Random writing thought: the best stories are often the ones that only you could have written — but also the ones that you could only write at this one moment.

I couldn't write All the Birds in the Sky from scratch now if I tried. But the me of 2013 couldn't have written The Prodigal Mother either.

When people ask if I'd change anything about a book I've already written, I want to explain to them that I'm not the person who wrote that book any longer, and even if I tried right now I'd write a different one. Everything you make as a writer* is a combination of what you want to say and who you are at the time you are telling that story.

*possibly also as an artist or as a human being

Made a new poster! :)

@emporium

Happy Cow waiting for a train in Scotland having escaped from a field.

Me, leaving Twitter for Tumblr.

they should invent a money that is in my bank account

New Year, New Gifs Challenge Day 11: Parallels

HOT SINGLES DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE IN YOUR AREA!!!!!!!!! CLICK NOW!!!

La Piscine (1969)

guess who’s back

Obviously: Stories from My Timeline by Akilah Hughes holding three scoops of Jeni’s and GOLF le FLEUR*’s Snowflake Ice Cream. Cover design by Kelley Brady. Cover photograph by Erin Patrice O'Brien. 

I’m in love.

A message for influencers:

“If you are an influencer and you are on the beach right now or posting pictures of that and ignoring Black Lives Matter and the moment this country is you — you’re not an influencer. You are a salesperson for brands. You are not an influencer. You are a salesperson for brands. Sit with that. And the distinction is important because maybe you’re upset because maybe your audience doesn’t respond as well when you post about Black Lives Matter and this for you is just a game of numbers. Well then sit with the fact that you’ve cultivated an audience that doesn’t give a shit, that you’ve built your brand on frivolous nonsense and so the people who care about you and follow your stuff largely don’t give a fuck about people like me [Akilah] I don’t get to go sit on the beach and pretend it’s not happening. So I’m going to challenge you to STEP IT UP. Because that’s what we are doing, that’s what we are doing.” -Akilah Hughes Comedian, Host. instagram: /akilahh / direct link to quoted video: here