Making Art Is Actually Abusive Because You Are Manipulating The Viewer Into Feeling Something

So you got the thing that we both applied for and I didn't, and now you're calling me and explaining all the details about it and complaining about people there. Hmmmmm.

Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (1840-1915), Get finished Flowering, 1870, oil on canvas, 55.3 x 67.5 cm. Oblastní galerie Liberec

“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”

literature posters; the book thief by markus zusak

a whole bunch of links for a bad day

serotonin

2048

control the weather (flash warning)

spend bill gates’ money

read a book

write without distractions

snickerdoodle mug cakes

recipes for when you’re low on spoons

khan academy

an aggressive reminder

1000 awesome everyday things

make a picrew of a worm on a string

bongo cat

useless websites

emergency compliments

a nice uquiz

more useless websites

sketch comedy

sculpt something

guess google searches

white noise

rain

customizable

coffee shop

thunderstorm + fireplace

rain on a tin roof

rain + traffic

train sounds

a fan

catharsis

scream into the void

cut your screen (trigger warning)

break glass

self-care

inexpensive self-care

small acts of self-care

develop a self-care plan

do nothing for two minutes

cope with:

common sleep problems (+solutions)

nightmares

stress

stress 2

are you stressed or depressed?

homework stress

an eating disorder

things to do instead of harming yourself

trauma

anger

worrying

grief

a breakup

the suicide of a loved one

bullying

is this relationship harmful?

sexual assault

obsessive-compulsive disorder

obsessive-compulsive disorder 2

suicidal thoughts

help

a whole bunch of hotlines

more hotlines

suicide hotlines

talk to someone

active positivity blogs

@positivityreblogs

@positivitie

@recoverystuff

@survivor-positivity

@ocdiscourse

@positivelypastelpink

@positiveautistic

@mental–healthawareness

@slfcare

@traumasurvivors

@softheartedsuggestion

remember:

drink some water

eat something if you haven’t in a while

take a break

sleep if you need to

you’re doing amazing i love you

My friend: [recommends me a show]

Me: [watches the show and gets my heart broken]

Me: Why WOULD YOU MAKE ME WATCH IT? YOU KNOW IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART!

My friend: Because I know you're the kind of person who likes to get his heart broken.

Me:

“Nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it.”

— Unknown (via childmagazine)

arabic poetry is so beautifully yet painfully romantic, i mean “they asked “do you love her to death?” i said “speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life" and “because my love for you is higher than words, i've decided to fall silent" could have got jane austen crying and shaking

LOVE LETTERS<333.

ek muddat se tirī yaad bhī aa.ī na hameñ,

aur ham bhuul ga.e hoñ tujhe aisā bhi nahīñ.

Firaq Gorakhpuri