A Volcano Erupting In Iceland. (Source)

it really is insane how waking up early will grant you access to some of the most beautiful sights and sensations in the world that will make you want to live forever, but only if you overcome the gauntlet of a thousand razors that is getting out of bed early. truly one of life's little saw traps.

2002

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ green flora stamps ⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹

Student studying under a tree, Bryn Mawr, 1966 | via Bryn Mawr College Special Collections

— February 1, 1922 | Franz Kafka diaries

"Ideals did nothing, however, to move the pen across the page. It scribbled and scratched and staggered with the task at hand. It didn't move through fire, like it once had, yet it still moved."

-The Drunk, The Gambler, and The Lover

Blue hour

I have a lot of creative energy, yet I sit mindlessly scrolling through lobotomizing Instagram reels and TikToks. I've thought countless times about what to do about my restlessness, but I stay stagnant. I want to make something personal and honest with all of my favorite things. I worry if what I make will be enough for me, I doubt myself a lot but my contentment is getting harder to come by and I think I just need to do it

Emily Dickinson, from her poem titled "1188," featured in The Emergency Poet