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negative space

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FLAPPER FANNY SAYS, by American cartoonist, Ethel Hays (1892-1989).

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The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever.

Lost In Translation

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my mom was once a scared girl, too. though it’s likely, it’s hard to imagine. I sit in the attic and pour over every childhood picture of her I can find. my mother, before her sharp tongue and manicured eyebrows. before three kids and a divorce settlement. before her lookalike Hepburn haircut or even a driver’s license. how human the experience of what’s wrong with me, who am I, could I be someone worth liking? when did it worry her most? where were her hiding places? I wonder if she was the journaling type—devout in everyday cursive or quick, casual updates; stuck ticket stubs and Polaroids. the names of her heartbreaks and high school bullies. I wonder if there was ever a runaway plan she crafted and never pulled the trigger to. how many ways she pictured forever turning out. I think there’s a chance my mom is still a scared girl, though we are different in our practice. I know a cold shoulder feels easier than confrontation. under the sting of her raised voice, I hear the terror in admitting she wants to be needed. how do I tell her we are speaking the same mother tongue, but become so lost in translation.

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Catedral Do Porto, Portugal by Josep

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è incredibile come una delusione ricevuta da una sola persona possa condizionare per anni il modo in cui ti relazioni a tutte le altre

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“Io invece voglio leggerezza, libertà, comprensione non trattenere nessuno, e che nessuno mi trattenga.”

— Marina Cvetaeva

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i’m starting to learn that i don't have to react to everything that bothers me, sometimes i just need to breathe, let it go, and keep my peace.

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I was thinking recently about how "alt" subcultures are so aestheticized now but they used to be much more about your societal views than the clothes you wore or even the bands you listened to, and my brain connected some dots. Idk if this is anything

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Courtney’s kinderwhore style in the 90s