Self Portrait Against Bed Wallpaper By Richard Siken

“Our Inner Guide is not offended that we don’t listen to it…” -Shannon Marie (in her book Crystal Wisdom)

re-al or fah-ke🤓

La Nuit (before 1937)

— by Auguste Raynaud

“How do I look away now that I have seen you?”

— — Rachel Mennies, from “April 18, 2017,” The Naomi Letters

August 5, 1926 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]

award-winning palestinian children's illustrator baraa awoor writes:

"what use is it to be an illustrator of children's books when the world has sentenced the children of your country to the death penalty, to vanish, to genocide?"

some of baraa's illustrations:

this is an illustration for youssef, whose mother is remembered running desperately into the hospital asking if anyone had seen a "small white boy with beautiful curly hair, his name is youssef," a description which was remembered by millions when she finally identified his body:

this illustration is for young omar, who was hugging his little brother and teaching him how to repeat the shahada after him (a prayer spoken by muslims before their death) as he lay on his hospital bed:

"we want a new year that doesn't kill us or our children, we want it a year without blood, without screaming, without pain, we want a new attempt to get our lives back, or something that resembled our life, even if life is a lie we still cling to it, return life to us—a new year's card unlike any other year:"

are you ever like damn why is literally everyone else scared of openly communicating and being direct and truthful and honest

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

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I stopped by the orchard this morning to see the apples before they’re ready.