Moon with a serpent's mouth

This is a beautiful thing to spread.

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“Ghetto Tarot” produced by Haitian artist collective Atis Rezistans and photographer Alice Smeets. Available for purchase as a deck as well!

— Alice Notley, from “Ruby Goes to Pieces,” Culture of One (via lifeinpoetry)

Shout-out to people studying with a mental illness.

You’re doing this with half your brain tied behind your back and that’s pretty badass

“Half your brain tied behind your back” is truly the most accurate description of my life I could possibly imagine

— Paisley Rekdal, from “Gokstadt/Ganymede,” published in Michigan Quarterly Review

— Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan

my boyfriend and I sometimes struggle to be on the same page when it comes to comforting- often i just want to vent and don’t need advice, whereas validation confuses him and he wants a plan of action

to counter this, we’ve come up with a system where we ask: “do you want advice, empathy, both or neither?” 

if it’s just advice, i know to go straight to action points and not spend time on fluffy words 

if it’s just empathy, he knows i want to be reassured and comforted and that’s all

if it’s both, it’s time for advice that recognises how hard the situation is and is perhaps gentler in nature

if it’s neither, just a hug is really good

i recommend trying to use this in your lives! it makes sure you’re giving and getting what you need, and reduces the risk of resentment or similar

Sergei Polunin 

Vogue Russia.

by Danil Golovkin  

honestly the high fantasy genre is suffering because authors can’t stop ripping off tolkien and basing their worlds off the same few shitty medieval european countries complete with Historically Accurate Misogyny™, HF has so much untapped potential for creating beautiful and diverse and interesting worlds and authors just squander it by rehashing middle earth over and over

Pelagia and Philammon (1887), Arthur Hacker

Sarah Kay, from “Forest Fires,” No Matter the Wreckage (via lifeinpoetry)

Jennifer Willoughby, from “The Sun is Still a Part of Me” in Beautiful Zero  (via sahumerios)

Tall meadow rue. Nature’s garden. 1927.