They Should Invent Something Transformative And Rewarding That Happens Inside My Comfort Zone

The Washington Post, May 19, 1912

asking for help at work feels like being stabbed 400 times then getting run over by three trucks and shot like one thousand times

i'm kinda mad that i'm like right at the cut off point in terms of intelligence like...if i was just a tiny bit stupider i would actually be able to enjoy life but unfortunately my brain is big enough to have complex thoughts and question things

That 40 min walk to nowhere particular Will save your life

it's easy for people to say "it's not that deep" when they're not living it. sometimes we say it to cheer someone up when they're going through something. but you know what else is okay? maybe it is that deep for you. and that's okay. maybe it is that deep for you right now, but it won't be forever. feelings change all the time. what once scared you to death, you might be doing with ease now or not even thinking about. or maybe things you never worried about suddenly start weighing heavy on your mind. let's just remember that feelings are not final. what we need to learn is how to feel them, and how to exist beside them. sometimes that means certain feelings will be overwhelming or dominating you when they shouldn't. but if life was perfect and we never felt anything troubling then we'd never make any experiences and we'd all prob have the same character and personality. who wants that??

i hate this popular sentiment that's like "nobody cares about your baby" "nobody cares what you had for dinner" "nobody cares about your spotify wrapped" like ok why are you on social media following people whose lives you don't care about. there's an easy fix for that

puppies!

Ariana Papademetropoulos (Greek-American, b. 1990)

Celestial Penance, 2024

oil on canvas