ich heiße super fantastisch

Joan Didion, from Blue Nights

Sleeping satellite, Ganymede

I keep thinking “maybe it can’t get any better than this” but it has been getting better, even though it’s still slowly, it’s better than nothing. I know I will have an illness for the last of my life but it doesn’t mean I can’t get a little better when it comes to pain or at managing the symptoms. It might not seem like a lot to people, but it means a lot to me and that’s what counts

‘Neptune and Amphitrite’ (detail) by Cornelis van Haarlem, c. 1583.

when susan sontag wrote “I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it”

would a beheaded saint wear their halo like this

or like this

learning to stop hating yourself isn’t something that happens overnight.

it’s a series of negotiations you make with yourself over your whole life. it’s making one less self-deprecating joke. it’s looking at yourself in the mirror with a little more generosity. it’s forgiving yourself for that little mistake.

it’s not one thing and then you’re good. it’s many small choices you can make that slowly make your brain and body a little less uncomfortable to live with

Enfin Seule! (Finally Alone) by Jean-Louis Forain in Le Courrier Français, ca. 1890

me, trying to google that one painting I saw once: you know with the eyes and the brushstrokes and colors and cool expression

Joseph Wright of Derby, Self-portrait (Detail), 1765-68

Maeda Masao 1940

墮落天使 | FALLEN ANGELS 1995, dir. Wong Kar-Wai

some things never change (1993 - 2023)

Sandra Lazzarini

i love paintings that look as if they have ghosts in them

this painting by andrew wyeth has got SO many ghosts in it. most andrew wyeth paintings have ghosts in, but this is off the scale!

this painting by dragan bibin has only one ghost as far as i can tell, but it’s a really scary ghost (the dog thinks so too)

this painting by meraud guevara looks very peaceful, but unfortunately it has a ghost in it. i can’t tell you where, but it does

you might think you can see the ghosts in this dorothea tanning painting, but you’re wrong. the little girls are just ordinary girls. the actual ghost is behind one of those doors.

marvin cone. for fucks sake just look at it

I do believe in the power of sitting in your car just a little longer before heading inside, lying upside down on the couch, cloud gazing well into adulthood, taking the time to learn something new, humility, recollecting your dreams, pressing something warm against your belly, small talk w strangers, odes to romance, a lit candle on your countertop while you cook, having a sense of humor about life