#Brian Luong

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Art by Brian Luong

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six months since || just another day, thank god

and i am glad, so deeply glad, that six months since the worst day it is just a normal day. i feel normal. i am on meds now. i am happier. i am in therapy. and i am no longer in the space. a thousands times happier and a thousand times more stable. i do things that make it easier for me to move through the world instead of just pushing through. it is another day and tomorrow will be another days and those days will bleed into a future.

when i was done dying, dan deacon | tired, ramón casas | “letter to violet dickinson”, virginia woolf | interior, model reading, edward hopper | sand and foam, kahlil gibran | burn it down, brian luong |tim kavanagh | grant howitt | the aeneid, virgil | jujutsu kaisen, gege akutami |undertale | nickie zimov | please stay, lucy dacus | suzanne siegel | rhythm of war, brandon sanderson  | stranger things, matt duffer & ross duffer | letter to an old poet, boygenius | sower at sunset, vincent van gogh | oathbringer, brandon sanderson | everything everywhere all at once, daniel kwan & daniel scheinert | once a lady told me, nikki giovanni | poet’s loft, david hettinger | kurt vonnegut | downtown express 72nd st. station, subway, new york, 1977, willy spiller | thanK you aIMee, taylor swift | daughters of the dust, julie dash | loose lips, kimya dawson | vincent van gogh | letters to vera, vladimir nabokov

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how PTSD feels like a fracture of the self. from this post by @ojibwa / Guang Yang aka 阳光 aka Yang Guang (Chinese, b. 1981, Shiyan City, Hubei, China, based Xian, China) - 刻耳柏洛斯 (Cerberus), 2022, Paintings / visual poem by @hee-blee-art / Threads of Transformation: ‘Conversion’ by Kim Westfall, 2016. Vibrant acrylic yarn woven into a tapestry of emotional rebirth. / A Self-Portrait in Letters by Anne Sexton / skeleton! by brian luong. / Ghost I, Christina Marie Brown

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MUMMY

Art by BRIAN LUONG

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Artwork by Brian Luong

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Brian Luong   artofbrianluong.com

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hangman page; rage is a burning house

how to become a forest fire, shira erlichman // the invention of solitude, paul auster // blaze (2017) and smoke and fire 2 (1996), jennifer walton // aew collision, nov. 11, 2023 // to my father / to my future son, ocean vuong // burning house, night, vertical (2007), lois dodd // a lot to be mad about, kiki nicole // hangman page aew entrance 2024 // swerve strickland on x, nov. 16, 2023 // the icarus girl, helen oyeyemi // turn to hate, orville peck // the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, junot diaz // burn it down (2016), brian luong // aew collision, jul. 6, 2024 // home is not a country; “haitham”, safia elhillo

[nevver]

Poppies, Brian Luong

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The shame of asking to be loved

Olivia Laing The Lonely City | Hala Alyan I'm Not Speaking First | Gabrielle Bates and Jennifer S. Cheng So We Must Meet Apart | Peripety series by Jen Mazza | Carol Lee To Die For | Pigment Transfer series by Hollis Brown Thornton | Liv Ullmann Changing | Richard Siken A Primer for the Small Weird Loves | Succession HBO | Ottessa Moshfegh My Year of Rest and Relaxation | anonymous quote | Brian Luong | CJ Hauser The Crane Wife | Nora Sakavic All for the Game series

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[ image one: black words against white background. The poem reads "To love anyone / means to admit extinction. / I tell myself this / so I never fall in love, so that the fire lights just me."

image two: a black and white digital drawing. A person is crouched down, sitting on the ground and staring forward. The person is completely in black, save for their white eyes. They are on fire, with smoke rising above the white flames.

image three: the quote "you burn me".

image four: a black and white digital drawing. A black house is on fire, lit from within by the white flames that rise out of the windows and out of the roof. Stars dot the night sky above. Light spills out of the open doorway of the house as a black figure walks away.

image five: the quote "You were burned, you were about to burn, you are still on fire".

image six: a black and white digital drawing. A black skeleton is standing in the forest, enveloped completely in white flames. They are facing a black figure, who is facing them.

image seven: the lyrics "And I've been a forest fire / I am a forest fire / And I am the fire and I am the forest / And I am a witness watching it / I stand in a valley watching it" / end id ]

BURNING 🔥

to love anyone by victoria chang / demon by brian luong / fragment 38 by sappho / burn it down by brian luong / straw house, straw dog by richard siken / skeleton by brian luong / a burning hill by mitski

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the burden of devotion: wip intro + camp (not)nano project

(art by brian luong)

genre: action, contemporary fiction, sci-fi (superhumans)

tropes/themes: devotion/loyalty, sisterhood, found family, martyr complex/chosen one

cw: violence, abuse (past, mentions only)

status: nothing but this post, a pinterest board, and a dream :-)

goal: outline, zero draft, 50% of first draft complete (25-35k?)

personal camp rules: write mon-fri, at least one 15min sprint/day, no writing on weekends (let's get that work life balance!)

☆ tag, pinterest

summary:

Years after testifying against the superhuman that destroyed her town and nearly killed her, Audra's in a newly developed witness protection program that's given her everything she's ever wanted: a home, a steady job at a local inn, and a life free from the one she left behind. When two new hires arrive, she's horrified to discover one of them is that very superhuman in the same protection program she is. Unable to leave town, she has to figure out why he's there and how to force him to leave— without him realizing who she is.

characters:

audra: (she/her) a survivor and perfectionist with an ego problem. prioritizes safety and stability above all else. doesn't trust anyone except for her sister and is terrified of a life without her. lives without regrets. hayden: (he/him) the superhuman put away for mass murder. he's looking for a fresh start and hoping that he can live a normal life in this small town. all he has are regrets. iris: (she/her) audra's older sister. snarky and protective, harboring guilt too heavy for her to handle. wishes she were closer to her sister but doesn't know how to bridge that gap. teddy: (he/him) hayden's confidant and childhood friend. sees hayden as the brother he never had. has known him for years but still doesn't know everything about him. will: (she/her) city girl and idealist who inherits her grandparents' estate. totally unprepared for rural life but desperate for a restart on life. she's eager to make friends— if her own insecurities don't get in the way.

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art by Brian Luong "Sleep, my child, under the brightness of the stars, Listen to their song, they who reveal themselves. Do not be afraid, they shine to guide you, The past whispers, but never lose yourself in it. Oh, my child, see those golden waves, They carry you, feverish. Be careful not to drown in them, Their deceptive waves could lead you astray. Know that some doors must remain closed, Sometimes it's better to forget. My child, dry your tears and leave the echoes behind, Go on, for your future shines up there."

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Source: Brian Luong

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Brian Luong