#sea-change

[innervoiceartblog]

“So hope for a great sea-change

On the far side of revenge.

Believe that further shore

Is reachable from here.

Believe in miracle

And cures and healing wells.

Call miracle self-healing:

The utter, self-revealing

Double-take of feeling.

If there's fire on the mountain

Or lightning and storm

And a god speaks from the sky

That means someone is hearing

The outcry and the birth-cry

Of new life at its term.”

- Seamus Heaney: from 'the Cure at Troy'.

[theburialofstrawberries]

bouchard holding out until he's sure amaïr is emotionally available for more than just dick....bitch has standards. respect

[flaviantemple]

sea-change replied to your post:spent the evening at a free gig in the sitting...

That sounds so so so lovely I’m glad you got to go!

thanks!! it was so out of the blue and now i've fallen in love with the whole idea :) they have a 'guestlist' every month (you email to say you'd like to go, and they have a cut-off point just because of space limitations) so i've signed up to the mailing list and will hopefully be able to go again!

they're doing a special one with an all-female artist line-up next month for International Women's Day, and hopefully also some speakers about women's rights etc, so that'd be ace to get to if i can.

(oh oh also the last band had a female lead singer and she was singing songs about girls and obviously i do not presume to know her sexuality but the songs were pretty damn queer and i am so Here For That.)

[thequeensthroat]

Heyyyy <3

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker, The Ramones

[flaviantemple]

9, 12, 16

[let me introduce myself]

9. tattoos i want (/‘tattoos currently under consideration’)

‘i aten’t dead’ on my ankle, possibly + bees, flowers, growing things

waves. other ankle, or something

some music (after a long + careful thought process to settle on the right thing)

something?? on my upper arm?? both because personal significance and because it kinda looks really cool??

none of these (except possibly the first) are remotely definite or set in stone, and there are so many more thoughts i have now i’ve started... actually thinking about doing this thing

12. ideas of a perfect date (i am here using the general ‘you’, obviously!)

take me to a bookshop or a library, like seriously. we don’t have to buy anything but talking about books is a really good one for me, and these are environments in which i feel comfortable, which is good, because the whole ‘date’ thing can feel really uncomfortable

picnic by the seaside. (really, anything by the seaside. you want to go for a freezing walk on the beach in the middle of winter? I’M GAME, LET’S GET CHIPS)

a concert, classical or otherwise, especially if it’s music you love. i can get into just about anything if it’s something you’re passionate about. (this one definitely needs time for chats or even just basking in the excellence of music afterwards)

is staying in and curling up together with a film/tv a date? does it matter? because that. (bonus points if: blanket fort, cats)

honestly, though, the company and the conversation is the absolute most important. let’s have honesty + openness, compassion, good listening skills, ENTHUSIASM, sharing, humour

16. favourite movie

PRIDE PRIDE PRIDE

(though until v recently it was truly, madly, deeply, which i still think everyone should see because juliet stevenson and alan rickman and the best soundtrack because classical music oh gosh this is a close second still)

[borgevino]

pssssh as if the rules apply to YOU. I WOULD GIFT YOU: one of those super expensive prints you were crying about the other day, the complete collected works of borges in a v. nice set that i might have to print myself who knows, the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa and a roberto bolano novel (maybe 2666?) for selfish reasons but also b/c i think you'd love them, annnnd... a tattoo gift certificate?? if they exist? so you can get your labyrinth done.

darliNG THESE ARE ALL WONDERFUL THINGS <3333 i need to read roberto bolano posthaste tbh

[flaviantemple]

I WOULD GIFT YOU: a selection of dresses, particularly floral or lace ones, some fun antique jewellery, some books that i would cross my fingers you've not read, a felt calcifer badge (etsy(.)com/ca/listing/210424730/calcifer-badge) ANNNNND a package of glitter confetti stars

gOSH thank you!! this is so many of my favourite things? people who buy me books are (some of) the best kinds of people - i'm always both excited and terrified to do it for others, so it strikes me as a brave sort of thing to do

also on that last: we had a packet of scatter stars for the table at christmas and i got to put them out and i did it after a glass of fizz and it made me feel like i was creating the universe or something (so in conclusion: if anyone's ever at a loss for a v small present, glitter confetti stars make me very happy)

[in case anyone else wants to indulge me]

[jadeoxfordrose]

I WOULD GIFT YOU: newt & hermann plushies (they must exist, right?) and a scary trousers tshirt: neverwear(.)myshopify(.)com/products/scary-trousers-tee (i have to admit that i'm guessing as to whether or not you like gaiman, but he/the shirt seems up your alley)

Well I gotta say my blog is doing an excellent job of conveying what I like because this would be amazing XD And for the record while I would totally enjoy the shirt o its own merit, I am in fact a big Neil Gaiman fan :)

based on my tumblr, what would you buy me as a present