Design the Styrofoam Trees

"A roaring cataract of nonsense" Jack Lewis

[shakespeareknight]

- Emily Palermo

“Darling, you see, no heroes are coming for you. Grab your sword, and don your own armor.”

[neil-gaiman]

Hello sir.

Does it get better?

Yes. Sometimes it gets worse again too. But yes, it gets better.

[neil-gaiman]

Dear Mr. Neil Gaiman

Is there hope?

Signed a Scared teenager

There's always hope. Sometimes it's the last thing left.

[buckys]

Aftersun (2022) dir. Charlotte Wells

[perfectfeelings]

“I hope that one day someone will make flowers grow in even the saddest parts of you.”

— vacants

[keremelcream]

me losing my sanity every once in a while because i can’t find a book or show to obsess over

[rabbit-rage]

whoever is writing my life has got mad writers block bc wtf am i doing

[quotemadness]

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”

— Roy T. Bennett

[rererereree-deactivated20241031]

[pens-swords-stuff]

There's a tumblr post floating around somewhere that says "We think that if we get better at writing, it will someday stop sounding like we wrote it" or something along those lines.

Does anyone happen to have a link handy? I want to reference it in an advice post.

[pigtailsmccully]

Was it this one? 🤗

[pens-swords-stuff]

Yes, thank you so much!!!!!

[800-grader]

[ID: a tweet by elicia donze that reads "People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art. /end ID]

[quotemadness]

“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.”

— Neil Gaiman

[quotemadness]

“Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is mean to you all the time.”

— Christine Arylo

[quotemadness]

“It is okay if you don’t complete things and goals as fast as other people do; we are all different people with different levels of skills and it’s okay to go at your own pace.”

— Unknown

[shakespeareknight]

Daisy Jones and the Six

I read Daisy Jones and the Six when I was in a reading slump. I figured since my mind has this weird way of telling me that I need to read or else I’m gonna think of other ways to screw you up, I got a sample copy from my Kindle and hoped for the best.

I have to say this is one of the best decisions I made so far. I loved every single part of the book, and even now that weeks have passed, I still think of it every now and then.

I read somewhere that you don’t have to like the characters to appreciate the story. Sometimes, a good book has the most unlikeable characters because it portrays what you need to see.

I never liked Daisy. Sure, I think she’s cool and gifted, but I never liked her self-destruction antics and thought of her as selfish. Even until the very end of the book, I never liked her.

But Billy Dunne is a different story. I love how Billy was presented as a brilliant, talented guy yet has a long list of personal demons that he has to battle every single day. He might have a bunch of ugly traits rather than redeeming ones, but he’s one of those characters who I keep on rooting for until the very end. I especially admire his love for Camilla and his family. He wasn’t a perfect family man, and he had his own questionable decisions that are otherwise unforgivable, but I love the fact that when given the chance to repent, he did the right thing from right then and there. There might be some roadblocks ahead with Daisy. While reading it, I was unsure if he and Daisy are going to go for it or not. I admit it adds a bit of spice to the story. But I love how the story explores the idea of soulmates and the right person for you. Sometimes, even if you have finally met your soulmate, it doesn’t mean they are the one. I especially admire Camilla on this one. She’s a strong woman in her own way. She doesn’t need to compete with others to keep her relationship with Billy. As the story progresses, I can see why Billy would always choose her.

I have to say that this book is something of my rare 5-star ratings on Goodreads. I have yet to find another story that’s so beautifully told and engrossing until the very end.

[unchildhood]

ANNE SEXTON

‘The Truth the Dead Know’, The Complete Poems (1981);

original photos and edit

[quotemadness]

“If it gets awkward, let it be awkward. That awkwardness is something they created. You don’t owe anyone a performance of being okay when you are not feeling okay so that they can feel better about themselves.”

— Jennifer Peepas

[fredy-carter]

SEBASTIAN STAN for BBC RADIO 1