#wild geese tag

[kevindavidday]

thinking of andrews meds induced manic smile versus neil's inherent nathaniel smile again. i will think about this tomorrow also.

[secretsoftheuniverse1987]

Yes, every fictional man I've ever fixated on should read Wild Geese by Mary Oliver. Yes, they should have a therapist or trusted peer to help them through the experience (or just their boyfriend, really). Yes, Dean Winchester needs it more than most.

Anyway, here's Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" for anyone who hasn't read it in it's entirety a million times (and for everyone who has but wants to read it again because it's just that good):

You do not have to be good You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting - over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

-- "Wild Geese", Mary Oliver (from Dream Work, 1986)

[hawnks]

I think a person MUST play night in the woods in order to fully comprehend me as a person

[percki]

why don’t you go read that mary oliver poem and maybe you’ll calm down.

[kneecap-homicide]

Wait.... what happens when a goose dies. Like it's a big fucnign bird does it just go into a lake and drown or fly away and never come back where do the dead geese go help there are so many geese in my local parks are they immortal

[werewolftransjenderism]

This is going to sound weird at first, but stick with me. My best advice to anyone struggling to take care of themselves due to depression, low self-worth, etc. is to think: "Would you treat an animal this way?"

If you found out someone was keeping their pet in a tiny enclosure with no enrichment and generally neglecting them, you would be horrified right? So why would you do that to yourself?

Its really easy for people to forget that humans are animals too, and our environment and physical well-being have massive effects on our mental well-being. I know depression is a bitch and it can be hard to convince yourself that you deserve care, so as a first step, just think of your body as an animal. Get up, give it some food and water, take it outside, whatever. Get silly with it even! Been rotting in your room all day? Well, its time to take that ol dog for a walk! Do whatever you need to, because at the end of the day, its really hard to get better if you don't meet your own basic needs. To quote Wild Geese by Mary Oliver:

"You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves."

[probablymoons]

[effhissy]

I LOVE YOU!!!

 you do not have to be good, you do not have to be perfect, you do not have to do miles over mountains or drag your knees through deserts; you only have to give the biology of your body what it needs. 

you have been made with reason. each pore, each cell, each spot were all made at the will and work of the atoms and their chemistry, because they loved you and they saw worth. 

and i love you, and i see worth. 

so, share with me your sorrow, and i will share mine, and share with me the light you carry beneath your skin, between your teeth. the same light that is shawled on your shoulders and tangled through your hair; the light that pours through a flurry of words from your tongue. share with me you and It will fuel my lantern through a few more nights. and I will love it

you do not have to be good. you do not have to share with me the last of your breads. you do not have to keep my words in mind. you do not have to share with me your sorrow nor your light.

and yet you do, and i will keep it between my teeth and never let it go. and i will love it.

and i love you

[ow-old-men]

wouldn't it be so cool if when the pve for ow2 comes out the story and writing of it all is so horrendously bad that it has a reaction effect within the fandom that kickstarts people making their own versions of the game's story and soon there's fan comics that are 20x better than anything bl*zzard could dream of

I know this is somewhat a joke question, and yes- on the face of it, it would be

But in reality, that would not be the reaction to canon content being bad. Spite can only support you for so long - and more importantly, people are already doing just that; creating. If PvE comes out and is horrendously bad, people will be disappointed, they’ll be angry, they’ll post about how they feared this but had dared to hope, I’ll make a very big and funny and time consuming post writing a fake job application to the blizzard writers or some dumb shit like that. And then some of us will leave and some will stick around and make the same shit posts and drawings and what have you not

It’s all already there, you don’t have to punish yourself waiting around for something you don’t want

So sorry for being overly sincere, but if you want fandom to thrive, you shouldn’t sit around and wait for canon to write itself off for good, you should go out and look for the amazing stuff people are already putting out. Hell, you should make your own! Community and enthusiasm and love will always make better stuff than bitterness

[cherryblossomshadow]

wild geese

Mary Oliver

University of New Mexico | Reddit

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting— over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

I don’t know if I’ve spelled it out on tumblr yet, but I want to talk about The Mammal List. 

The Mammal List is something I came up with when I was in a mental health intensive outpatient program four(!!) years ago. The premise is that we are at our core animals, and if I consider myself the way I’d consider a pet cat, I’m much more likely to practice good self-care:

1. Mammals need food. Eat something! If the Hellbeast doesn’t pass judgment on a piece of cheese, neither should you. (She also eats anything small enough to fit in her mouth, so be judicious in that respect. Food is good. Lint is not.)

2. Mammals need hydration. Drink something! It doesn’t have to be water. It could be delicious tuna juice. You’re a discerning creature. I trust you. 

3. Mammals need sleep. Make a soft nest and let yourself enjoy it. Knead it until it’s comfortable. Let yourself rest as long as you need. Just existing is hard. You’ve earned a break. 

4. Mammals need movement. Take your precious body and do something. Don’t hurt yourself. Be kind.

5. Mammals need stimulation. Treat yourself to a new jingle ball or mousie toy. Get a bird feeder and stare at it. Let yourself really enjoy it. Play is in your nature.

6. Mammals need socialization. I know this one is particularly difficult these days, but if you don’t keep reaching out, you’re going to forget yourself and start biting people. 

7. Mammals need cleanliness. Nobody likes scooping the litterbox, but it has to be done. Don’t forget your own body. Make your fur shine. Treat yourself as the luminous creature you are. 

And most important of all: don’t feel guilty. This isn’t about deserving (although you do deserve it). You’re an animal and you need these things to survive, and I very much want you to survive. 

[kevindavidday]

for context, aftg wild geese au is the perfect court artist au that has been haunting my life for the past four years.

[piccolos-bigtoe]

Scouts first intel grab, he got shot and died five seconds after this fly high angel. I can’t sleep so I’m posting Ermm what…. Doing anatomy studies lately, kind of boring but I think it’s because I do them while I’m at work so I’m bored anyways. Try not to change how I draw scour every time I draw him challenge impossible.

Pro life tip if you ever thrift something always look at the tags, if it says dry clean only and is 100% Rayon believe the tag because it will shrink like a mfer.,. True story thrifted a reallly nice shirt and it freaking shrunk. But it’s okay I restretched it by soaking it in warm water with conditioner like the internet told me to and it’s basically back to normal.. yes I am a pro at looking up things online and reading wikihow hold your applause. Like there are some dry clean only things I do just toss in the washer and they’re fine but apparently Rayon will not be fine (which I didn’t check the tag when I threw it in,, oops)

I went to the park with a friend and saw not one, not two, but FOUR herons, freakay, and a turkey buzzard, I’ve seen herons flying but I had no idea they like nested at the park, mustve been maybe kind of recent because I used to go there a lot as a kid and never saw them there, or maybe I didn’t see them. Nature is crazy. I would’ve taken a picture but they’re so thin they kind of just blended in with the reeds. The geese were there though just like always, they hissed at me. I also went to a Perkins for the first time in forever and wow it was old people central kind of wild.

[nerd394]

the dichotomy of bathroom graffiti

Today's stall had both an entire mary oliver poem and go piss girl

[wehadwildflowerfever]

“I'm not bad, I'm not good

I drank every sky that I could.”

- Florence, “Daffodil”

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Florence Welch reads Wild Geese by Mary Oliver for The Birdsong Project, 2022.

[omens-for-ophelia]

you only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves

- mary oliver, wild geese

edit: nsft nude version posted here!

>edit: companion piece of the mysterious ms crowley here<

i've been so wonderfully inspired and warmed and healed by all the recent positivity here on tumblr toward soft bodies and rolling curves and glorious stretchmarks and squishy tummies that i wanted to try my hand at drawing the lovely Ms. Fell as a soft, rosy pin-up 🩷🪽

perhaps she's taking some boudoir photos for a demon she knows... maybe she just wants to indulge herself a little. either way - what bliss!

tagging @ineffable-rohese as their post the other day really kicked my inspiration into overdrive, so thank you tons for sharing your lovely words 💕 also tagging @ineffabildaddy and @foolishlovers as always for being my sweet angels

[basil-fronsac]

WILD GEESE ♧ social media a.u.

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pairing: spencer agnew x reader

summary: having cleared the hurdles of your first day at smosh, things seem to be going smoothly. that is, until a few late night conversations cause a shift in your perspective.

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NAVIGATION | PROLOGUE | PART TWO (coming soon)

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i can safely say the first day jitters have subsided! additionally, i know this probably isn’t the ideal place, but i just wanted to take this space to express how truly grateful i am for smosh and for this opportunity. as many of you know, i desperately needed to get out of new york, and lost in a new city. these past few months have been a rollercoaster, but i feel as if i’ve finally arrived at the end. ian and anthony, thank you so so much for taking me on and allowing me to join your wonderful troup of extremely talented individuals, both on and off screen. whatever my future holds, i know working here will change me irrevocably—i’m so stoked.

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