Sigh
“Hello, listeners. In breaking news: the sky. The Earth. Life! Existence as an unchanging plane with horizons of birth and death in the faint distance. We have nothing to speak about. There never was. Words are an unnecessary trouble. Expression is time, wasting away. Any communication is just a yelp in the darkness. Ladies, gentlemen, listeners. You. I am speaking now, but I am saying nothing! I am just making noises and, as it happens, they are organized in words, and you should not draw meaning from this.”
I mean if Carlos the scientist is supposed to be universally adored they could not have cast a better actor tbh
“What’s your favorite thing about your sister?” “Her happiness.” (Hunza Valley, Pakistan)
“Psychologists say it’s not uncommon to think of fictional characters as your friends. They call these attachments parasocial relationships, and a growing body of research suggests there may be more to these connections than we realize. It turns out that as we grow emotionally attached to characters who are part of a minority group, our prejudices tend to recede.“
This is another reminder of how important initiatives like everysinglewordspoken are. Not only to demand media representation for POC, but to change group attitudes about the ‘other’ and erase prejudice on a wide scale.
Things I like! Quotes from classic literature, nature, photography, other art- especially Vincent van Gogh, archery, and Welcome to Night Vale.
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