spell

Bath magic / Self love bath / Shower ritual

Cleansing ritual body scrub

Quick pick me up glamour

Sunrise magic

Things to make:

Self care sachet

Self love and healing spell bottle

Inspired healing bottle

Self love jar

To move forward:

I move on sigil

A simple moving on spell

Clarity spell

Old habits begone spell

Spell for reassurance

Little things to do:

Surround yourself with crystals like rose quartz, carnelian, amethyst, rhodonite, citrine, pyrite and more!

Use rose water or honey to sweeten up your day.

Fairy like habits and self care

Witchy thing to do right now

Magical self care

Self care magic

Witch self care tips

What to do if witchcraft drains you

Drinks:

Cocoa comforting recipe

A warm heart tea recipe*

Healing heart tea*

Self love potion

Odds and ends:

The new you tarot spread (3 card)

Moving forward tarot spread (5 card)

Magics for heartbreak

Witchcraft for the grieving

Gentle witchcraft

*Please research herb safety before using!

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