Do you ever get memories about conversations years ago and think “wow I really let them say that to me”
Month: May 2017
Vacant Cinema: Jane Eyre (2011) dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
I wish a woman could have action in her life, like a man. It agitates me to pain that the skyline over there is ever our limit. I long sometimes for a power of vision that would overpass it, if I could behold all I imagine. I’ve never seen a city. I’ve never spoken with men. And I fear my whole life will pass.
Took a nap and had a dream that I’d gotten a hyperrealistic tattoo of a Band Aid, just so that I could cover it with a real Band Aid.
When people would ask what happened, I’d say, “It’s kind of weird. Are you sure you wanna’ see?” and then I’d dramatically rip the Band Aid off to reveal my tattoo of a Band Aid.
Classic Astral Plane Me.
I Got A Cat For My Sick And Grumpy Grandpa, And He Turned His Life Upside Down
“I’ve been photographing my grandfather, Jiji, since I had no clue how to use a camera. One day, 94-year-old Jiji’s life was turned upside-down by Kinako the cat.
Since the War ended, for 64 years, Jiji commuted to his office, but in 2009 he was sent to the hospital. The doctor said he was sick. The once outgoing man gradually lost his interest in life and became grumpier than ever. It was around that time that I brought Kinako to live with us.
An extraordinary friendship gradually grew between the two. Who would have thought that a timid kitten would befriend a grumpy old man! The border between human and animal melts, just as shy Kinako melted Jiji’s heart.”Text/photos by akiko-dupont.com – Via Bored Panda
People need to be given room to change. And our relationships need to honor that space. You don’t stop evolving just because you’re with somebody. We need to come together with the understanding that there’s a temporariness to the moment, that shifts are bound to occur, and one day we might begin to feel differently. There doesn’t have to be so much animosity and pain around change. There doesn’t have to be so much poison and violence around growth. Paths split and re-converge all the time. If they’re important to you, you’ll know how to get home. But you’ve got to loosen up those knots in your gut. You’re allowed to be somebody different after seven years. You are permitted several breakthroughs across the span of your life. We cannot deny each other that potential–ever.
Persephone
ate the seeds
because on land
she was a flower
but over death
she was a queen
the dead whispered her name with fear and admiration (l.e.h)