#on forgetting

[musings-n-museums]

i miss you so much (i forget why)

clips of all too well: the short film directed by taylor swift \\ scared of my guitar by olivia rodrigo \\ anything (demo) by dodie \\ post by @inanotherunivrse \\ tiktok comments by harashsidhu and ashmanathletics \\ tonight i can write by pablo neruda \\ the glass essay by anne carson \\ i miss you, i'm sorry by gracie abrams

[sicknessinmotion]

on forgetting & remembering. / billy collins — nick flynn — gwendolyn brooks — alex dimitrov — ocean vuong.

[fishingforwords]

what else am i forgetting?

fernando pessoa, the book of disquiet: the complete edition || arturo ferrari, in the old street vicolo san bernardino alle ossa a milano || madisen kuhn, please don't go before i get better || james bay, let it go || imagine dragons, i was me || holly black, the cruel prince || amazon || billy collins, forgetfulness || salvador dali, disintegration of the persistence of memory

[asoftepiloguemylove]

it is getting too lonely, too cold, too empty, and too dull for me

Warsan Shire 34 Excuses For Why We Failed At Love (via @metamorphesque) / @loubis-and-champagne / unknown / unknown / Mahmoud Darwish (trans. John Berger & Rema Hammami) Mural / unknown / image: unknown words: Mitski Crack Baby / Franz Kafka diary entry dated April 27, 1915 (via @dailykafka) / unknown / Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House / Vincent Van Gogh from The Complete Letters

[strawbsnhoney]

i'll forgive you i'll forget it it'll leave me and i'll let it

dodie - don't wanna know

[beemintty]

i remember things that what i do!

i remember numbers and chemical formulas and biological process and why stars burn out when they do and thousands of song lyrics and book quotes and names and faces and moments and every little detail about the people i love.

but i can't for the love of god remember the list of things i have to do or the things i started but forgot to finish or the thing i meant to do after i finished the other thing i immediately forgot about... and then it makes people feel horrible for having to ask me over and over and over again to do the same bloody thing.

i don't forget on purpose but sometimes my brain is so full of the things that matter a whole lot to me... so i forget the chores.... and my mother feels more and more unloved because of it.

i'm so sorry my brain is so full... i forget that your love language is service.... it's the one important thing that i forget.

[thechaosandtherain]

[zeravmeta]

hello weary traveller there is no longer the original post rather I invite you to play the critically acclaimed by me game proverbs of hell made by the wonderful @saifdev

[haunted-xander]

If you skip a meal Senshi will materialize next to you w/ food at the ready

[4thefreaks]

made this gem on Sunday. had to wait all week to post it

[nothazellevesque]

a man self immolated in front of the israeli embassy in washington dc yesterday. not just any man. an active member of the us air force. he live streamed his death, and said that he refused to be complicit in a genocide any longer. he said that compared to what palestinians were facing every day, setting himself alight was nothing.

let me reiterate. an active duty air force member burned himself alive because he was so disgusted by what the us government was openly supporting. he live-streamed his own suicide, so the whole world could bear witness as a man in his military uniform set himself on fire to protest his government’s complicity in the horrors that we have all been forced to watch happen in real time. he became a new horror. footage of the immolation blurs him out the moment the fire catches, but you can hear him. it is over in seconds, really, but you can hear him screaming. he shouts “free palestine” until his body physically cannot make any sounds other than guttural screams of agony. and then he falls silent. a police officer arrives and points a gun at his still burning body, shouting at him to get down on the ground. and it is over.

his name was Aaron Bushnell. he was twenty five years old. and he isn’t here anymore because the political ruling class has decided that genocide is perfectly fine as long as it preserves imperialism. in the coming days, people will try to discredit him. to say that he was mentally unstable. they will try to bury his actions to save face and defend israel’s propaganda. do not let them. aaron knew what he was doing. he knew what he was doing when he put on his military uniform, set up his twitch stream, and made his final walk up to the embassy. he knew what would happen to him when he flicked that lighter. do not let them forget. aaron’s blood is on the hands of the political ruling class.

[superkursunaskr]

[pimsri]

I make art about grief again

[tired-and-swaggy]

know your history.

[nyxi-pixie]

'wah wah everywhere is falling to the right wing the whole world is doomed' literally like 6 months ago we were talking about how there was a trend in countries getting rid of their right wing governments. poland at the end of last year, france voted in a unified centre left/left alliance, even the UK finally got rid of the tories after 15 years (right wing splitting be damned, it still happened). outside of europe, bangladesh removed a dictator in like 2 seconds, india may have reelected their Evil Guy but on a DISTINCTLY reduced majority, theres been queer rights successes in thailand, with gay marriage set to be legal by 2025, and thereve been positive court cases on it in japan. and this is just stuff i vaguely remember hearing about. im sure theres more if you care to look for anything aside from more reasons to make yourself miserable

the US has a distinct effect on everyone, so this won't be fun for anyone (least of all its population. sorry guys), and there ARE a lot of people sliding into right wing extremism, but presenting this like its an unchallenged worldwide phenomenon is inaccurate, its damagingly bleak, and all it does is encourage despair and apathy. you DO have political power, and you shouldnt forget that just because of bad election results and the media's desperation to make you lose hope