A Letter James Dean Wrote To Barbara Glenn, Circa 1953.

A letter James Dean wrote to Barbara Glenn, circa 1953.

Dearest Barbara,

I never suspected one could know as few nice people as I know. My own damn fault. Lamas and scientists may fume and quander. Everything is not just illusion. You are my proof. You have gone to Israel but you have not. I am very lonely for you. I am alone. Thoughts are sweet, then wicked, then perverse, then penitent, then sweet. The moon is not blue. It hangs there in the sky no more.

Please forgive me for such a sloppy letter, I’m a little drunk, drink quite a bit lately. You see, I don’t know whats going on anymore than you do. Remarkable lot, human beings. I care too.

In antiphonal azure swing, souls drone their unfinished melody… When did we live and when did we not? In my drunken stupor I said a gem. I must repeat it to you loved one. Let’s see “great actors are often time pretentious livers. The pretentious actor, a great liver.” (Don’t get a headache over it.) God Damnit!! I miss you… You’re terribly missing. Come back. Maybe I can come up and see you. You think you need understanding? Who do you think you are? I could use a little myself. You’re probably running around up there with all those handsome guys. When I get my boat, you’ll be sorry.

Hope you’re ok up there. Working pretty hard I guess. More than you can say for us poor thespians back here in the city.

Got to move out of this crappy old apartment. Can’t get along with nobody I guess. Makes you feel good when you’re not wanted.

Love, Jim

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the fact it’s been 3 years since grenfell tower tragedy. i remember going past the shell a month or so after it happened and seeing the empty shell where many people lost their lives.

if you don’t know about grenfell, you should read up on it. a tower block burnt to the ground three years ago in london, leaving 72 people dead (though this number might be higher.) due to cladding that had been applied to make the tower block more sightly for the area. majority of the people living there were black and poc. a lot of neglect led up to this tragedy and the residents paid for it. probably one of the worst tragedy’s to come out of the UK since the war.

it’s harrowing. couple of things to remember:

- the tragedy was due to gentrification, classism and structural racism.

- not to mention safety neglect. Grenfell did not have sprinklers in the building. the leader of the kensington borough had said that putting sprinklers in the building would delay refurbishment. (😪)

- important to remember that a majority of the residents were black/poc and refugees and working class.

- the cladding used on the building was £22 per square metre. fireproof cladding was £24 per square meter. that £2 difference could have made a difference. the cheaper option was used. £2 more was too expensive to use for these residents lives? appalling.

- 300 tower blocks still use this flammable cladding today. that’s estimated 23,000 families/households. (tory) government said they’d work on removing flammable cladding from these buildings when the tragedy happened. three years later were still waiting...

- previous Grenfell residents are still waiting to be rehoused and are still in temporary housing three years later.

- 72 deaths occured from this tragedy but there are still people unaccounted for

- it’s been three years and there is still no justice for these people and nobody has been held accountable. truly atrocious.

i will see if there’s any petitions/donation sites that i will compile in the next few hours. i’ll reblog them and they’ll be in the notes.

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