thedepressedpelican

[thedepressedpelican]

[thedepressedpelican]

"Moor Lough"

[thedepressedpelican]

-Jean-Baptiste Poquelin / Molière

[thedepressedpelican]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by cinema (@cinema.bestt)

[thedepressedpelican]

That face

(via)

[thedepressedpelican]

At the age of 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking one day in a park in Berlin when he came across a little girl crying because she had lost her favorite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll without success.

Kafka told her they would meet there the next day and look for it again.

The next day, when they still hadn't found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll that said: "Please don't cry. I went on a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures."

Thus began a story that continued until the end of Kafka's life.

During their meetings, Kafka read the carefully written letters from the doll, filled with adventures and conversations that the girl found delightful.

Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (he had bought one) that had returned to Berlin.

"It doesn't look anything like my doll," said the girl.

Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "My travels have changed me."

The girl hugged the new doll and took it happily home.

A year later, Kafka passed away.

Many years later, the girl, now an adult, found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka, it read:

"Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."

Accept change. It is inevitable for growth. Together, we can turn pain into wonder and love, but it is up to us to create that connection consciously and intentionally.

[thedepressedpelican]

Ioanna Tsatsou, translated by Jean Demos, from Selected Poems; "Root,"

[thedepressedpelican]

"Moor Lough"

[thedepressedpelican]

especially rn

[thedepressedpelican]

Via Pinterest

[thedepressedpelican]

Alone isn’t always lonely. 🖤🥀

[thedepressedpelican]

© Julian Marshall

[thedepressedpelican]

[thedepressedpelican]

David Lynch, “The Angriest Dog in the World”

[thedepressedpelican]

📸 Terry O'Neill

[thedepressedpelican]

Christy Turlington for COS Spring-Summer 2022