Alex Dimitrov, from Love and Other Poems; “February”
Happy 10 year anniversary to "Hozier" By Hozier!!!
Dìdi (2024) dir. Sean Wang
Though I try hard to be alone, I can't be alone. I think about this kind of sweet apprehension. What can I do for this person? What can I be for that person? Maybe not being anything, or trying hard to be something, but rather being honest to myself is the kind of love that I can give.
‘I don’t want to lose. I don’t want to compete with strangers. I don’t want to fight. I know I’ll lose. I’m a coward, wasting my life like this. Can you… Can you become friends with a person like me?’
Luna by Léon-François Comerre (19th Century)
Moritz von Schwind, Apparition in the Forest, 1858
i cannot emphasize how necessary it is to have a buddy to participate in fandom with. completely elevated experience. don't have a buddy? find someone you like and message them and be their friend. gush over every sketch and drabble and insane headcanon they have. live life to the fullest.
Stop trying to be productive
red rooms, 2023 (dir. pascal plante)
mutuals, out of curiosity what season were you born in and what's your favorite season?
the best thing about tumblr is that you can watch a show and then you come here and someone has made a gifset of it and you can put it on your blog like a sticker in a journal
surviving the current age of internet means saying no to subscriptions and premiums for basic features. you must endure the inconvenience of not being able to use every server emoji in discord. you must build the patience to find alternatives like NewPipe so you can listen to music on youtube while your phone screen sleeps. do Not give these corporations your limited disposable income. tiktok not letting me view videos on my phone without downloading the app? i will outlast tiktok and the execs will be remembered as dull,disgusting capitalists. listen to me, listen to me. if you do not know how to pirate shows from hulu, learn. if you can't pirate it, it is not worth the money to rent it. please i'm on my hands and knees. do not accept this form of internet.
Titania Sleeping in the Moonlight Protected by Her Fairies by John Simmons (19th Century)
"Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It's a wonderful thing, to look at someone to whom I would never be attracted and think about what looking at them feels like to someone who is devouring every part of their image, who has invisible strings that are connected to this person tied to every part of their body. I think this fun pastime is a way of cultivating compassion. It feels good to think about people that way, and to use that part of my mind that I think is traditionally reserved for a tiny portion of people I'll meet in my life to appreciate the general public. I wish I thought about people like this more often. I think it's the opposite of what our culture teaches us to do. We prefer to pick people apart to find their flaws. Cultivating these feelings of love or appreciation for random people, and even for people I don't like, makes me a more forgiving and appreciative person toward myself and people I love. Also, it's just a really excellent pastime."
— Dean Spade, from his essay For Lovers and Fighters