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Why don’t we let the guy whose every plan could be reasonably construed as an abstract suicide attempt take a crack it

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Night Pool # 8, 40 x 32 cm, oil on perspex on wood panel, 2024 Alice Brasser

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so important to not only write it bad but write it problematic. kill the twitter user that lives in your mind. you are not beholden to the potential criticisms of an imaginary audience.

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“Mythos, in Greek,” said Borges, “is not a story that is false. It is a story that is more than true. Myth is a tear in the fabric of reality, and immense energies pour through these holy fissures. Our stories, our poems, are rips in this fabric as well, however slight.”

Jorge Luis Borges, quoted by Jay Parini in Borges and Me

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Misty Evening Kungsportsavenyn - Carl  Bjerkås

Swedish , b. 1968 -

Oil on canvas , 70 x 95 cm.

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its so easy to pander to me in fiction media. show me a guy that for some reason doesnt feel himself to be as human as most others are and i will sit with him for hours

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Hello 👋, I hope you're doing well..

My name is Mahmoud, and I'm a 17-year-old from Gaza. The ongoing war has devastated my city, destroyed my school, and made daily life incredibly challenging.

Despite these hardships, I'm determined to continue my education and build a better future. I've been given a chance to study abroad, but I need help to cover the costs of leaving Gaza, as well as living expenses and other essentials abroad once the crossing opens.. 🙏

If you can, please consider donating or sharing, your kindness can truly make a difference, and thanks for your time. ❤🍉

https://gofund.me/bd3ccf0b 🔗

https://gofund.me/bd3ccf0b

he's currently at 7.5k/15k CAD -- please donate and/or share if you can, everyone!

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it’s because you’re always in that damn hole that resembles the grave but isn’t

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Grief

ref photo by @jawsstone

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up there

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I’m gnashing my teeth like a child of Cain

If this is a prison I’m willing to bite my own chain

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look at this idiot he doesn’t even know that the monster’s body is a cultural body 🙄🗣🗣

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Art by Davood Moghaddami

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hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

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Constantly obsessed with the concept of a man forced to be a myth. What do you do when every step you take is embedded into the text. Every word you say prose to read. You're part of something bigger than yourself. The narrative tugs you along like water currents. There is no time to rest, to be human. You must be great, you must be legend

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[guy who keeps dying and coming back voice] Why does everyone look so upset lol