#enlivened

[howifeltabouthim]

Ah, but it is a woman's romantic view of life that keeps it from becoming dull.

Mary Balogh, from A Chance Encounter

[phoenixculpa]

Congress Hotel

Tap my arm when you laugh

Make me feel like I belong

To this beautiful empath

Union, of individualism

We read, and we listen,

We share the overlooked

And treasure it for

All it is worth, and

So much more, my

Mind adores these vibes

How we create, never

To destroy, but to revive

What hurts, make a parody

Of suburban life, all too

Familiar dormant strife,

No longer normalized

But expressed in our

Own universe, in this

Haunted hotel, narrow

Through the halls,

While we giggle and

Invade ghosts’ walls

Fearless, in our creation,

An artistic foundation

Unified through the love

Of thinking, transcending

All tangible worlds, drunk on

Sober, neurotic imperfection

[litafficionado]

[...]I didn’t visit places; I lived places. It makes all the difference in the world.

Jack Gilbert, from The Paris Review Interview