The Feminine Urge To Stay Gone. Be Unseen, Be Unavailable, Be Unheard Of. Disappear.

but if i gave up on being silly i wouldn't know how to be alive

Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

the universe has a plan for you, even if you can't see it yet.

“I am the daughter of myself. I am born of my own dream. My dream sustains me.”

— Rosario Castellanos (trans. Magda Bogin), excerpt from “Wailing Wall” from The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos

art will save you, being unreasonably passionate about something niche will save you, letting past sources of joy show you the way back to yourself will save you, earnestness over composure will save you, the natural world will save you, caring for something bigger than yourself will save you, daring to be seen will save you, kindness not as a whim but a principle will save you, appreciation as a practice will save you, daring to try something new will save you, grounding will save you, love will save you, one good nights sleep will save you

"match my freak!" match my sweetness. match my benevolence. match my empathy. match my ability to feel emotions so deeply it tears me apart from the inside out

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Spring:

Do you believe in rebirth?

I think I do now

We emerge just like her

Rapidly flourishing

Demanding life

What does it mean,

To experience the dance

of being