small acts of care

26 yrs. London. Somali. I have love for history + good films + good shows + good books/writing/poetry & beautiful places

[primulaceas]

Alejandro Zambra, Ways of Going Home (translated by Megan McDowell)

[primulaceas]

Natalie Diaz, “Snake-Light.” Postcolonial Love Poem

[beingharsh]

Yi Yi (2000), dir. Edward Yang

[sunbathe]

___hwii

[freshmoviequotes]

Past Lives (2023)

[imtangible]

Damn, it hurts :(

[verklemptttt]

I’m spiralling today and I don’t know how to be still and in the moment, I feel this urgency that I have to solve everything right now, something i used to feel a lot and it’s come around again ugh

[fravery]

"Evening In Blue"

Mark Grantham, Canadian

acrylic on canvas

[kakaollusut-deactivated20240810]

[mun-dane]

on love arriving unannounced

[verklemptttt]

Writing is honestly one of my main joys of life, one of only hobbies i really enjoy alhamdulilah, I actually look forward to it, getting lost in the story

[wetheurban]

Feeling everything so deeply is exhausting,  but the more I think about it, the more thankful  I am for this quality of sensitivity. It protects me. It serves as a wellspring of creativity. It enhances my intuition and allows me to appreciate beauty  in the smallest nuances. It makes me want to  listen, understand, and empathize with others.  I get to engage with life, love, and connection  in the most profound way. And while it has  its challenges, being sensitive is a gift  that I will never shame myself for.

[talonabraxas]

A gentle path in the marsh

[britomart]

[ID: A dreamy photograph showing a gently trodden path through tall pink and green plants/grass, through tall dark green trees. /end ID.]

[annijaozola]

[baderam]

[resqectable]

“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.”

— Albert Camus, from Notebooks, 1951-1959

[heardchef]

ayo edebiri + gioncarlo valentine film sheet!

[soulfulakhi]

كن قوياً ، حتى عندما تشعر عظامك بأنها لا تستطيع تحمل ثقل روحك.

Be strong, even when your bones feel like they cannot carry the weight of your soul.

[verklemptttt]

ready to be in a new city and have new routines, like grabbing some bread on my way home to my old apartment in an old city, also wouldn’t hurt to fall in love too, having hope for that this year insha’Allah 🥹🧡