a compilation of videos very worth watching! 

The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. We’re drawn in — or out — and the windows of our perception are cleansed, as William Blake said. The same thing can happen when we’re around young children or adults who have unlearned those habits of shutting the world out.

Ursula Le Guin

the world is heartbreaking every day and the world is beautiful every day and we have to pay attention to both

— L.M. Montgomery, from Anne Of The Island

Daily "avoiding hopelessness" checklist

Hey, friends. I know I've been really struggling to look towards the future with any kind of hope, so here are some little things I've been trying to do every day that might help you, too.

Love you all <3

Jean Rhys, After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie

Marie Museenkuss survival guide for the dark months

move body every day (Pilates, flexibility, yoga, dancing tutorials on YouTube — to keep my body warm and happy and my spirit entertained)

one lunch/shopping/other date with friends a week (to make sure I’m not sinking into self-isolation, to exchange words, thoughts and concepts, to laugh together)

1h of reading a day (to keep myself inspired)

one good film a week (to keep myself inspired visually, to starve off the bottomless scrolling spiral)

one outing a week (Museum, cinema, reading, anything to get out of the house and remember that there is more than darkness, sludge and dread. Also to spend time with myself (or friends/family?) and appreciate the opportunities that going to new places and seeing new things/people give me)

do something with hands (knitting, writing, anything I can hold in my hands later on to remember how I passed the time)

take care of appearance (coordinate outfits both at home and outside, do nails, use scrubs, get ears re-pierced etc to feel comfortable in my own skin and avoid sinking into apathy, to bring pops of colour into the grey)

stimulate the senses as often as possible (new foods, colourful notebooks, playlists, scarves with interesting patterns — anything to keep myself alert, interested and entertained)

@_natstein on instagram, set design

Dolls’ house made by Frans and Christina Bosdyk in Picton, New South Wales, 1997-2006. It is is heavily influenced by traditional 17th century Dutch dolls houses and is made to 1/10-1/12 scale, with 20 rooms and a working electrical system. The style of the building and rooms span a period from late nineteenth century to the 1950s and portrays aspects of Dutch and Australian life from that time (via).

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Czeslaw Milosz, New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001

gk

Natalia Chamova

I am not taking a risk

Not risking it pals

U know what I want potato of luck

Damn right I’m reblogging. See previous post re wrath of whatever from high atop the thing.

potato I will never ask you for anything else in my lifetime please potato for fuck's sake

source: To a Dusky Maiden, the Pittsburgh Courier, August 6th, 1927.