"Would you peel an orange for me?"

I would peel a pomegranate for you.

People in Ljubljana, Slovenia, have filled Republic Square, which is right across the street from the parliament building (visible in the first picture), with snow mounds representing Palestinians killed by Israel, and yesterday, they started lighting candles. They noted that in order to light a candle for every Palestinian who's lost their life in Gaza in the last months, they would've needed 25 thousand (way more than they could realistically manage). Photos by Inštitut 8. Marec.

unironically love the phrase “but I’m being so brave about it” because truly, like, what other choice do we have in this wretched existence? what a beautiful way to remind yourself to keep going, even if only out of spite

The shadow, 2023 - oil on linen — Daniela Astone (Italian, b.1980)

https://www.daniela-astone.com/

— Susan Sontag, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh (via the-book-diaries)

Distortions by The Phantom Painter

Hydrangeas and Other Garden Flowers - John Ross Key , 1882.

American, 1832-1920 Oil on canvas, 36 x 20 in.

Utonulá / Drowned Woman, 1893 - pastel on cardboard. ― Jakub Schikaneder (Czech, 1855-1924)

Rebecca Horn, Ballet of the Woodpeckers, 1986, glass, metal, transformers, motors and egg

Alexa King 2017

Auguste Rodin. Two Hands, 1909.

Ariadne by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (18th Century)

the commodification of friendship is the most annoying thing to come out of the internet in ages. like actually i love to break this to you but you're supposed to help your friends move even if it's hard work. or stay up with them when they're sad even if you're gonna lose sleep. you're supposed to listen to their fears and sorrows even if it means your own mind takes on a little bit of that weight. that's how you know that you care. they will drive you to the airport and then you will make them soup when they're sick. you're supposed to make small sacrifices for them and they are supposed to do that for you. and there's actually gonna be rough patches for both of you where the balance will be uneven and you will still be friends and it will not be unhealthy and they will not be abusive. life is not meant to be an endless prioritization of our own comfort if it was we would literally never get anywhere ever. jesus.