you must know

maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story

[weltenwellen]

E.E. Cummings, Complete Poems, 1904-1962

[soracities]

when e.e. cummings said “i’ll live my life if it kills me”

[softspringsolace]

when andrea gibson said “i suppose i love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.” & when ellen bass said “to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it”

[lovecrumbss]

affection 🖤 • Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec • Marc Chagall • Milt Kobayashi • Malcolm T. Liepke • Egon Schiele • Nickie Zimov • Joseph Lorusso • Peter Wever • Gustav Klimt • Rocio Montoya •

[curioscurio]

stay kind to eachother. i know its hard to only see how horrible the big picture is, but it's so much more unbelievably important to help the people you love and your community.

it's okay to grieve and weep and be sorrowful right now; healthy even. but at the end of the day it's the little things that keep hope alive, even as the world becomes darker and darker.

hug your loved ones. eat foods that you like to eat. listen to stories and laugh with your friends. care for your animals and gardens. give help when it's needed and when it's not needed. Accept help when it's needed and when it's not needed.

Do things that make you happy, and don't give up.

[akeleegirl-deactivated20250610]

what if it all works out. HOW ABOUT THAT HUH

[noburden]

@poetryatmost / raymond carter / eileen myles / a month of changes by emility / olivia larson @poetbitesback / the months by linda pastan / tuck everlasting by natalie babbitt / dear august / morning sun by edward hopper / e.j.l. /

[localsewage]

[rob-pattinson]

Many of the political attacks on trans people—whether it is a mandate that bathroom use be determined by birth sex, a blanket ban on medical interventions for trans kids or the suggestion that trans men are simply wayward women beguiled by male privilege—carry the same subtext: that trans people are mistaken about who they are. “We know who we are,” Page says. “People cling to these firm ideas [about gender] because it makes people feel safe. But if we could just celebrate all the wonderful complexities of people, the world would be such a better place.”

Page was attracted to the role of Vanya in The Umbrella Academy because—in the first season, released in 2019—Vanya is crushed by self-loathing, believing herself to be the only ordinary sibling in an extraordinary family. The character can barely summon the courage to move through the world. “I related to how much Vanya was closed off,” Page says. Now on set filming the third season, co-workers have seen a change in the actor. “It seems like there’s a tremendous weight off his shoulders, a feeling of comfort,” says showrunner Steve Blackman. “There’s a lightness, a lot more smiling.” For Page, returning to set has been validating, if awkward at times. Yes, people accidentally use the wrong pronouns—“It’s going to be an adjustment,” Page says—but co-workers also see and acknowledge him.

Whatever challenges might lie ahead, Page seems exuberant about playing a new spectrum of roles. “I’m really excited to act, now that I’m fully who I am, in this body,” Page says. “No matter the challenges and difficult moments of this, nothing amounts to getting to feel how I feel now.” This includes having short hair again. During the interview, Page keeps rearranging strands on his forehead. It took a long time for him to return to the barber’s chair and ask to cut it short, but he got there. And how did that haircut feel?

Page tears up again, then smiles. “I just could not have enjoyed it more,” he says.

ELLIOT PAGE for TIME Magazine › 2021 interview by Katy Steinmetz, photography by Wynne Neilly

[juliastiles]

[eucalyptus-sage]

being known is being loved

"i know your pizza order" "you have freckles on your ears" "you make this face when you're tired" "you order green tea on a good day black on a bad day" "you always make that face before you try something" "the tips of your ears turn red when you're angry" "i knew you'd say something" "you must be exhausted to miss the class" "your favorite pie is pumpkin, right?" "i know your phone number, don't worry" "you miss me, i can tell" "you fiddle with your pens when you're bored" "you don't like converse unless they're high tops" "your favorite cereal is cinnamon toast crunch and you first ate it when you were 8"

being known is being loved.

[blossomfully]

Sue Zhao // Dialogues on Love #4 // “Maybe I already do”

[heavenhillgirl]

Normal People

[movie-gifs]

If you’re going to perform inception, you need imagination. INCEPTION (2010) dir. Christopher Nolan

[modelsof-color]

Aya Jones by Dan Beleiu for Vogue España - September 2019

[paper-fairy]

“Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all on their own and they always brought something out in me. Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Summer was a book of hope. That’s why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 

[babettesfeast-deactivated202105]

I love you. I want us both to eat well.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma The Florida Project (2017) dir. Sean Baker The Farewell (2019) dir. Lulu Wang Moonlight (2016) dir. Barry Jenkins Little Women (2019) dir. Greta Gerwig God’s Own Country (2017) dir. Francis Lee In the Mood for Love (2000) dir. Wong Kar-wai

[lovethebeach-deactivated2022073]

elijah mcclain was an unarmed 23 year old black man who was murdered by aurora police officers in august 2019. his last words were "im an introvert. im just different, that’s all. im so sorry. i don’t have a gun. i don’t do that stuff. i dont do any fighting. why are you attacking me? i dont even kill flies. i dont eat meat...all i was trying to do was become better. i'll do it...you all are phenomenal. you are beautiful. and i love you. try to forgive me. im sorry." and these words should be ringing in our ears forever. please go to this link to see ways you can help get justice for his case, we cant forget him