steady my soul.

[whenjanemetserge]

I have never seen submission embodied half so well As in the feeble competition between men with souls to sell And I've never seen a guard dog with less fearsome of a bite Than with its tail between its legs found at the rich man's side Look at him, he's sweating, he's sweating from the climb Office worker, soldier, CEO, hе's bleedin' and he's blind And I have nevеr seen a creature more pitiful than him He drinks power like saltwater, all because he cannot swim

Paris Paloma - Good Boy

[urgetocreate]

Simeon Nijenhuis (Dutch b.1969), Stairway (to the Garden), 2025, Oil on panel

[robert-hadley]

The home of Luis Barragán, 2018. Photo - Rich Stapleton

[mournfulroses]

Clarice Lispector, from An Apprenticeship or, The Book of Delights written in 1969

[worldsandemanations]

by Robert Kelly

[whenjanemetserge]

I was a little bit lighter and adventure on my sleeve I was a little drunk and looking for company So I found myself a sweetheart with the softest of hands We were unlucky in love, but I'd do it all again - Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue

[laclefdescoeurs]

[whenjanemetserge]

People want to be told what to do so badly that they'll listen to anyone.

[vervediary-deactivated20190518]

Brett Whiteley, View of the Garden, 1977.

[kindofluxe]

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[romantique-rose]

[whenjanemetserge]

And if you come and see me, You will upset the order. You cannot come and see me, For I set myself apart. But when you come and see me, In California, You cross the border of my heart. Well, I have sown untidy furrows Across my soul, But I am still a coward, Content to see my garden grow So sweet & full Of someone else's flowers.

Joanna Newsom – In California

[slufoot]

[theshinysquirrel]

[whenjanemetserge]

Love has brought me down Like love's been known to do I try to deny with all my heart That I'm in love with you I don't really care You knew that’s what I'd say The only time I miss you Is every single day I know how you work I am just like you No matter what you say Our hearts are wrong, our hearts are wrong

Jessica Lea Mayfield - Our Hearts are Wrong

[groteleur]

[isidoraworks]

Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it - that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. There is a truth to that. We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.

Stephen Fry

[shitly]