“If you inherently long for something, become it first. If you want gardens, become the gardener. If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint. If you want to be valued, respect your own time. If you want to live ecstatically, find the ecstasy within yourself. This is how to draw it in, day by day, inch by inch.”
- Victoria Erickson
“Lesbos” by Sylvia Plath, from Winter Trees, originally published in 1971
He is so much like me, talking to him is like talking to myself, looking into his eyes is just like looking into the mirror.
-Anneshwa
You glow bright and then fade away, like a dream at night meaning nothing when it's day.
Anneshwa ✨
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And may you have the courage to live your mysteries with an open heart.
Sometimes my soul drenched in pain and agony cries, cries out loud to hear your voice.
Safia Elhillo, from Home Is Not a Country; “Jinn”
Sometimes they say I'm
mad, but a grain of
madness is the best of art.
-Vincent van Gogh (At Eternity's Gate)
I find beauty in melancholy. Is it problematic?