#pretensions

[kamala-laxman]

Relax and drop all that is unnatural in you – all pretensions, pseudo coverings, masks. Be just ordinary. To be ordinary is the greatest thing in the world. Osho

[littlepawz]

LOL, especially with the curtailed social life thanks to Covid

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.

from Dune by Frank Herbert

[ianmalcolmptsd]

Me: brain, we are having an identity crisis, what should we do?

My brain: tie knots into bits of colorful string and adorn yourself with them

Me: will the strings... help?

My brain: Helping is not my concern

[ehj3]

RETROFICTION

Over timeOne opens doors,Is tempted, then is not.Over timeOpportunity beckonsThen just cons. The drawing above is, as best as I can manage, in the style of one of my art heroes, Edward Gorey (1925-2000) he of the PBS “mystery” titles fame and writer/illustrator of many funny little books, tempered by that of R. Crumb (1943-) the most famous underground cartoonist from the 60s.  It, of course,…

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[ianmalcolmptsd]

For someone who has asthma their whole life I sure am still surprised every time my inhaler actually makes me able to breathe

Like wow

The Breathing Spray makes me Breathe Good

Wild

[ianmalcolmptsd]

Gonna start introducing myself as the modern Renaissance Man: Generally Knowledgeable, Questionably Acceptable at Parties, Probably Into Magic, and *limp wrist motion* you know

[ianmalcolmptsd]

To the me in a parallel universe whose body can digest food: you don’t know how lucky you are