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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her

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almost home

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Sweet Seals For You, Always
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One Nice Bug Per Day

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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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Carmen Ng (Hong Kong, b. 1988), Beginning of Silence, 2019. Watercolour on paper, 44 x 26 cm.
little descriptions on why i love the moon signs + why they’re helpful
aries moon: always so honest with you & let’s you know when ur acting up. honestly so loyal and is always looking for something fun to do. will send death threats to someone if it’s someone causing your pain.... no literally
leo moon: so incredibly loyal even if they’re a little jealous at times.. they’re so giving they love telling you you’re beautiful. will yell at you for being sad (in a dramatic loving way) cause u deserve sm better
sagittarius moon: tells you positive things but still realistic. reassures you to have fun and to not stress. sends you memes to calm u down. will distract u from stress. will try to make u laugh a lot
libra moon: will cry of the thought of you not seeing your worth & will write u about 100 paragraphs on why ur the best when ur sad. very helpful. shows you off to people
gemini moon: they find humor in EVERYTHING. nobody says this but gemini moons are one of the most brutally honest moon signs when it comes to their opinions. they know the right words to say when u need it. random videos from their camera roll to show their love for u
aquarius moons: honestly aquarius placements are one of the most loving once u get to know them & they trust you. they will tell you the truth while making you feel better. will play some games with you to make u feel better
scorpio moon: they will... die if they’re loved ones are sad. will get extremely mad and feel the emotions for you. will become protective over a bit. will reassure you
cancer moon: so opstimistic about other peoples struggles! will tell you to look at the bright side or abt the possibilities you still have. will buy you a teddy bear
pisces moon: If you’re sad they’re sad. they’ll do anything in their power to make sure you’re okay. will write bunch of love letters for you in the span of 5 mins
virgo moon: will tell you what you need to do in order to be better and not bs you. but will also reassure you that you’re good enough meanwhile. will get extremely pissed at the cause of ur sadness. always will become a comedian out of nowhere using their own trauma instead
taurus moon: will buy you chocolates if you’re upset... Short paragraphs on why they love you. will let you know how much loyalty they have for you + they’re glued to you.
capricorn moon: will bully you on why you’re sad cause why are you sad??? will try to handle the situation logically and the cause of why you’re sad the issue might be gone asap.. they will treat your issue like their problem and make sure you feel ok and balanced
this what just for fun btw :)
“Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you.”
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions (via quotespile)
Amoako Boafo
Boy with a flower earring
Amoako Boafo (Ghanaian, b. 1984), Boy with a Flower Earring 1, 2018. Oil on paper, 100 x 100 cm.
Is that what art is? To be touched thinking what we feel is ours when, in the end, it was someone else, in longing, who finds us?
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel (via soracities)
Grannies around 100 years old appeared in Vogue 2020. They are so beautiful just like flowers.
(some of) my favorite quotes from if not, winter
cold water makes a clear sound through / apple branches
]sing to us / the one with violets in her lap / ]mostly / ]goes astray
in fact she herself once blamed me / Kyprogeneia / because I prayed / this word: / I want
]from every care / ]you could release me
girls / all night long / might sing of the love between you and the bride / with violets in her lap
not one girl I think / who looks on the light of the sun / will ever / have wisdom / like this
you will go your way among the dim shapes. / Having been breathed out.
and neither any[ ]nor any / holy place nor / was there from which we were absent
as sometimes at sunset / the rosyfingered moon / surpasses all the stars
evening / you gather back / all that dazzling dawn has put asunder: / you gather a lamb / gather a kid / gather a child to its mother
yes! radiant lyre speak to me / become a voice
Eros the melter of limbs (now again) stirs me— / sweetbitter unmanageable creature who steals in
neither for me honey nor the honeybee
but she goes back and forth remembering / gentle Atthis and in longing / she bites her tender mind
far more sweetsounding than a lyre / golder than gold
but a kind of yearning has hold of me—to die / and to look upon the dewy lotus banks / of Acheron
Shao Fan (Chinese, b. 1964), Rabbit Portrait - Wuxu 1, 2018. Oil on canvas, 250 x 160 cm.
I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.
— Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1964
Like Literature
A study on the use of the word “like” in literature.
I thought it would be interesting to go back and read some of my favourite books, and note how writers utilise analogy/simile.
“Sputnik Sweetheart” by Haruki Murakami
1. (…)studying literature in college is like biting down on the bitter end of a cucumber.
2. Sumire wanted to be like a character in a Kerouac novel—wild, cool, dissolute. She’d stand around, hands shoved deep in her coat pockets, her hair an uncombed mess, staring vacantly at the sky through her black plastic-framed Dizzy Gillespie glasses, which she wore despite her 20/20 vision. She was invariably decked out in an oversized herringbone coat from a second-hand shop and a pair of rough work boots. If she’d been able to grow a beard, I’m sure she would have.
3. She was short, and even in a good mood she talked like she was half a step away from picking a fight.
4. A nostalgic, intimate smile, like a treasured old possession pulled out of the back of a drawer.
5. “My head is like some ridiculous barn packed full of stuff I want to write about,” she said. “Images, scenes, snatches of words … in my mind they’re all glowing, all alive. Write! They shout at me. A great new story is about to be born I can feel it. It’ll transport me to some brand-new place. Problem is, once I sit at my desk and put them all down on paper, I realize something vital is missing. It doesn’t crystallize—no crystals, just pebbles. And I’m not transported anywhere.”
6. His mere presence lent the place a flamboyant atmosphere. Like cut flowers in a large vase or a jet-black stretch limousine.
7. Like the sound of a velvet curtain being drawn aside on a peaceful morning to let in the sunlight to wake someone very special to you.
8. I know I shouldn’t be calling you this late. I’m really sorry. The time of night when the roosters haven’t even started crowing. When this pitiful moon is hanging there in a corner of the eastern sky like a used-up kidney.
9. “You know,” said Sumire, and let a delicate pause intervene—like an old gatekeeper closing the railway-crossing gate with a clatter just after the train bound for St. Petersburg has passed by—“it’s really silly to say this, but I’m in love.”
10. Her voice sounded like it was somebody else’s coming from another room.
Amazing. This is ten thousand year old water trapped inside of a polished quartz crystal.
(Source: 1•2•3)
Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
Maternité (after Picasso), 1901, Jacques Villon
words to use instead of
as
while
when,
whilst
even as
just as
just when
simultaneously as
so long as
at the moment that
at the same time that at the time that
in the act of
in the process of
on the point of
during the time that
at the same time as
during the time
throughout the time
in the time
during which
during which time
for the period that
at the same time
meanwhile
at the time
as long as
exactly when
at the very moment that
at the very time that after
as soon as
immediately when
immediately after
instantly when once
looked
glanced
gazed
stared
gaped
peered
focused
peeped
peeked
took a look
taken a look
watched
considered
saw
seen
observed
viewed
regarded
marked
checked out
glimpsed
spotted
eyed
took in
taken
in ogled
eyeballed
beheld
beholden
before
ahead
back
previously
since
sooner
afore
aforetime
ante
antecedently
anteriorly
before present
ere
fore
former
formerly
forward
gone
gone by
heretofore
in advance
in days of yore
in front
in old days
in the past
past
precendently
previous
up to now
smiled
beam
grin
laugh
smirk
simper
be gracious
express friendliness
express tenderness
look amused
look delighted
look happy
look pleased
touch
brush
caress
feel
handle
hit
kiss
lick
pat
reach
rub
strike
stroke
tap
abut
adjoin
border
communicate
contact
converge
dab
examine
finger
fondle
frisk
glance
graze
grope
inspect
join
line
manipulate
march
massage
meet
neighbor
osculate
palm
palpate
partake
paw
percuss
pet
probe
push
scrutinize
sip
smooth
suck
sweep
tag
taste
thumb
tickle
tip
toy
verge
be in contact
butt on
come together
feel up
impinge upon
lay a finger on
exhaled
breathe
emit
give off
let out
discharge
eject
emanate
evaporate
expel
issue
respire
steam
vaporize
nodded
acknowledge
bend
bow
greet
respond
salute
acquiesce
agree
approve
assent
passionate
ardent
dramatic
eager
eloquent
emotional
expressive
fervent
fierce
fiery
forceful
heartfelt
heated
impassioned
intense
poignant
spirited
strong
vehement
violent
zealous
affecting
animated
blazing
burning
deep
fervid
flaming
frenzied
glowing
headlong
high-powered
high-pressure
hot
hotblooded
impetuous
impulsive
inspiring
melodramatic
moving
precipitate
quickened
steamed up
stimulated
stirring
thrilling
warm
wild
but
although
however
nevertheless
on the other hand
still
though
yet
gasped
choke
snort
whoop
blow
convulse
gulp
heave
inhale
inspire
pant
puff
respire
sniffle
wheeze
catch one’s breath
fight for breath
frowned
glare
glower
grimace
pout
gloom
lower
sulk
cloud up
do a slow burn
give a dirty look
give the evil eye
knit brows
look black
look daggers
look stern
movement
act
action
change
development
evolution
exercise
flow
migration
move
operation
progress
shift
advance
agitation
alteration
swirled
boil
churn
roil
twirl
whirl
agitate
coil
crimp
crisp
curl
eddy
purl
roll
snake
surge
swoosh
whirlpool
whorl
wriggle
I need words for spells all the damn time
An Arvilikjuaq Inuit child and a snowman built by her father by unknown photographer
“It is astounding that this century’s two most lucid observers of the incomparable horror that surrounded them - Kafka and Walser - both present us with a world from which evil in its traditional supreme expression, the demonic, has disappeared. Neither Klamm nor the Count nor Kafka’s clerks and judges, nor even less Walser’s creatures, despite their ambiguity, would ever figure in a demonological catalogue. If something like a demonic element survives in the world of these two authors, it is rather in the form Spinoza may have had in mind when he wrote that the devil is only the weakest of creatures and the most distant from God; as such - that is, insofar as the devil is essentially impotent - not only can it not do us harm, but on the contrary it is what most needs our help and our prayers. It is, in every being that exists, the possibility of not-being that silently calls for our help (or, if you wish, the devil is nothing other than divine impotence or the power of not-being in God). Evil is only our inadequate reaction when faced with this demonic element, our fearful retreat from it in order to exercise-founding ourselves in this flight-some power of being. Impotence or the power to not-be is the root of evil only in this secondary sense.
Fleeing from our own impotence, or rather trying to adopt it as a weapon, we construct the malevolent power that oppresses those who show us their weakness; and failing our innermost possibility of not-being, we fall away from the only thing that makes love possible. Creation - or existence - is not the victorious struggle of a power to be against a power to not-be; it is rather the impotence of God with respect to his own impotence, his allowing-being able to not not-be-a contingency to be. Or rather: It is the birth in God of love.
This is why it is not so much the natural innocence of creatures that Kafka and Walser allow to prevail against divine omnipotence as the natural innocence of temptation. Their demon is not a tempter, but a being infinitely susceptible to being tempted. Eichmann, an absolutely banal man who was tempted to evil precisely by the powers of right and law, is the terrible confirmation through which our era has revenged itself on their diagnosis.” - Giorgio Agamben, “Demonic” in The Coming Community. Translated by Michael Hardt. Theory Out Of Bounds, Vol 1. University of Minnesota Press, 1993. pp. 32-33.