What I need is the dandelion in the spring, the bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction.
The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.
Previously: burningsilversnow
If you don’t love languages, hear me out: my telugu friend had been affectionately calling me, a hindi speaker, “gundi” for 7 months. We didn’t realize until recently that the word has two completely different meanings in Telugu and Hindi, and that we both had completely different interpretations of her affection.
In Telugu, “gundi” means “smol/button/round/cute”.
All of Hozier’s songs are about how he’s a revenant fueled only by the power of a woman. Meanwhile all of Florence’s songs are about being a powerful witch. What I’m saying is, I’m pretty sure Florence Welch summoned Hozier from a peat bog. In this essay I will
When you’re old, all you want to do is stare at the scenery. It’s so strange.
I’ve never felt so peaceful before.
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) dir. Hayao Miyazaki
This is both amazing and profoundly irritating - the exact writing equivalent of that thing artists do - you know, how they’ll mess up anything that’s on expensive paper and planned in every single detail but get them doodling during a boring lesson and suddenly they’re Michel-bloody-angelo.
Yknow I used to think 3 guys falling in love with donna from mamma mia in one summer was far fetched…. but then I saw lily james as the young version of her and like…. I get it