Should A Man Pay For The First Date? Would You Pay For The First Date?

Can we be pen pals so you can send me such beautiful letters? 😇🥰

Shouldn't we become friends for that first?

Regen

Schon als Kind war ich fasziniert vom Regen.

Die kühlenden Tropfen auf meiner Haut;

die einzigartige Stille,

mir so vertraut;

der schwarze Teppich,

aus unzähligen Wolken gebaut;

endlose Stunden habe ich in den Himmel geschaut.

by Weltenasche.

Do you have any good paper/ink you use for special occasions? Can you show that?

Yes, I do. I have several "good" papers and inks. Depending on the reason, the type and the content of the writing, I then change the paper or ink accordingly.

The following picture shows black paper (Burano Nero - Roman Tower) and gold drawing ink (Rohrer & Klingner).

Your Words

Recently you wrote to me and said:

„Your words aren't what they used to be. You wrote of love and so naive; Now all I read is full of grief.

Was it me who left you scarred; Who made your words and heart so hard? If so; it was never my intent I hope some day you'll understand.“

by Weltenasche.

Was für Kunst magst du? Wleche Künstler findest du faszinierend?

Gewissermaßen ist mein künstlerisches Interesse von einer Faszination für das Morbide geprägt. Folglich sprechen mich düstere Kunstwerke an, die beispielsweise von Melancholie, Einsamkeit, Hoffnungslosigkeit oder Agonie durchzogen sind.

Meiner Meinung nach wohnt in nichts auf dieser Welt eine vergleichbare Detailverliebtheit, wie die in einer gequälten Seele; Und wenn jene Seele diese leidvollen Momente zu Blatt bringt, dann sprechen wir von Kunst.

Um ein paar Beispiele zu nennen:

„Angoisse“ - August Friedrich Schenck

„The Orphan“ - August Friedrich Schenck

„И ПРОСТИ НАМ ГРЕХИ НАШИ“ (dt. Und vergib uns unsere Sünden) - Emil Holárek

„Musstad“ - Theodor Kittelsen

„Epidemie“ - Alfred Kubin

„Abandoned“ - Jakub Schikaneder

Die Verbildlichungen von Gustave Doré (besonders bezogen auf Dantes Inferno, 13. Gesang; den Wald der Selbstmörder)

Und noch viele mehr, aber das sollte als kurze Auflistung erstmal genügen.

Can you show us a typical draft for one of your poems?

You should do something about the calluses on your hands ... it's disgusting and no woman likes that 🤮🤮

They don't bother me; they're just a by-product of the sport I do. I've yet to meet a woman who was bothered by them

Forsaken

The mirror won’t meet me, it knows where I’ve been.

I am as damned as the devil, and as guilty as sin.

My name is a whisper, carved under your skin,

Forgotten by time, and forsaken by kin.

by Weltenasche.

Doesn't it piss you off that a random woman can just post a picture of her tits/ass without any effort and get ten times as many likes and attention for it as you will ever get for one of your poems? Then why post poems at all? But this blog is dead anyway - no interaction - no posting - nothing 🤣

No, it doesn't, and honestly, I've never really thought about that before. I don't measure my blog and its value by trivial things like attention or likes.

But from a logical standpoint, it only makes sense, as poetry is more of a niche interest, while something like sexual desire, which is amplified/triggered by the visual impressions you mentioned, certainly appeals to a broader audience.

And I post my poems because I enjoy reading the associations they evoke in people who read them, the ways in which they are interpreted, the memories, impressions, and feelings that people associate with them.

Not everything in the world we call ours should be solely tied to attention, although certainly too much already is.