incapable.

"Whatever we cherish, we shall lose, and there's simply nothing we can do about it. This may sound profoundly depressing at first, but it's not. It's simply the truth."

[yesdarlingido]

“Frustration, sadness, fear or rage are difficult emotions to witness, but the people we love sometimes need for us to witness and hold difficult emotions for them. We can grow our capacity to witness strong emotions without collapsing into them. We can remain calm, not automatically having an equal or opposite emotional response, but it takes time to learn this capacity, especially if no one modeled it for us when we were young.”

— Mark Greene

[thewriterscaravan]

“Empathy then is a scale where we make distinctions between feeling, responding and reacting. An intention that needs setting and resetting on a regular basis. A thermostat for our emotional states, if you will. It is not an automatic reaction but a choice; a choice we make not just when convenient but also when we are unsure but would want to appeal to our best selves as opposed to being steered by our own more rabid versions. Yes, calling out problematic incidents and behaviours is crucial but let us not be swept by the same toxicity of individual blame v/s systemic power structures when vilifying rank unknowns. This needs a moment of pause, a slight turn inwards (in-feeling) before judgment, theatrics and refusal.”

— Scherezade Siobhan, A Failure of Empathy (Published at Medium)

[underwelmed]

art by mafalda

[tinyghosts]

“It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can make you want to scream. But somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us, whether you are an electric form of decoration, peppermint-scented sweet, a source of timber, or a potato pancake.”

— Lemony Snicket, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming (via quotespile)

[gamecubist]

a masterpost

[zagreus]

you can only reblog this every day of the week

[somerollingstone]

[timbllr]

from weheartit

[moodsandmatters]

[lyjerria]

if it’s meant for me, I will have it. if it isn’t, I’m prepared to receive something even better.

[up2sky]

[babyvintagee]

[fatimaisbored]

[latenights]

if someone makes you happy, make them happier

[suspention]

Photo by Alice Pasqual on Unsplash

[israel--riqueros-deactivated202]

“What good is a jewel that ain’t still precious?… How could you run off on me?, How could you run off on us?, You feel like God inside that gold, I found you laying down with Samson and his full head of hair… Found my queen Cleopatra, bad dreams, Cleopatra…” - Frank Ocean (Pyramids).

Image from my photo series “KISS LAND”

The images explore the underground life of women who sell themselves for sex and lust to feel wanted. It is set in a very neo-noir setting, inspired visually by the films Blade runner and Eyes Wide Shut.

Model: Ally Davis.

[wuukasch]

[livingpursuit]