I Will Get Off The Bus, And I Will Go To My Girlfriend's Apartment, And I Will Say "I Don't Think I Did

Marcels Kitchen - Robert Vorstman , 2024.

Dutch , b. 1975 -

Oil on canvas , 130 x 100 cm.

Jia Li (Chinese, b.1964), Summer Light, 2015, Watercolor on paper

Richard Siken

Carl Thomsen (Danish, 1847-1912)

Interior With Two Young Women

the bravery of a girl who has to decide what is for dinner and then cook it and then wash dishes every day forever and ever.

i love how delusional some articles of clothing are, like you read the tag and its like “hand wash only/tumble dry on low” son you are a cotton tshirt. youre going in the warsh and whatever happens in there is in gods hands

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i just think that, most of the time, you really do need to teach people how to love you. and equally, you need to be taught how to love others. this can feel scary and hard and even like a failure, especially if you're approaching a relationship with trauma - shouldn't it be easy to love me? yeah ofc. but love is an act of translation between people across experience, geography, culture, memory. it's constant, purposeful translation. and though it can be hard, there is real joy to be found in the teaching and learning of love.