I know none of you will reblog this because you only care about your pretty-boy celebrities and your contrived “discourse”, but I just undid Dracula’s curse
last night one of my campers was like “well i lost one of my shoes in the swamp today” and i said “oh no!” and she shrugged and said “its ok. shoes are just objects” and damn. they really are
today a completely different camper with scratches all over her legs was like “every step hurts me” and i was like “oh that sucks!” and she shrugged and said “well, you know, pain is a temporary emotion”
the next gen have achieved either peak buddhism or peak nihilism
the tenderness of any creative media is that it feels like it’s made for you but also made for everyone like art should exist to say the things we’re not able to and bring us closer together by illuminating those parts of our experience…I’m talking about like life death and philosophy but also horniness. Anything good should be both powerful and embarrassing and our intersections with it should stem from a place of tenderness and kindness. When looking at an artwork you need to understand that you’re really just looking at other human beings…understanding an artwork is just the process of understanding people on a mass scale…we shouldn’t be analyzing it we should be having a conversation
“This is a simple way of learning to concentrate better. It goes like this: whenever you feel like quitting – just do five more – five more minutes, five more exercises, five more pages – which will extend your focus. The rule pushes you just beyond the point of frustration and helps build mental concentration. It’s a form of training as well as being a way of getting something accomplished.”
take time to figure it out 