— Clarice Lispector 

Portrait of a Young Woman, Gustav Klimt, c.1897

I Remember - Joe Brainard - 1970

I mentioned that I had not read I remember to a close friend, and in their unrelenting kindness they instantly bought me a copy. I see why now, I will be recommending this book to everyone I meet from now on. I Remember is a truly original book of utter sincerity. I think a lot of poetry gets bogged down with the attempt to reveal a secret, to let a reader into the poet's soft center, but this book actually does it well, it does it in a way that feels vulnerable but creates space between the reader and the poet. Yes it is vulnerable, but it doesn't feel like Brainard is pouring his heart out to the reader, it feels like he is pouring his heart out for the sake of pouring his heart out, for the sake of art. I think poetry has the power to envision a world where every conversation has only the goal of getting to know someone better. I Remember is this world. I don't and will never know Joe Brainard, but I feel I know him a little bit. By reading this book I feel like I know my grandfather a little bit better. Each line of the book starts with two words, 'I remember', and the simplicity of that is just so damn powerful. A list poem that operates in the past, that reveals what one carries with them. The book is both sincere and ironic, tragic and hilarious, deeply unsettling and deeply sexy. The book is a sort of portrait. Every poet should read this book. It is a reminder of where poetry comes from, that soft center, that unrelenting memory.

Robert Zünd (Swiss, 1827-1909) - Geländestudie mit Mann und Hund

Chasing the fog somewhere in Switzerland by @90377

it turns out that when you're obsessed with a band as a depressed 14 year old you sort of imprint on them like a baby bird in ways you won't fully realize until your mid twenties

this is going to be difficult -> i am capable of doing difficult things -> i have done everything prior to this moment -> this difficulty will soon be proof of capability

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human brain is so easy to manipulate its stupid. sun is out longer in evening = life is worth living...read some negative social media posts = everybody hates me...read one interesting article = i have the scholar's ambition

Total eclipse of the Sun, July 1860, illustrated by astronomer Warren de la Rue.

thumbs up is one of the most useful and versatile things that an autistic boy can have in his arsenal

"stress" by yoan capote - made of bronze and concrete

i feel bad for bigender people, the commute between Jupiter and college has got to be rough

Portia Geach - Ferries at dusk, Lane Cove River (ca. 1940s)