i am warm and powerful.

I'm wren (he/him); an imperfect baby boy, dedicated to doing my best and growing a little bit every day. This is a space where I exist freely, without confines of the expectations that follow us all throughout our lives; where i share things that i love, that i find beautiful or important. Share my feelings, share my life; share our lives in all their wonder and misery. ((mobile header image source: thundergrove.tublr.com))

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“Very startling—pixie-like, otherworldly—small, finely-built, dark hair—large eyes—her speech is overprecise—she shines and polishes each syllable with the very tip of her tongue—one feels that if one were to touch her, she would crumble into silver dust.”

— Susan Sontag, describing Anaïs Nin in As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

[streetcash]

middle schoolers complaining about how stressful school is

[dirtsilky-deactivated20200523]

this makes me so sad. I just think about my siblings, who already have been held back, and they’ve all been diagnosed with learning disabilities. I wish our educational system cared about actually helping children grow and expand their knowledge.

[softlysprouting]

YES YEs Yes

[the-potential-drgreen]

Body systems

Love this style of art! may get all these posters at some point! Find them Here 

[obviousplant]

What’s your next career?

[softlysprouting]

i literally had a cackling hag reaction to this (INFP is the last personality i got on this bullshit pop psychology examination)

[sacredspiral]

i give my partner his testosterone injection every week - sometimes it’s quick, easy, and painless while other weeks are more negative, filled with anxiety and strain. today i charmed the needle, syringe, and testosterone under the flame of an orange candle (health, safety, joy) and in the presence of rose quartz (open heart, houses good energy, self/love) + selenite (cleansing, protection, moves us to action). 

Temperance guides us this week, reminding us that the journey to healing and self-love can be long and slow; but it need not be painful or anxiety-inducing. Indeed, Temperance signals to us that the Universe is our guide, helping us reconnect with our true selves and purpose. it’s my intention that this charm will soothe my partner’s mind and makes the shot itself less painful, as well as guide me to be a more compassionate partner and healer by his side ❤️💉✨

[softlysprouting]

I am overwhelmed by the sweetness and love of this action. I hope I have someone like this lovely person by my side at some point <3

[artist-twombly]

School of Athens, 1961, Cy Twombly

[lovelysuggestions]

Make sure your friends know how much you love them. You could have never met them in the first place and think about how much your life would suck if you hadn’t.

[twelve-sixteen]

[callmebyyournamequotes-deactiva]

[cellimagelibrary]

Breathe In - Breathe Out! Image of the Week - May 28, 2018

CIL:50302 - http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/images/50302

Description: Transmission electron micrograph of a portion of a type II alveolar cell from an aged guinea pig showing unusual protein within the RER.

Authors: Marian Miller and Brooks Adams

Licensing: Public Domain: This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. However, as is the norm in scientific publishing and as a matter of courtesy, any user should credit the content provider for any public or private use of this image whenever possible.

[softlysprouting]

I dont know what any of that means but it's beautiful and I want to understand it !

[artist-dechirico]

Lion devouring a piece of meat, Giorgio de Chirico

[jellygummies]

sas row

[softlysprouting]

this is how I feel on a daily basis.

[annachara]

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

Anna Chara, untitled, 2018

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“Memory is like fiction; or else it’s fiction that’s like memory.”

— Haruki Murakami, from The Elephant Vanishes: Stories (Alfred A. Knopf, 1993)

[softlysprouting]

According to what I know of the latest psychological literature memory is fiction. Every time you recall an old memory it transfers into your visiospatial sketchpad, or phonological loop (this is where it replays in a visual and/or auditory format) in your working memory, and due to top down processes the memory is alterted by your current world view, new information you have and your current feelings about that moment your recalling, as you are recalling it, and this happens every single time you recall it. so memories are really just scraps of moments your brain desparately pastes together when you need them.

[softlysprouting]

i just saw a teenage boy run up to a man, who i assume was his father.

the boys face, which was clasped tightly over his fathers shoulder, was contorted with a mix of emotions recognisably; joy, overwhelming relief, and a hue of concern. My lip quivers as my mirror neurons fire synaptic fireworks for the joy and beauty of this moment.

and as I realise we really are all conncected so intricately so delicately. the vine of humanity.

(3:46pm, 23.02.18)

My last post reminded me of this poem that I wrote a while back and I wanted to share.

[weltenwellen]

“My life fell down. Do I build it up? The same way? A better way? Is there a better way? (Without believing in miracles?) Or is “building up” the wrong metaphor?”

— Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

[softlysprouting]

I have my literary disagreements with sontag, but it's lovely to know that we are struggling through human existence all the same.

[bijoux-et-mineraux]

Fluorite with Hematite  - Schacht 78 Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg, Saxony, Germany