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YOU ARE TRAPPED ON THE EARTH SO YOU WILL EXPLODE WHAT URGE WILL SAVE US NOW THAT SEX WON’T? PUT FOOD OUT IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY DAY AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO EAT AND ORGANIZE THEM SAVOR KINDNESS BECAUSE CRUELTY IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE LATER DANCE ON DOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT AND TELL THEM YOU’RE EAGER TO RULE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU THE BREAKDOWN COMES WHEN YOU STOP CONTROLLING YOURSELF AND WANT THE RELEASE OF A BLOODBATH SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY FAST MOTHERS WITH REASONS TO SOB SHOULD DO IT IN GROUPS IN PUBLIC AND WAIT FOR OFFERS OUTER SPACE IS WHERE YOU DISCOVER WONDER AND WHERE YOU FIGHT AND NEVER HURT EARTH IF YOU STOP BELIEVING THIS YOUR MOOD TURNS UGLY DIE FAST AND QUIET WHEN THEY INTERROGATE YOU OR LIVE SO LONG THAT THEY ARE ASHAMED TO HURT YOU ANYMORE IF YOU HAD BEHAVED NICELY THE COMMUNISTS WOULDN’T EXIST TRUST VISIONS THAT DON’T FEATURE BUCKETS OF BLOOD IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY IF YOU’RE CONSIDERED USELESS NO ONE WILL FEED YOU ANYMORE WHEN YOU EXPECT FAIR PLAY YOU CREATE AN INFECTIOUS BUBBLE OF MADNESS AROUND YOU YOU ARE SO COMPLEX THAT YOU DON’T ALWAYS RESPOND TO DANGER MEN DON’T PROTECT YOU ANYMORE WITH ALL THE HOLES IN YOU ALREADY THERE’S NO REASON TO DEFINE THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT AS ALIEN WHEN SOMEONE BEATS YOU WITH A FLASHLIGHT YOU MAKE LIGHT SHINE IN ALL DIRECTIONS FINDING EXTREME PLEASURE WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON IF YOU’RE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THRILLS YOU USE A STUN GUN WHEN THE PERSON COMING AT YOU HAS A GOOD EXCUSE IT IS IN YOUR SELF-INTEREST TO FIND A WAY TO BE VERY TENDER THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR WILL BE SECRET THE CONVERSATION ALWAYS TURNS TO LIVING LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE FUN WHAT COUNTRY SHOULD YOU ADOPT IF YOU HATE POOR PEOPLE? USE WHAT IS DOMINANT IN A CULTURE TO CHANGE IT QUICKLY PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT YOU ARE CAUGHT THINKING ABOUT KILLING ANYONE YOU WANT IT’S HARD TO KNOW IF YOU’RE CRAZY IF YOU FEEL YOU’RE IN DANGER ALL THE TIME NOW YOU CAN’T REACH THE PEOPLE WHO CAN KILL YOU ANY TIME SO YOU HAVE TO GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO THE FUTURE IS STUPID HIDE UNDER WATER OR ANYWHERE SO UNDISTURBED YOU FEEL THE JERK OF PLEASURE WHEN AN IDEA COMES SOMEONE ELSE’S BODY IS A PLACE FOR YOUR MIND TO GO WHEN THERE’S NO SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP YOU’RE TIRED FROM WALKING ALL DAY AND EXHAUSTED FROM THE NIGHT BECAUSE IT’S TWICE AS DANGEROUS THEN IT’S EASY TO GET MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON EVERY CONTINENT TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO EATING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY GO WHERE PEOPLE SLEEP AND SEE IF THEY’RE SAFE HANDS ON YOUR BREAST CAN KEEP YOUR HEART BEATING TURN SOFT AND LOVELY ANY TIME YOU HAVE A CHANCE IT IS FUN TO WALK CARELESSLY IN A DEATH ZONE YOU LIVE THE SURPRISE RESULTS OF OLD PLANS LET YOUR HAND WANDER ON THE FLESH TO MAKE POSSIBILITY MULTIPLY IT IS EMBARRASSING TO BE CAUGHT AND KILLED FOR STUPID REASONS SHOOT INTO INFINITE SPACE TO HIT A TARGET IN TIME AND CALL IT INEVITABLE YOU HOVER NEAR LOVELY UNCONSCIOUS LIFE-FORMS THAT OFFER NO IMMEDIATE RESISTANCE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEY ARE DANCING BEFORE THEY LOVE BODIES LIE IN THE BRIGHT GRASS AND SOME ARE MURDERED AND SOME ARE PICNICKING SILLY HOLES IN PEOPLE ARE FOR BREEDING OR ARE FROM SHOOTING YOUR MODERN FACE SCANS THE SURPRISE ENDING
from Jenny Holzer’s “Survival” series, 1983-1985 (via sociologicallyinsignificant)
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Sarah K. Benning: Contemporary Embroidery
Originally from Baltimore, Sarah K. Benning is a fiber artist currently living and working from her home studio in Menorca, Spain.
“My work celebrates pattern and craft. I focus on formal elements such as shape, color, and composition and often look to aspects of nature for inspiration”.
Her Etsy shop and Instagram.
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It is nine at night. I have something to say. You are so valuable. You shine out. You are a magic star. You are a body of blood made beautiful.
Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters (via wordsnquotes)
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Officially sworn in to the NC state bar today. Esquire.
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Make your happiness and personal growth a priority in your life. The more you take care of yourself, the more you can take care of others.
Unknown (via deeplifequotes)
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Breaking news: actor Tom Hardy was adopted by another dog.
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