I Wanted To Be That Girl. . . . . .

— Juansen Dizon

“I am not magic enough. I’ve tried, but I’m just flesh, blood yet to spill.”

— Danez Smith, from Short Film

Nizar Qabbani once wrote There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile anymore when they're mentioned.

Just like Ahmad Faraz said Ab tere zikr pe hum baat badal dete hain, kitni raghbat thi tere naam se pehle pehle

Ada Limón, from The Carrying; “Sometimes I think my body leaves a shape in the air”

“In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less, an inevitable circumstance. Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person’s heart and dissolve it. You could see it, too, as a kind of double-edged sword. It protects me, but at the same time steadily cuts away at me from the inside.”

— Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924)

Ruminations on Godhood & Girlhood: How does a girl become real?

Kristin Chang// Mary Queen of Scots dir. Josie Rourke// Hippolytos translated by Anne Carson// Agnes of God, John Pielmeyer// Romeo and Juliet dir. Franco Zefferelli// Richard Siken// Gwendolyn Macewen// Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Black Madonna by Magdalena Walulik//Weeping Madonna statue//The Archetypes” Marina and the Diamonds// Joan of Arc mural// Kristin Chang// The Philadelphia Story dir. George Cukor// Nikki Giovanni

any ideas of souls filling things to do in the next two months of summer rather than rot in bed on my phone all day long ❣️

omg bestie i could ask the same question im currently rotting away in lockdown...... here, i’ll do my best!

decide that ur going to learn something. it doesn’t have to be a language but it could be, i think it’s fun! there’s loads of language learning resources on tumblr. buy a $7 Irish flute and learn to play it. u could become a diy ‘expert’ in new guinean tribal art.... literally whatever you’re interested in and have never had the time to pursue in your normal routine and just go!!

assuming you a) had some interest in learning a language and b) are spending some of your time rotting watching tv and movies, then watch them in another language and you will be pleasantly surprised how much you pick up on!! let ur rotting be a little more useful and fun

buy some cheap diy stuff 2 keep urself busy.... paints or embroidery supplies or beads to make yourself jewellery... you can add a little something to all your clothes like that!

get into baking bread. there’s so many benefits... a) it’s very time consuming, no more rotting for you b) you will have dirty hands you can’t use your phone c) it’s not actually very hard just watch a tutorial and follow the instructions d) you will spend the time standing up which is good if you’re not getting much other exercise or time to stretch e) i love you i want us both to eat well duh??!!

if ur able to then leave your phone at home one day and go on a little adventure outdoors. stay close so you’re safe etc but just get out and do something find inspiration in nature go!!!! its my favourite antidote

delete all your social media off your phone (yes, even tumblr) for a week i pinky promise it will improve your quality of life by at least 30%

i hope one of these was useful!! mwah

“Goodnight and great love to you. We see the same stars.”

— George Mallory