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writing:
"halve me like a walnut
pry apart of me that is hollow
from the part that yields the fruit"
I 'm tender now, in a way that I was not before. I'll flower all the same and ripen to lush potential. evoking courage and light, nothing but syrupy juice at the end of it all. i'm meant to be nectar, im meant to be consumed.
you've had a taste of sweetness to come home to, our vines now separated, moving towards our own sources of light. I stand here pressing my roots between the earth, knowing every cell is where it’s meant to be. we dance between fig trees, unable to catch the other's eye any longer.
books:
eve babitz: slow days, fast company
stories written in the form of gossip, she has me giggling before bed and wanting weekday cigarettes. a quick 120 page turner this got me pepped up to read my other arduous, sad but necessary literature.
video essays:
you need to decide to live beautifully this year: beauty as moral practice
some note and quotes i loved
"a good thing to let yourself go quiet and to look at the world rather than look at yourself looking at the world"
- beauty as a discipline, not a means to remove the worries of the world but rather, when you go back to them, you'll have shifted
- is beauty trivial and vapid? it's what the world has made it out to be. beauty and certain aesthetics are confused in many western societies - they are easily consumable.
- beauty as a practice of attention
- evacuation of the interiority - we outsource our inner lives through a platform that profits from our distraction
Arima ederra heard what you said
jean dawson white lighter
car culture the commitment issue
ross from friends thank god im a lizard
ralph castelli spinning rooms
music 4 lovers march 28th show