Y.L.

A girl with a guitar on her back and books in her bag. Writer of Labyrinthyl.wordpress.com

[gentlyepigrams]

There's a post going around Tumblr about how if you're post-menopausal and have bleeding, you should get it checked by your doctor. I brought some minor bleeding I'd had up in a doctor visit earlier this year, prompted by that post, and this week, after a biopsy, I found out I have cancer. It's early stage and the survival odds at 5 years are 99%. I have an oncologist appointment and we may have caught it early enough that surgery alone will be sufficient treatment (no radiation/chemo).

So that post may have saved my life and it may have made my treatment a lot easier too.

If you get into menopause and then start bleeding again, really, get your reproductive innards checked out. The life you save may be your own.

[wanasss]

“The very least we can do is hold on to our compassion.

Not just for those who look or speak like us or carry the same passport.

But for anyone.

Anywhere.“

Show Me Your Passport, l May Show You My Empathy

Tonight’s match: Bad Guys vs Very Bad Guys “Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we’re to protect this hom

[wanasss]

Labyrinthyl

Evolving human since 1995

Is it Labyrinth-Y.L.? Or Labyrinthyl? ✍️

[wanasss]

“Whenever you feel like you don't belong anywhere, just remember that you involuntarily belong to an entire family line who felt pain and joy, struggled and rejoiced, evolved and survived until this very moment, inside of you, feeling proud and curious that you are here continuing their unfinished stories.”🌱🤍

Family.. You Can Check Out Anytime You Want But You Can Never Leave

Grandma cooking her immortal DNA Do you ever wonder how different would your life be if your mom and dad hadn’t met? If your father had marr

[museify]

[asvpfrenchy]

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[wanasss]

Art doesn't have to make sense; it's just supposed to make you feel something.

[wanasss]

“You’re not stuck—you’re in the middle of figuring things out, and that’s a powerful place to be.”

[wanasss]

Your journey and those who get to accompany you, are far more important than your destination..

[armeleia]

Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives

You’re more than what you make.

Your productivity does not determine your value.

It’s okay to do nothing sometimes.

Not everything you do has to result in a product.

Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good.

You can make things just for yourself.

You can keep secrets for yourself, whether it’s not posting some of your projects or not sharing your techniques.

You’re allowed to say no.

You’re allowed to rest.

[armeleia]

2023 Updates:

Inspiration doesn’t cure burnout. Rest cures burnout.

People will wait for you; take your time and come back when you are ready.

It’s okay to scrap projects that no longer excite you, even if other people like them.

It’s delightful and excellent to be openly proud of your work.

Afford yourself the same gentleness that you would afford another creative - negative self-talk is counterproductive and frankly cruel.

Self-indulgent creations are satisfying to others as well; don’t apologize for your own pleasure.

Actually, don’t apologize for your work at all.

[alianoralacanta]

Inspiration is a sign of successfully curing burnout.

Take it steady nonetheless - humans are persistence hunters. When your ideas get tired and you’re in a good state of mind, some of them will metaphorically land gently on your shoulder and rest there.

[felineandhustle]

[primulaceas]

Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath; entry no. 102

[glowcowboy]

i love re-consuming media i used to love when i was younger. like wow! child me still is in me i am holding her hand and keeping her safe and doing her favorite things with her!!!!

[wanasss]

Me watching Harry Potter for the zillionth time 🪄

[just-french-me-up]

May 2023 leave you creatively fulfilled.

May 2023 bring you joy in your creative endeavours, be it baby steps or huge strides.

May you write the stories from your heart, draw the world within, sing in the shower, learn a new song, develop new techniques, get inspired by others, hone your skills, colour that notebook, compose this piece, find joy in your art and revel in the knowledge that no one else can do it in the unique way you do

[wanasss]

Tumblr is the platform equivalent of a serene beautiful camp on the Blue Lagoon beach in Dahab.

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

The point of officially naming a pet is not to actually use that name but to have a baseline from which to come up with every conceivable nickname to call them instead.

[abysswarlock]

You bury a seed not because it looks nice in the dirt, but because the limbs that branch out will look nice in the sky

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

Congrats on contributing to the ancient tumblr tradition of turning shitposts into profound poetry

[sawasawako-archived]

“Our minds are very good at finding patterns in things—faces in the clouds, a drumbeat in a downpour. Artworks rely on this dynamic, unifying effort of the human mind. Novels present a pattern of events that create suspense or surprise, while paintings expect that we’ll be sensitive to composition and color. Artworks in all media ask us to pay attention, to anticipate upcoming events, to construct a whole out of parts, and to feel an emotional response to the pattern that we help create.”

– ‘The Significance of Film Form,’ Film Art: An Introduction, David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson

[anexperimentallife]

I feel so attacked right now...